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The New York Times Neil Genzlinger
The film, though, has some redeeming qualities, including the presence of Idris Elba as the obligatory good guy, who encourages Johnny to get Danny into the protective custody of a religious order.
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Movieline
The smugness of the film grows wearying long before the end. Just because the people on and behind the camera are willing to acknowledge what we're watching is ridiculous crap doesn't really change the fact that, well, it is.
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Los Angeles Times
The first "Ghost Rider" film, directed by Mark Steven Johnson, was sort of a fizzy goof, the kind of movie where you don't expect much and then think, "Hey, that was actually kind of fun." Spirit of Vengeance, though, is undone by increased expectations, as promising more only makes it feel they are somehow delivering less.
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New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
With his (Cage) over-the-top delivery and operatically intense facial expressions, there's no way anyone could accuse him of phoning this one in.
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The Hollywood Reporter
A water-treading sequel offering just enough kooky color to keep less-discerning funnybook fans occupied, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance nudges its obscure hero's mythology forward a bit without seeming to care much how it gets there.
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Entertainment Weekly Adam Markovitz
Most of the movie's action-horror set pieces play like lame Gwar music video outtakes, and Cage's signature mix of irony and off-the-rails mugging only works when you can see the actor's face. In Ghost Rider form, his character is just a skeletal automaton with neither a tongue nor a cheek to put it in.
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New York Post Kyle Smith
The only part of this movie anyone's ever going to remember is the pair of scenes in which Ghost Rider pees flame.
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ReelViews James Berardinelli
For acting to be this bad in movie not directed by Michael Bay or George Lucas, it has to be intentional.
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Slant Magazine Michael Nordine
To question where things went wrong feels somehow strange, as the project seems to have been ill-conceived from the very start.
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Rolling Stone Peter Travers
One look at the dreadful mess that is Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance will turn your whisper into a primal Cage scream: MAKE THIS MOVIE STOP!
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