“How’d it get burned? HOW’D IT GET BURNED?”
Below is the first trailer for Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, who
They probably want to play up that it’s based on the Marvel Comic and play down the existence of the previous movie, which seemed to spend half its budget on finding rare materials to make trenchcoats out of and on hiring wholly unintimidating male models to wear the trenchcoats while playing the lamest Abercrombie & Fitch demons ever. Here’s the synopsis of this second movie:
In the February 17 release, directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, Johnny – still struggling with his curse as the devil’s bounty hunter – is hiding out in a remote part of Eastern Europe when he is recruited by a secret sect of the church to save a young boy (Fergus Riordan) from the devil (Ciaran Hinds). At first, Johnny is reluctant to embrace the power of the Ghost Rider, but it is the only way to protect the boy – and possibly rid himself of his curse forever. [ComingSoon]
Yeah, we’re sure he’ll rid himself of his curse, because Hollywood loves killing off any chance of more sequels. Also, the kid will totally die because a major studio would let that happen for sure. Obvious endings aside, Nic Cage spits bullets and pees fire. Had I neglected to mention that yet? Yeah, I’m watching this.
Trailer and poster via ThePlaylist. Trailer available in HD at Apple. And hey, it couldn’t possibly be any worse than this: