![]() And in case you do pay up for this joke disguised as a movie, make sure you see which melts first, your brain or Nic Cage’s face. I mean if the first one was really bad, did you really think that things would get better in the sequel? Director Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (yes it took two directors to come up with this!!), guilty of inflicting “Crank: High Voltage”, “Gamer” and “Jonah Hex” on us, keeps the incompetence coming with incontinent glee. Cage, who sleepwalked through the first movie, does it again here. Now it’s up to Johnny Blaze and his Ghost Rider alter ego to save the boy from the hands of evil. Now thirteen years later, the Devil is back, employing the services of a small arms dealer to bring him his “son” back in order to effect his Second Coming. Right from the beginning, we learn that the Devil (played by Ciaran Hinds) convinced some random woman, Nadya, to conceive his child. Here, we meet Johnny Blaze (Cage), years after the events of the first movie. In a way, that’s true, especially if you factor Eva Mendez in the equation (who doesn’t appear in this sequel). I read somewhere that part 2 makes the first one look really good. ![]() The Nic Cage epidemic continues with the totally unnecessary sequel to the equally awful “Ghost Rider”. Say “Crap” while I call out recent Nicolas Cage screw-ups: “The Wicker Man”, “Next”, “Ghost Rider”, “Bangkok Dangerous”, “Season of the Witch”, “Drive Angry”, “Seeking Justice” and “Trespass” (what a list!). Mexican cuisine has over 60 varieties of fresh and dried chilies, and Bill's deep-dive into the history will make you appreciate how these fiery jewels have influenced one of the world's greatest cuisines.Beware! The 21st century has officially become a no-fly zone for good movies. ![]() To cap it all off, Esther and Bill head to a backyard taco pop-up, Ek Balam, to sample spicy cochinita pibil tacos and - as is customary in the Yucatan - chase them down with raw habaneros! Next, they meet up with the Oaxacan Queen herself, Bricia Lopez, to try a rare, hyper-regional spicy mole from Candelaria Lopez, who drove from Santa Maria Valley to whip up a special feast. Get ready for the SPICIEST Mexican food tour! In this episode of Heat Eaters, Esther Choi teams up with acclaimed taco scholar Bill Esparza for a tongue-sizzling journey in Los Angeles, unearthing the vibrant, chili-infused cuisines of Sinaloa, Oaxaca, and the Yucatan regions of Mexico.įirst stop is Del Mar Ostioneria, an unassuming food truck that serves incredible chili-laced aguachiles and ceviche from Sinaloa, with top-quality marsicos that you'd expect to find at Nobu. What's left after adrenal-gland poisoning and stolen hearts? We're voting for full body transplant. It’s kind of like that movie has to get willed into existence at some point, by enough people who want to see it." But, says Taylor, "Don't think we aren't talking about it. It was almost going to happen but the schedule wasn’t right and the money wasn’t right. Jason Statham lamented last year that the poor box office of Crank 2 made a threequel unlikely. "Shooting action and car crashes and all that stuff is boring," says Taylor, "but shooting a Nic Cage performance is a total adrenaline rush."Īnd talk of adrenaline leads neatly to N/T's signature franchise Crank. That enhanced focus on the demon Zarathos has involved a whole different approach to playing the character for returning star Nicolas Cage, who's now playing Blaze and the Ghost Rider, instead of leaving the Flaming Skull up to the FX guys and the stuntmen. That mythology never got delved into in the first movie, anyway, we really get into that." The whole mythology behind the Ghost Rider that existed in the comic books never really made sense to me, so we sort of had to re-engineer the entire back-story into something new. We’re not disowning the first movie but this Ghost Rider is an evolved form of the previous Ghost Rider. We basically completely re-envisioned the whole start of the character. "We’re just looking at it as an evolution," explains Taylor. Here is part 2 of my Ghost Rider comic book collection.Books shown:Ghost Rider Vol.3 1-6 & Wizard Special 1/2 Ghost Rider Vol.4 1-6 & 1 Retailer Edition Cov. Is it a reboot or a sequel? Like The Incredible Hulk (and, by the sound of things, the next Daredevil movie) it seems to be kind of both. ![]() ![]() His statements might just put to rest any fears you have following the first instalment. It's been a while since we had any updates on Johnny Blaze's return to the big screen, but Brian Taylor (one-half of binary Crank directing entity Neveldine/Taylor) has shared a few thoughts on Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance with Movieline. ![]()
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