![]() ![]() The film grossed more than $132 million, against its $57–75 million production budget. The film experienced worse critical reception than the first film, with criticism being aimed towards the script, CGI, and acting. ![]() It is the second of two films to be produced under the Marvel Knights production banner, which focuses on films for mature audiences, with the other film being Punisher: War Zone. Released publicly for one night on December 11, 2011, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance had its wide commercial release on Februin 2D and 3D. ![]() ![]() The film was directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, from a screenplay written by Scott M. It is a stand-alone sequel to the 2007 film Ghost Rider and features Nicolas Cage reprising his role as Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider with supporting roles portrayed by Ciarán Hinds, Violante Placido, Johnny Whitworth, Christopher Lambert, and Idris Elba. Marc Savlov from the awarded the film 1.5 out of 5 stars, writing, 'Cage appears to find his role as this second-tier Marvel Comics antihero alternately silly, tremendously fun, and the means to a decent paycheck for not all that much work.' Savlov also criticized the film's use of 3D as being 'a few shots of flaming motorcycle parts comin' at ya, but little else.' Nathan Rabin of welcomed Idris Elba's role as the alcoholic priest Rabin, but criticized the film for 'squandering even more potential' and that it fails to achieve the 'go-for-broke energy of superior trash.' Of called the film 'a dreadful mess', and 'a dishwater dull sequel to the hellishly bad 2007 original', and said he'd never seen worse 3D.Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance is a 2012 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics antihero Ghost Rider. Andrew Barker of called it a marginal improvement on the first film but said 'The picture is still much too rickety, slapdash and surprisingly dull to qualify as a good barrel-bottom pleasure.' Ben Sachs of the notes that this is the first time directors Neveldine and Taylor have directed a script they didn't write, and 'and the superhero plot often seems to hamper their imaginations' but says the film 'doesn't lack for crazy charm', praising Cage and Hinds for their admittedly weird performances. He commends the film for bringing the cartoonish insanity of the to insane concept of Ghost Rider. ![]()
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