First Trailer for GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE

by Matt Goldberg    Posted:August 19th, 2011 at 9:18 am


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The first trailer for Neveldine/Taylor’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance has gone online.  It’s odd because the trailer starts out trying to be weighty and having text like “Evil will force him to face his demon,” and that’s not what people want from a Ghost Rider movie.  We tried that with the first movie and it sucked.  What we want, and what we expect from the guys who brought us Crank, is something far more insane.  There are hints of that madness throughout the trailer, but it still hews a little too close to “Another Ghost Rider” rather than “A new Ghost Rider“.  I do like that they end it with Ghost Rider pissing fire.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer.  Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance opens in 3D on February 17, 2012.

Here’s the official synopsis.  We also just posted 34 high resolution images from Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance here.

Nicolas Cage returns as Johnny Blaze in Columbia Pictures’ and Hyde Park Entertainment’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. In the successor to the worldwide hit Ghost Rider, 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. Directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. Screenplay by Scott M. Gimple & Seth Hoffman and David S. Goyer. Story by David S. Goyer. Based on the Marvel Comic. Produced by Steven Paul, Ashok Amritraj, Michael De Luca, Avi Arad, and Ari Arad.

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  1. Charles @

    Now i really want to see a red band trailer, just to have an idea of what those guys really did.

  2. Wes @

    horrible trailer for a horrible movie.

    • SteveRogers333 @

      Translation:
      “Hey everyone! I’m Wes and even though I am going off of just a few minutes of a film with 6 months until its release date… I already know it is going to be terrible! Trust me! I know everything and I am really cool! Even though I claim to like film and movie culture… I have decided to publicly and cluelessly lambaste the work of two passionate filmmakers bringing their own fresh vision to a previously dead franchise! Yep that’s me!”

      • M&M @

        LOL! Snappy comeback!

        BUT…

        …you know damn well Wes is right.

        Look at the new Conan the Beautician film. The stills looked liked the movie sucked, the trailer looked like the movie sucked, the commercials looked like the movie sucked…

        And LO AND GODDAMN BEHOLD – THE MOVIE SUCKS!!!

        Good call, Wes.

      • COM3D14N @

        I’m wth Steve on this one.
        It’s stupid to think that 2 minutes of out of context footage is enough to judge an nfnished film in its entirety. The quality of trailers rarely matches the quality of a film.
        The Transformers trailers were great, well put together, and everyone got very xcited for the films. Then they turned out to be rubbish.
        The trailers for Rise Of The Planet Of the Apes were uninspired, boring, and didnt reveal anything that validated the need for a prequel. Then the movie turned out to be amazing.
        The only way you can judge a film is by watching the whole film. You are welcome to your unfounded pre-emptive trash-talking, just know that the rest of us wth open minds won’t take you seriously

      • rob @

        lol read the translation with a gay guys voice it even funnier

  3. Alex @

    lol that single trailer probably had more action than the entirety of the first movie.

    I still think the character is pretty lame, but at least this movie knows what it is and is just gonna run with it.

  4. Tarek @

    Trailers mean nothing. they can fool us. Wait and see.

  5. Brad @

    of course it’s a february movie

    • joe kerr @

      of course it comes out in february, otherwise the avengers in may or the dark knight rises in july would crush that film to tidbits.

    • Adam @

      So was the first. And it was delayed. At it still made $115 million in the US alone. Plus, what joe Kerr said.

  6. JaredXXIV @

    Looks like an over the top hell of a ride ! Lets be honest it cannot be worse than the first one and if The Crank guys go anything well it is balls to the wall , crazy over the top action with a dark tone. Perfect fit for a Ghostrider movie. Looks like a good time to me

  7. jokerface @

    Looks pretty cool!

  8. nawtnt @

    Looks awesome.

  9. Bob @

    Looks cool.

  10. Wladi @

    When I saw that couple of douches (AKA directors) at the beggining I thought I was going to hate the trailer but actually the movie looks way better than the first one…

  11. Jake @

    FUCKING AWESOME! When i heard he pissed fire at the end of the trailer i thought it would be like a little stream of fire, not like a fucking flame thrower! haha

  12. jojosodope @

    They should have rebooted Daredevil instead of doing a sequel to Ghost Rider, but whatevs.

