Among the hokiest of comic-book movies, Ghost Rider goes down in flames, but not in the way it means to. Nicolas Cage stars as motorcycle stunt rider Johnny Blaze, a bounty hunter for the devil. This basically means that at night, when in the presence of evil, he takes the form of a flaming skeleton and forces bad guys to pay for their sins. Visually, this means Ghost Rider often looks like the cheesiest biker tattoo to ever grace bulging, leather-accented biceps. Skulls and bones are the primary motif, with liberally spread accents of licking flames. From writer-director Mark Steven Johnson, who made the serviceable comic-book flick Daredevil.
