I love it when critics pan a movie because, based on my experiences, they are usually wrong. So I will take my kids to see this movie on Friday with the hopes that the excitement will have died down by then. I watched the trailer in the movie theater last weekend and this morning. The special effects look cool, and Nicholas Cage seems to fit the ghost rider character pretty well.

Motorcycle stuntman, Johnny Blaze, makes a pact with a dark force, selling his soul to save his girlfriend. When the bargain goes sour and the girl isn’t saved, Blaze is transformed, gaining raging superpowers. Based on the Marvel comic series.

Yahoo! movie raters gave this film a B rating, while another reviewer stated that this film isn’t overly violent for young viewers (5 to 10). Where the violence scale is concerned, Ghost Rider doesn’t look any worse than Batman Returns.