![]() The curse of this vengeance demon prevents Johnny from living a normal life and compels him to always seek out villains to punish. Zarathos is the demon inside Johnny Blaze that causes him to turn into Ghost Rider. ![]() For this reason, Johnny and Mephisto are mortal enemies, as this lying demon represents everything Ghost Rider stands against. It is Mephisto's manipulations that led to Johnny Blaze first becoming the Ghost Rider and his stepfather's death, on the heels of demonic trickery. Penance StareĪ mystical being that hates evil is bound to have many enemies among the physical and corporeal world, and Ghost Rider has more than enough for him to handle. It's only the human host that holds the demon back from full power. The demon inside Blaze, Zarathos, is among the upper echelon of demons as far as his power level, meaning Ghost Rider can grapple with the universe?s strongest when necessary. Whichever approach he takes, Ghost Rider lives up to his name.įinally, Ghost Rider is supernaturally strong. Johnny can infuse any motorcycle with hellfire or even conjure up a vehicle from nothing. This stare leaves its victim permanently catatonic.Īnother element Blaze incorporates from Ketch as time goes on is a mystical, metal chain bathed in hellfire which can be used as both a weapon and to bind his enemies. By gazing into the soul of the guilty, Ghost Rider causes the affected party to relive all the harm they?ve done to anyone else over the years. His chief weapon is called the Penance Stare, an ability picked up from his brother, Danny Ketch. Ghost Rider uses numerous mystical abilities to punish the guilty and save innocent lives. ![]() When Mephisto came to collect his soul, it was only the timely intervention of Johnny's love, Roxanne, that temporarily drove Mephisto away.Īs a final act of spite before fleeing, Mephisto cursed Johnny by bonding him with the demon Zarathos, transforming Johnny into the blazing spirit of vengeance, Ghost Rider. ![]() Crash was cured, momentarily, but then died shortly after in a stunt gone wrong. The first rule is that the devil always lies. Believing he had summoned the biblical Devil himself, Johnny in fact had summoned the demon lord Mephisto and bargained his soul away in exchange for Crash's life. When Johnny's stepfather was dying of cancer, Johnny turned to the occult to try and cure the illness. Johnny eventually grew to have romantic feelings for his adoptive sister, Roxanne. Barton later died in a stunt, and Johnny was adopted by fellow stunt drivers Crash and Mona Simpson. His father, Barton Blaze, raised Johnny and his siblings alone when Johnny's mother, Naomi, left them. Johnny Blaze grew up in a family of stunt drivers. The human inside of Ghost Rider would like nothing more than to be free of his curse, but in the meantime, he's going to make a lot of bad people suffer. Possessed by a demon named Zarathos, Johnny Blaze constantly craves vengeance against evil and is compelled to seek it out, using his supernatural hellfire and Penance Stare to burn the souls of the wicked. It's miles better than the first, Spirit Of Vengeance works due to the choppy camera-work, fiery visuals, Nic Cage and some wild 3D.A motorcycle stunt driver turned spirit of vengeance after a fateful deal with the demon lord Mephisto, Ghost Rider defies his benefactor and rides his blazing motorcycle, dispensing vengeance to the souls of all those who would do the world harm. Glass shatters, flames and cinders float out the screen in extreme force. Spirit Of Vengeance shows what 3D can do at it's best alongside the wild camera-work from Neveldine and Taylor. The Ghost Rider takes control of several vehicles and tears up location after location, one scene includes a giant quarry digger that sets aflame and starts crushing bad guys and blowing stuff up taking down multiple enemies, and he also takes on a whole motorway full of the Devil's right hand men which ends up in more destruction. ![]() The story is basic and needs some more development but the 3D and action totally make up where the story doesn't. This time Johnny Blaze is on a mission to save a boy from the devil. It's great to see Nicolas Cage go mental in his roles, he actually goes insane and you can tell that by the look in his eyes. Packed with some of the most random and craziest images you'll ever see, Ghost Rider 2 will mess with your head. Spirit Of Vengeance ignites onto the screen in a mass of blazing carnage and sizzling hot 3D visual effects. ![]()
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