Spirit of Vengeance is not at all like the film it follows, which might sound promising to those who didn't like Mark Steven Johnson's take. And so, as a tagline too proudly boasts, this comes "from the guys that brought you Crank." Perhaps that wasn't the most solid foundation for Spirit of Vengeance, but at least Marvel and distributor Columbia Pictures had the good sense to change the personnel. And, on account of his well-documented debt, Cage would be more than willing to make a movie for money, even not a huge payday, as his hilariously productive present has illustrated. After all, the trashed and loathed first film easily passed the $100 million mark domestically. Despite the general discontent the original film bred, a sequel was not too ludicrous. Five years after Cage's Ghost Rider became the rare superhero movie to miss with both critics and audiences, we get Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. Unless that Marvel movie stars Nicolas Cage as Ghost Rider. The last few years have shown us that you can't really go wrong with a Marvel movie.
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