Rated PG-13, 95 minutes
"There are some demons you can't get rid of," states Nicolas Cage in voice-over during the introduction of the new awful, ludicrous new quasi-super hero film "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance," the sequel to his inexplicable 2007 hit "Ghost Rider." The demons the movie-going public can't shake are these terrible take-the-money-and-run films that Cage keeps making and people somehow keep paying for. Cage plays motorcycle rider Johnny Blaze, who made a deal with the devil and acts as his bounty hunter for the wicked. Blaze, still struggling with the curse of being the Ghost Rider, is hiding out in a remote part of Eastern Europe when a secret sect of the church asks him to save a boy from the devil. At first Johnny is reluctant to use his power, but it's the only way to save the boy and possibly rid himself of this curse forever. The original guilty-pleasure 2007 film, hardly a classic, at least had veteran actor Peter Fonda in it as Satan. This over-acted, ridiculous popcorn cheese-fest doesn't have Fonda but loads more mindless action and bullets cleaned up for a PG-13 rating (and wastes another terrific actor in Idris Elba). At least Cage has something in common with his character though: Blaze morphs from a human into the fiery Ghost Rider while Cage has morphed from an Oscar-winning actor to schlock-fest actor making crummy movies like this. "Vengeance" should be another hit for the Cage machine, which keeps rocking on as long as people are willing to pay for crap like this. Go at your own discretion, but you've been warned.
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