Looking back at Ghost Rider (2007) through the lens of modern cinema highlights how much the superhero genre has shifted. Nicolas Cage, a lifelong comic book fanatic who took his stage name from Marvel's Luke Cage, injected the film with his signature eccentric energy.
[Johnny Blaze] ---> Pact with Mephistopheles ---> [The Ghost Rider] | Hunts Down Blackheart
The narrative follows motorcycle stunt performer , who makes a literal deal with the devil—Mephistopheles—to save his father from terminal cancer. The devil cures his father but immediately takes his life in a staged stunt accident, binding Johnny to a lifetime of servitude.
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