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. Reviewer Scott Collura gave the movie four out of five stars, saying it 'is a movie you'll either love or hate'. Two attendants said it was worse than the first Ghost Rider film, and one said that the sequel makes the first film 'look like ' by comparison. To pull off such effects as the living morph where the hardtail chopper ('Grace') comes alive to become the 'Hell Cycle' Sony enlisted teams of animators, models, effects artists, lighters & 'Flame' artists. Kevin's Team at Imageworks also created computer-generated motorcycles, chains, water, black goo, dementors and buildings. Ghost Rider's flames were designed to become smaller and to display any other than rage. The film's visual effects supervisor, and the visual effects team at handled the difficult task of creating computer-generated fire on a shot-by-shot basis. The Hell Cycle's wheels, made of pure flames in the comics, were changed to be solid tires covered in flames in order to give the motorcycle more weight onscreen. Cage rode a motorcycle for Blaze's stunt cycle, and a heavily customized hardtail chopper named 'Grace' which transforms into the 'Hell Cycle'. Slade leads Blaze to San Venganza, then gives Blaze a lever-action shotgun and the advice 'Stick to the shadows' before riding away.Ĭage also explained that Blaze's stunt riding was a form of escape and a way to keep him connected to his deceased father, who taught him to ride. Slade tells Blaze that he is more powerful and unpredictable than his predecessors since he sold his soul for love as opposed to other Riders who sold their own for greed. Blaze returns to the caretaker, who reveals himself as Carter Slade, and obtains the contract. Blaze tries to use the Penance Stare on Blackheart, but it does not work as Blackheart has no soul to burn. Blaze returns home to find that Blackheart has killed his friend Mack and has taken Roxanne captive, threatening to kill her if Blaze does not deliver the contract. The cops open fire on Blaze, but he forces them back with a wall of fire to warn them to stay out of his way, before returning to the Caretaker, who tells him of his predecessor, a who hid the Contract of San Venganza. The air demon, Abigor, attacks Blaze while Simpson and police watch, and is killed when Blaze traps him in a fiery tornado.
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