Nicolas Cage is brilliant.
Brilliant enough to make me any old shit. Justice? Seen it. Knowing? Seen it. Yes, even the original Ghost Rider. So of course I had to see the sequel. It didn't hurt that involved are Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor whom were behind Crank and a number of films I really wanted to like more than I actually did such as Pathology and Gamer.
Unfortunately Spirit of Vengeance feels a lot more restrained than the lunacy that the Neveldine/Taylor team usually means. The backers obviously needed this to be a 12a (it being a comic and such) and the lads were obviously holding something back and it really really shows.
But fuck it, this is about The Cage and frankly, he delivered a big barrel of this...
Honestly Cage is everything brilliant about this film. Really and truly it is so much fun to watch someone just not give a fuck anymore and just go for it.
The rest of the movie is fine, silly action, bizarre cameos and fun one-liners. The pace is quick enough to not get bored during the talkie bits. But honestly I wish this was at least a 15s, feels like it has been sanitized. Still good bombastic fun. Nic Cage is the fucking balls too.
P.S If anyone is in any doubt that Cage is the goddamn best thing ever, please type 'Nic Cage losing his shit' into youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP1-oquwoL8
He is the best.
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