Ghost Rider (2007) - full transcript
When the motorcyclist Johnny Blaze finds that his father Barton Blaze has a terminal cancer, he accepts a pact with the Mephistopheles, giving his soul for the health of his beloved father. But the devil deceives him, and Barton dies in a motorcycle accident during an exhibition. Johnny leaves the carnival, his town, his friends and his girlfriend Roxanne. Years later Johnny Blaze becomes a famous motorcyclist, who risks his life in his shows, and he meets Roxanne again, now a TV reporter. However, Mephistopheles proposes Johnny to release his contract if he become the "Ghost Rider" and defeat his evil son Blackheart, who wants to possess one thousand evil souls and transform hell on earth.
[♪♪♪]
CARETAKER: It's said that the
West was built on legends.
Tall tales that help us
make sense of things too great
or too terrifying to believe.
This is the legend
of the Ghost Rider.
[HORSE WHINNYING]
Story goes that every
generation has one.
Some damned soul,
cursed to ride the earth,
collecting on the devil's deals.
Many years ago, a Ghost Rider was
sent to the village of San Venganza
[HORSE WHINNYING]
To fetch a contract
worth 1000 evil souls.
[PEOPLE SCREAMING]
But that contract
was so powerful...
[SNARLS]
He knew he could never let
the devil get his hands on it.
So he did what no Rider
has ever done before:
[HORSE NEIGHING]
He outran the devil himself.
The thing about legends is...
sometimes they're true.
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING]
[♪♪♪]
[PEOPLE CHATTERING]
[BELLS RINGING]
ANNOUNCER [OVER P.A.]:
Ladies and gentlemen...
the amazing, blazing
stunt cycle spectacular!
[♪♪♪]
[MOTORCYCLES REVVING]
[CROWD CHEERING]
ANNOUNCER: How about a big round of
applause for Barton and Johnny Blaze?
Let's hear it for them, folks!
[TIRES SCREECHING]
BARTON:
You're a hotshot, ain't you, boy?
Young, think you know
everything there is to know.
Think you're gonna live forever.
Is that about right?
Come on, Dad. It was a patch of dirt.
That's not the point.
[COUGHING]
Point is, we've been doing
this act less than a week.
You're already screwing around.
I was just doing it for the crowd.
We both know why you done it.
[♪♪♪]
You think she's gonna stand by
you when you're in a wheelchair?
Huh?
Huh, hotshot?
Son, everything you do in life, every
choice you make has a consequence.
When you do things
without thinking...
you ain't making the choice,
the choice is making you.
You understand that?
Yeah, sure.
What?
I said, "Yes, sir."
[COUGHING]
Hey, Dad, you think maybe I could
take Grace for a ride sometime?
Think you're man enough
for Grace?
Hell, yeah.
Well, I don't.
ROXANNE:
Hey, Johnny.
[♪♪♪]
Hey, Roxie.
[SIGHS]
Go on.
Hey.
What's wrong, Roxie?
I'm leaving.
What?
My dad's sending me
to live with my mom.
When?
Soon.
What about us?
He says you're not
good enough for me.
That you're just a phase.
So what are we gonna do, Johnny?
We'll leave. We'll jump on the
bike and just keep going.
But what about your dad?
What about the show?
He doesn't need me.
He doesn't need anybody.
Tomorrow, noon.
We'll meet here.
[♪♪♪]
[SIGHS]
[♪♪♪]
[BARTON COUGHING]
[♪♪♪]
What time is it?
It's late.
Where you going?
Nowhere, Dad.
I'm going nowhere.
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[EXHALES]
[WIND HOWLING]
[♪♪♪]
[GLASS SHATTERING]
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]
Far out.
MEPHISTOPHELES:
Johnny Blaze.
Yeah.
Caught your show today.
Just wanted to tell you how much
I enjoyed watching you ride.
Oh, thanks.
Perhaps you'd
ride for me one day.
You run a show?
Greatest show on earth.
[THUNDER CRASHING]
Thanks, but no thanks.
[SNARLS]
What's wrong, Johnny?
Worried about your father?
