Revealing mistake: After the Ghost Rider escapes from jail, he is shown pulling his chain whip off of his bike and wrapping it around his torso. As he lifts his leg to mount the bike, the section of chain near his right hip can be seen to pass through his jacket, revealing that it is a CGI chain, not a real one.
Ghost Rider (2007)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Mark Steven Johnson
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Sam Elliott, Eva Mendes, Matt Long
Ghost Rider kills Blackheart. The devil returns to take his powers, but the Rider will not allow it vowing he will defeat him and anything he unleashes. The devil, enraged, disappears. Blaze and Smith go back to the tree where their names were engraved to talk about what's next in their futures. Blaze gets on his bike, transforms into Ghost Rider and drives into the screen with the credits rolling right behind.
More mistakes in Ghost Rider
Grisselle: Have mercy.
Ghost Rider: Sorry. All out of mercy.
Trivia: Peter Fonda in both "Ghost Rider" and "Wild Hogs" makes reference, albeit subtly, to his character in "Easy Rider." Nicholas Cage parodies his dream sequence in "Raising Arizona" where his evil side is riding through the desert on a motorcycle, and shoots a lizard off a rock by the side of the road.
Question: How long does Ghost Rider's penance stare work for?
Answer: It depends on the person. The penance stare is used to torture the victim into reliving every bit of mean and sinful behaviour in their life time. So if the victim is older and committed more sinful acts, it will last longer than say a 20 year old who hasn't committed that many acts.
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Answer: The movie doesn't show how long the effects of the Penance Stare last. I have Morbius #1, in which Ghost Rider uses his Penance Stare on Morbius, who recovers from it relatively quickly. I don't know definitively because I haven't read very many Ghost Rider comics, but the duration of the effects could vary depending on how much remorse the person already felt for their past sins, or how much their own super powers allow them to recover from it. From what I understand, the Penance Stare doesn't work on the Punisher, as he feels no remorse for the people he's killed. It also had no effect on Deadpool, as his greatest victim is himself and it actually caused Ghost Rider to revert to his human form when he tried it on Deadpool.
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