  13. Ryan @

    I’m in!!

  14. JaketheSnake @

    This looks fucking AWESOME.

  15. LAME @

    Ghost Rider needs to be more agressive.

  16. plainview @

    Crank is so F***ED up that i’m quite excited for this.

    it’s also kind of exciting seeing those offbeat camera angles. atleast we’re not getting a by the books studio picture.

  17. Ytsejamer1 @

    Looks decent to me…i’ll pop for a ticket.

    The first movie didn’t leave a bad taste in my mouth…it didn’t leave any taste, which is probably just as bad. It was…”meh”. But as other posters have mentioned, it seemed pretty darn action packed and enticing.

  18. Angel of Death @

    I actually saw the movie…I can safely say that there are few movies out there worse than the first Ghost Rider.

    This is one of them.

    It’s super campy. Cage is a bigger ham than Porky freakin Pig, frequently going super over-the-top.

    Blackout is a terrible side-villain, and the actor playing him is terrible.

    And the new devil is just so dull. Peter Fonda, where are you when we need you?

    Any bad taste this trailer leaves you is justified. And anyone impressed by it, be forewarned–this is a terrible movie.

    • Jesus @

      Wow, you’re so full of shit it’s leaking onto a message board.

    • MD @

      Riiiiiight… Interesting, because last I checked the film is still being made. By me, and a very large team of professionals. The edit isn’t even finished.

      Go shoot some kids at McDonalds if you want attention, douche.

      • Angel of Death @

        Yeah. You probably work in visual fx then, because the cut I saw didn’t have the visuals completed. It was a super rough version. Movies can have test screenings while they’re in post-production idiot.

        Basically, let me prove I saw it by spoiling it for you. The kid he’s trying to protect is a vessel for the Devil because the devil can’t be on Earth without possessing a human. However since humans are weak and die quickly, he created a kid to use as a vessel by impregnating the kid’s mother, and now he’s coming to collect. He uses a mercenary to collect the kid, and when he fails he turns the guy into Blackout and gives him the ability to decay things.

        Idris Elba is trying to prevent the Devil and Blackout from getting to the kid so he recruits Johnny Blaze to find and save the kid, since Johnny Blaze can sense the kid through their respective links with the Devil. In exchange Idris Elba offers to take away the Ghost Rider curse from Johnny after he saves the kid, and escorts him to some promised land full of other monks led by Christopher Lambert.

        Eventually the Devil is able to kidnap the kid and Johnny Blaze needs Ghost Rider back. He gets it back and saves the kid, fighting off the devil, and saying “Go back home” before throwing him up in the air, wrapping him up in chains and slamming him back down to earth.

        So before you start doubting me, go screw yourselves asswipes!

      • Strigoi @

        @angel of death

        So, you basically saw an unfinished rough cut of a film that might still have pick ups and/or reshoots, without the completed music score, visual effects, sound effects and colour correction?

        Sounds like you saw an assembly of the movie. And you’re going to judge it’s ‘failure’ on the ASSEMBLY EDIT?!!

        You do realize the rough edit of The Dark Knight probably looked like arse on a dirty day, right?

    • Brandon @

      By the way, Peter Fonda didn’t play the devil in the first one, he played another entity named Mephisto, who is not the devil in the Marvel universe. The Devil is the Devil in the Marvel Universe. If you saw the movie than you would know that he wouldn’t need a little boy to walk the Earth because he did just fine in the first movie, which would have placed a huge plot hole in the second. And furthermore, it is completely possible that you are still full of s%&t and read the synopsis for the movie. The only thing you have proved is that you smoke poles for breakfast.

      • Angel of Death @

        @Strigoi — Yeah the only way to fix the movie is to rewrite it and fix it all the way back from pre-production

        @Brandon — You can still doubt me, but when you see the movie in February, come talk to me and I’ll tell you you’re a fucking moron.