What do you know about that?
Even a blind man
could see he's sick.
Thing about cancer
is the time it takes...
the toll on the loved ones.
Lives that are altered.
Plans that have to be changed.
[THUNDER CRASHING]
Johnny...
what if I could help your dad?
Yeah? How?
How is not important.
What if I could make him better?
Give him back his health?
Would you be willing
to make a deal?
[THUNDER CRASHING]
Name your price.
Oh.
I'll take...
your souL
[♪♪♪]
[CHUCKLES]
Okay.
By sunrise tomorrow,
your father
will be healthy as a horse.
And you will have
your whole life ahead of you.
It's your choice, Johnny.
All you have to do is sign.
[♪♪♪]
[GRUNTS]
Oh, that'll do just fine.
[SNARLS]
[♪♪♪]
[SIGHS]
Damn.
Morning, sleeping beauty.
Dad?
You look...
Great, right?
Least that's what the doc said when
he looked at my x-rays this morning.
What are you talking about?
I've been sick, son.
When I finally get up
the nerve to tell you about it,
I'm not anymore.
[CHUCKLES]
I can't explain it.
But I feel healthy as a horse.
Now, come on, hotshot.
I got a show to do.
[♪♪♪]
Biggest crowd of the week. Hey, you
know what I was thinking about?
A new stunt.
Put us over the top!
Be a jump: me on one side,
you on the other.
Instead of the cars
or the ring of fire,
a helicopter.
Yeah. That'd be pretty cool,
don't you think?
Hey, you got two minutes to get
in your suit, son, or you're...
[♪♪♪]
Roxanne's dad
is sending her away.
If we don't leave now,
it will be too late.
Well, that's great, boy. That's great.
Two kids on the run with nothing.
If your goal is to end up together, that's just
a great way to make sure it doesn't happen!
Well, I'd rather take my chances
with her than to waste my whole life
jumping bikes
at some stupid carnival.
Dad, I want something
better than that.
Her old man will have the cops
on you before you get to county line.
I guess I'd better get going then.
[CHUCKLES]
BARTON:
Hey, hotshot.
You take Grace.
At least you'll have
a good head start.
ANNOUNCER [OVER P.A.]: Ladies
and gentlemen, Barton Blaze!
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[♪♪♪]
[CROWD GASPING]
[CROWD SCREAMING]
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]
[CROWD CHATTERING
AND SHOUTING]
[♪♪♪]
ANNOUNCER [OVER P.A.]: Ladies and
gentlemen, head for the exits.
Please stay calm.
Dad? Dad, it's all right, I'm here.
I'm here, it's gonna be okay.
Dad?
Dad? Dad?
[CRYING]
[MEPHISTOPHELES CACKLING]
[♪♪♪]
[SCREECHING]
[SHOUTING]
[♪♪♪]
You're no good to me dead.
You. You killed him.
I cured his cancer.
That was the deal.
But I couldn't let him
come between us.
You son of a bitch.
[♪♪♪]
[GRUNTS]
MEPHISTOPHELES:
One day, when I need you...
I will come.
Until then, I'll be, uh...
I'll be watching.
[GASPS]
Forget about friends.
[JOHNNY WHEEZING]
Forget about family.
Forget about love.
[MEPHISTOPHELES SNARLS]
You're mine, Johnny Blaze.
[GRUNTS]
[PANTING]
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[cow MOOING]
[♪♪♪]
JOHNNY:
You can't live in fear.
You can't live in fear.
[OZZY OSBOURNE'S
"CRAZY TRAIN" PLAYING]
CROWD [CHANTING]: Johnny, Johnny!
Johnny, Johnny!
Johnny, Johnny!
[CROWD CHEERING]
Johnny Blaze!
Yeah, Johnny! Yeah!
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[♪♪♪]
[JOHNNY GRUNTS]
[SNARLS]
[CROWD SCREAMING]
ANNOUNCER [OVER P.A.]: Ladies and
gentlemen, please stay off the field
to allow paramedics through.
Oh, God.
Oh, God. JB!
