Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance: Press reviews

'...the movie has a bit more coherence and considerably more humor than the first installment, released in 2007.'

'If originality were a crime, this film's screenplay wouldn't need a lawyer'

'It's all a bit ITV drama premiere'

'The strangest part of this film is a quick montage showing the various historic and mythic incarnations of evil: there's Idi Amin in there, and Stalin – but no Hitler, and the big ironic showstopper is a huge picture of Jerry Springer. Not exactly topical, not precisely hilarious and, presumably, not technically libellous. Time for this rider to head off into the sunset.'

'They had the character, the actor and the directors to do it. Such a shame they didn't.'

'...supernatural fantasy movies often work best when the film-maker's tongue is planted firmly in the cheek.'

'Funny in all the wrong places and long at 95 minutes.'

'You'll no doubt hear it said elsewhere, but, by comparison, this really does make the first Ghost Rider seem like stone-baked gold.'

'there's no trace of the energy, mischief and gleeful nihilism that made [Neveldine & Taylor's] Crank films with Jason Statham such fun'

'flashily produced twaddle'

'By the end, I was wondering how an action movie about a demonic biker with a flaming-skull head could be so dull.'

'A wisp of a story with no variation in pace '