We all know that the good old days are not always what we like to make of them in retrospect. But sometimes you can also miss the wild west of the film landscape. And look a little wistfully at the days when absolute anomalies came about combining the madness, action and Nicolas Cage with the coolness of a past era.
Back then, when no one was talking about Marvel Cinematic Universe and the future of Marvel-Held: was not planned in the inside until the 22nd century. At that time, a Nicolas Cage could become Ghost Rider, drink jelly beans and at the same time turn freely and breathe the Edgy spirit of a stylish leather world. You can currently stream this gem at Netflix.
In Ghost Rider, Nicolas Cage is cursed and fights the powers of darkness
The young Johnny Blaze is an enthusiastic stunt driver and satisfied with the little show he raised together with his father. However, when he finds out that his father is terminally ill, he is close to despair. A mysterious stranger (Peter Fonda) offers him a trade: his father’s health for Johnny’s soul and his services. Johnny agrees.
But this decision is literally revenge in a devilish way: the stranger turns out to be a Mephistopheles personally, and trade has fatal consequences. Johnny loses everything. His family, his great love, the planned future. The devil announces that he will collect Johnny’s debt as soon as it fits him.
Years later, Johnny built up a career as a celebrated stuntman. He almost forgot his debts – until they are due. When Ghost Rider, into which he has to turn to every night from now on, Johnny is supposed to collect the souls of the guilty. And preferably that run -down son of the anti -chicBlackheart (Wes Bentley), who wants to subjugate the world.
Ghost Rider is a wonderful mix out of madness and Nicolas Cage, as it will never exist again
Ghost Rider is, it has to be said, a lover object. You must not take the seriously here At the same time, Cage-Performance filled by pathos and Irrwitz In top form, the villain with his henchmen that originally originated from a boy band. As long as you get to the matter with enough seriously, the fun is absolutely guaranteed.
Everything is exaggerated, but also exaggerated cool. From a time when the only acceptable fashion trend was “black leather coat”, in which rain always fell into slow motion. And in which it was completely normal and unironically epic when the protagonist turns into a living, burning skeleton with an equally flames.
This also shakes on one in the coldest, most clarified film fan primeval, childlike comic joy And the love for the most superlative action cinema. Ghost Rider plays rope jump with the dividing line between “crazy” and “Obercool”. Unfortunately, such a film is no longer conceivable in the calculated Marvel machinery, but Ghost Rider is preserved whenever a nostalgia trip is necessary.
If you fancy a Guilty Pleasure masterpiece that has fallen from time, Ghost Rider can currently At Netflix in the subscription Stream.