[♪♪♪]
[CROWD GASPING]
MACK:
JB, talk to me, man!
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLES]
Heck, is the bike okay?
Yeah. Yeah.
Bike's fine. Oh, God.
Ooh.
Thank you.
Let's go home.
[CROWD CHEERING]
ANNOUNCER [OVER P.A.]: Let's hear it for
him, folks. The amazing Johnny Blaze!
Johnny, you gave us all a big scare.
What happened out there tonight?
Hey, JB don't do interviews,
all right? I'm sorry. Excuse me.
[ZZ TOP'S "TUSH" PLAYING]
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING
ON TV]
MACK:
Yeah, come on, come on.
Get the front end down.
Oh, damn it.
MAN 1 [ON TV]:
Blaze is down.
Have you tried not crashing?
Have you?
Why don't you have a beer and
relax like everybody else, huh?
You know alcohol
gives me nightmares.
To each his own.
[MONSTER ROARING ON TV]
MAN 2 [ON TV]:
The mating call of the bowler...
Oh, wait, wait.
Could you go back?
There's a howler monkey special
on Discovery Channel tonight.
Guys, hey.
MAN 3 [ON TV]:
We've seen big moves and crashes.
But ask these riders
who it is they look up to
and the answer's a man who's not
even competing here, Johnny Blaze.
Yeah. That's because he's right here!
CREW MEMBER 1: Hey!
MAN 3 [ON TV]:
...greatest stunt rider of all time.
But what we don't know is how
much longer can Blaze cheat death.
His critics call it
pay-per-view suicide...
Put the monkey show on, Mack...
Shh, Shh, Shh.
Mack, the monkey show?
Shh.
MAN 3 [ON TV]: ... with seemingly
no regard for his own life.
They call him Mr. Invincible,
and he'll have to be at his next jump
when Johnny Blaze
will attempt to clear
the length of a football field
from field goal to field goal.
What?
"What." You should be taking
a dirt nap after that ragdoll today.
I got lucky.
No, I got a hunting dog named Lucky.
He's got one eye and no nuts.
Luck don't cover it, JB. Man, you
got an angel looking after you.
Yeah, maybe.
Mack, you in?
Yeah. Yeah, I'm in.
Scoot over, ladies.
What's the ante?
CREW MEMBER 2:
Five card draw.
Maybe it's something else.
[THUNDER RUMBLES]
[♪♪♪]
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[ROARS]
[COUNTRY MUSIC
PLAYING IN BAR]
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
AND WHISTLING]
There you go.
Took you long enough.
[ICE CRACKING]
I think you might be lost, boy.
You deaf or something?
Angels only in there.
Angels. Really?
Yeah, really.
You got a problem with that?
[♪♪♪]
As a matter of fact...
[SIZZLING]
[WHEEZING]
I do.
MACK: Yep. Love your
neighborhood, Johnny.
Real friendly around here.
[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]
MACK: Oh, I see you still haven't gotten a
lock for your lift. That's great, great.
You've got a lot of expensive bikes in
here, man. I told you. How many times?
[THE CARPENTERS'
"SUPERSTAR" PLAYING ON STEREO]
Well, JB, I said it before,
I'll say it again:
This place could
use a woman's touch.
So could you.
Heard that.
All right, four out of five. Wreck
one more and you get the whole set.
Well, I'm glad to see
you found use for your books.
You want some jellies?
No. I don't want
none of your stupid candy.
[SIGHS]
I actually wanna talk to you
about something kind of serious.
I'm trying to relax, Mack.
Yeah, I understand. All right?
It's just gonna take a second.
[MAN SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY ON TV]
[CHUCKLING]
It's about you jumping on the
anniversary of your dad's accident.
[GRUNTING ON TV]
[LAUGHING]
Can I just turn this
music off for a minute?
[MUSIC STOPS]
MAN: I want you to kick higher for me.
Can you get higher?
This jump, man, we...
MAN: Come on! Hit it!
[MONKEY GIBBERING]
Mack, you touch the Carpenters
or that chimp video again
and we got a scrap on our hands.
This jump is nuts.
All right, man?
