Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011) poster
2011 · action · fantasy · thriller · supernatural

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Directed by Brian Taylor1h 36m2011
ElsewhereIMDb4.4133kRT18%Metacritic34
  • sombre
  • kinetic
  • extreme
  • inventive
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Sombre, breathless, extreme action / fantasy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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When the devil resurfaces with aims to take over the world in human form, Johnny Blaze reluctantly comes out of hiding to transform into the flame-spewing supernatural hero Ghost Rider -- and rescue a 10-year-old boy from an unsavory end.

Our read · Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive action · fantasy · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want chaotic Cage-fueled supernatural action with zero prestige pretense.

ends triumphantyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 3attention 2/5breezes bysubtitles: partial
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violence

Skip it tonightSkip if shaky CGI and incoherent plotting grate on you tonight.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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