20 Comic Book Films You Should Die Before You See

While lighter on its feet than its predecessor, 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.

Toss in a plot about “the Devil’s baby mama”, some unconvincing effects and a Prince Of Darkness who’s suspiciously easy to defeat, and you’ve just wasted two hours of your life.