10 Most Forgettable Superhero Movies Since 2000

While lighter on its feet than Mark Steven Johnson’s Ghost Rider (2007), this sequel never licks its central problem: you can only do so much with Nicolas Cage’s bike-riding protagonist who, courtesy of a Faustian pact, periodically transforms into a flaming skeleton.

Not for him the outsider angst of an X-Man, the borderline vigilantism of Batman or the perils of maintaining a secret identity; Ghost Rider can urinate fire, but that’s about it. This time, the plot involves “the Devil’s baby momma” and Cage’s attempts to prevent her offspring from transforming into the New Antichrist, whose ascendency will cast a shadow over all mankind etc etc.

Not only is the Prince Of Darkness nonthreatening, he’s surprisingly easy to defeat. Despite his great power, Cage can beat him in a fight and send him back where he belongs. That’s this sequel in a nutshell: for all its noisy action, it’s still pretty underwhelming.