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Ghost Rider
In order to save his dying father, young stunt cyclist Johnny Blaze sells his soul to Mephistopheles and sadly parts from the pure-hearted Roxanne Simpson, the love of his life. Years later, Johnny's path crosses again with Roxanne, now a go-getting reporter, and also with Mephistopheles, who offers to release Johnny's soul if Johnny becomes the fabled, fiery 'Ghost Rider'.
2007 · Directed by Mark Steven Johnson · 114 min · Thriller · Action · Fantasy · Screenplay in the scene database · 8 frames
Tagline
Long ago he made a deal to save someone he loved.
Plot
The demon Mephisto sends his bounty hunter, the Ghost Rider, to retrieve the contract of San Venganza for control of a thousand dark souls. Seeing that the agreement would give Mephistopheles the power to bring hell to Earth, the Rider refuses and escapes with it.
In 1986, Mephistopheles reaches out to 17-year-old Johnny Blaze, offering to cure his father's cancer in exchange for Johnny's soul. The next morning, Johnny awakens to discover the cancer cured, but his father dies later from burns sustained in a stunt accident. Johnny accuses Mephistopheles of causing his father's death, but Mephistopheles considers his side of the contract fulfilled and promises to see Johnny again as Mephistopheles takes Johnny's soul.
In the present, Johnny has become a famous motorcycle stuntman. He survives a near-fatal crash after leaping over a field of semi trucks. Later, he runs into his ex-girlfriend, Roxanne, who is now a news reporter, and convinces her to attend a dinner date. Meanwhile, Mephistopheles' son Blackheart comes to Earth and seeks aid from the Hidden (three fallen angels bonded with the elements of air, earth, and water) to find the lost contract of San Venganza.
Plot summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
Crew
- Screenplay: Mark Steven Johnson
- Cinematography: Russell Boyd
- Edited by: Richard Francis-Bruce
- Music: Christopher Young
- Production design: Kirk M. Petruccelli
- Produced by: Gary Foster, Avi Arad, Michael De Luca, Steven Paul
Cast
- Nicolas Cage as Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider
- Eva Mendes as Roxanne Simpson
- Sam Elliott as Carter Slade / Phantom Rider
- Wes Bentley as Blackheart / Black King
- Peter Fonda as Mephistopheles / Mephisto
- Matt Long as Young Johnny Blaze
- Brett Cullen as Barton Blaze
- Raquel Alessi as Young Roxanne Simpson
- Donal Logue as Mack
- Tony Ghosthawk as Team Blaze
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Crystal Sky Pictures, Relativity Media, Columbia Pictures, Marvel Studios
- Budget: $110,000,000
- Box office: $228,738,393
- Themes: dying and death, religion and supernatural, superhero, supernatural, possession, devil's son, stunt, flame, stuntman, based on comic
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