        That’s the movie I saw, so i guess they have a huge plot hole then don’t they? Go ahead and ask me any question about the movie, and I’ll answer it for you. But in the meantime, you’re welcome to continue being a fucking cocksucker in denial. Eat me fuck-face.

      • Angel of Death @

        @Strigoi — Yeah the only way to fix the movie is to rewrite it and fix it all the way back from pre-production

        @Brandon — You can still doubt me, but when you see the movie in February, come talk to me and I’ll tell you you’re a freakin moron.

        That’s the movie I saw, so i guess they have a huge plot hole then don’t they? Go ahead and ask me any question about the movie, and I’ll answer it for you. Why don’t you ask me about how Nicholas Cage gets Ghost Rider back (the kid uses his devil powers to give them back to him). Or ask me about the fight scene at the construction yard, where Ghost Rider possesses a crane to fight off Blackout’s gang of mercenaries. Or how about the scene where Nicholas Cage is trying to interrogate someone while he’s about to transform into Ghost Rider? Or how about the scene where Blackout tries out his powers trying to decay things, but can’t decay a twinkie? Or how about how Idris Elba is killed by Blackout when he decays him? Or how about Idris Elba’s character’s love of wine, or how the monks he goes to to try and save the kid end up trying to kill him instead?

        Go ahead, and if you think of something constructive to ask, feel free. But in the meantime, you’re welcome to continue being a dumb f**k in denial. Eat me ass-face.

  19. Cms211 @

    I’ll give it a chance. This looks much more promising than the last one, which I made myself like because I didn’t think they would make another one. It has style.

  20. Alex-mansy @

    The N&T team aren’t known for their trailer making skill so who’s to say, but the film technically looks great and if that pov shot of guy falling off a bridge firing his weapon is anything to go by we are gonna be looking at some pretty innovative action.

    The real test of this film is not whether it will be good, that’s a given, but whether N&T can make a mainstream boxoffice success, last film ‘Gamer’ failed in this endeavour. A measly 40 million total boxoffice.

  21. Angel of Death @

    @Strigoi — Yeah the only way to fix the movie is to rewrite it and fix it all the way back from pre-production

    @Brandon — You can still doubt me, but when you see the movie in February, come talk to me and I’ll tell you you’re a freakin moron.

    That’s the movie I saw, so i guess they have a huge plot hole then don’t they? Go ahead and ask me any question about the movie, and I’ll answer it for you. Why don’t you ask me about how Nicholas Cage gets Ghost Rider back (the kid uses his devil powers to give them back to him). Or ask me about the fight scene at the construction yard, where Ghost Rider possesses a crane to fight off Blackout’s gang of mercenaries. Or how about the scene where Nicholas Cage is trying to interrogate someone while he’s about to transform into Ghost Rider? Or how about the scene where Blackout tries out his powers trying to decay things, but can’t decay a twinkie? Or how about how Idris Elba is killed by Blackout when he decays him? Or how about Idris Elba’s character’s love of wine, or how the monks he goes to to try and save the kid end up trying to kill him instead?

    Go ahead, and if you think of something constructive to ask, feel free. But in the meantime, you’re welcome to continue being a dumb f**k in denial. Eat me ass-face.

  22. phuh knees @

    @”Angel of Death”
    Disgruntled much?

  23. Lucasjay43 @

    Hey angel of death,
    EAT YOUR OWN ASS then suck on your slimey green shit you dirty son of a bitch. You are a worthless piece of garbage and even if your dumb, uneducated, lying ass did see the film you would at least have the decency to not pass judgment and spoil it for others.

    THIS JUST SHOWS YOUR LIFE IS POINTLESS, YOUR EXISTENCE IS A DISGRACE AND THAT YOUR MOTHER FUCKED THE DEVIL TO GIVE BIRTH TO SUCH A DUMBASS.

  24. rich @

    gotta wait and see the movie before i judge this one. other than that. i like the special effects. seems on the line of the artwork of the graphic novel: ghost rider: road to damnation


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