Ghost Rider

Johnny Blaze, an Evel Knievel wannabe, not the guy from Fantastic Four, gets a visit from The Devil himself who offers to cure his sick father in exchange for his soul. While examining the contract, he accidentally pricks his finger and a drop of blood falls on the signature line. That's not a legally binding contract! Especially since Beelzebob killed his father right after curing him. That doesn't seem like a contract negotiated in good faith. I'm sure he can appeal this in the 7th Heaven Circuit Court of Appeals or something.

But anyway, he's stuck with this contract and so, at night, he becomes "Ghost Writer". Where he gains the power to write really corny dialogue. He also has the power to turn into a skeleton on fire. What is the rule about what to do when you're on fire?

            a) Stop, drop and roll?

            b) Jump into a lake?

            c) Straddle a motorcycle, sitting inches away from a gasoline tank?

If you chose a) or b), you're probably still alive. If you chose c), then you have a future as a vigilante crime fighter. Because even though he works for His Infernal Majesty, he has a strict code of conduct. He will not hurt the innocent. Never! Yet he has no problem with causing millions of dollars of property damage that the innocent will have to pay for.

Luckily Satan doesn't want him to fight the innocent, he wants him to fight a group of demons: Mistoffelees, Sandman, Waterboy, Windbag,... sorry... Mistoffelees? Magical Mr. Mistoffelees? From "Cats"? Sure, he's a little bit of a trickster, but he's a cute little cat!!! Anyway... he kills them all and gets the girl.

What? Did I forget to mention the girl yet? Surprising, since her role in the movie is so pivotal to the plot. I mean... she's... you know... present. And she brings an element of suspense as we wonder how many shirt buttons she's going to lose before the movie is over.