I mean, field goal to field goal, and
now you're adding cars? I mean...
What are you trying to prove?
That it's me.
That it's you?
Riding the bike.
[SCOFFS]
Of course it's you, man.
Who the hell else is it gonna be?
You know what,
you're freaking me out.
You're freaking me out
because you're reading
this comparative exponential
religiosity crap.
It's getting in your brain.
I mean, what's going on, man?
Do you believe people
get second chances?
I... I don't know.
If somebody makes
a mistake, a big mistake,
do you think that person
should have to pay for it
every day
for the rest of their lives?
Are you talking about
your daddy's accident?
Well...
I'm just looking for a sign.
What kind of Sign?
That I can take a negative
and turn it into a positive.
That I can have
a second chance too.
JB, what happened way back when
to your daddy was not your fan“.
You know that, right?
Look, at least promise me you'll
think about taking the cars out.
I'll think about it.
[MUSIC PLAYING ON TV]
[CATS MEOWING]
[MACK SIGHS]
[HOWLING ON TV]
[WIND HOWLING]
[♪♪♪]
[BLACKHEART CHUCKLING]
[WOMAN GASPS]
I knew you were here.
I could smell your fear.
BLACKHEART:
Hello, Gressil.
Why are you here?
[WALLOW GROWLING]
BLACKHEART:
Wallow.
And what do you want from us?
I've come for the contract
of San Venganza.
Legend has it that the contract
was stolen and hidden
in a graveyard not far from here.
And now
you're gonna help me find it.
[SCREECHING]
BLACKHEART:
Abigor.
And when we find it, then what?
BLACKHEART:
Then we'll take this world...
one city...
at a time.
MEPHISTOPHELES:
Blackheart!
[SNARLING]
[♪♪♪]
[MEPHISTOPHELES SNARLING]
[CHUCKLING]
What the hell are you doing here?
It's my time now, old man.
Your time will come.
But not now.
We both know
you can't harm me here.
I'm not like you.
I've never fallen. I never will.
I may not have power over you
in this world, but my Rider does.
The Ghost Rider?
Your favorite creation?
[GROWLS]
The power of hellfire
wasted on a pathetic human?
If you had trusted me,
if you had given me
what was rightfully mine...
It's all mine.
Until the end of days.
Go ahead.
Send the Rider.
I'll bury him.
And then I'll bury you.
Father.
[MEPHISTOPHELES SNARLING
AND GROWLING]
[THUNDER RUMBLES]
[♪♪♪]
ANNOUNCER [OVER P.A.]: Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to the Johnny Blaze Leap of Death!
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING]
[CROWD CHEERING]
Yeah! Whoo!
[CHEERING]
Yeah! Yeah!
Johnny B!
[THE CARPENTERS'
"SUPERSTAR" PLAYING ON STEREO]
[REPORTERS CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
Hey, JB.
Shh.
You're stepping on Karen.
[SONG ENDS]
What was it you
were gonna say, Mack?
I just ran a second check
on the ramps. They look good.
Crowd's kind of out of control.
Johnny, you know you don't
have to do this, don't you?
Does this suit fit all right?
Feels a little loose.
Suit's fine.
Would you bring me my hat,
Mack? Thank you.
[REPORTERS CHATTERING]
You can't live in fear.
[REPORTERS CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
MACK: All right,
we're up here on the right.
Mr. Blaze. Amy Page, event publicity. I was
wondering if you have time for a quick interview?
Look, I don't know how long you been doing your job,
ma'am. But Johnny Blaze don't do no interviews, okay.
ROXANNE:
Not even for an old friend?
[♪♪♪]
ROXANNE:
Hey, Johnny.
Hi.
I'll do it.
Makeup.
He's good.
Hmm.
Oh, you're looking at the suit.
I know it's silly, but the fans
like it, so I keep on wearing it.
What about the cane?
I need support.
No. It's part of the costume.
Okay, and ready
in five, four, three, two...
How's your dad?
Johnny Blaze, thank you for talking
to us before your big jump.
No one has ever attempted
such a distance before:
Three hundred feet
from field goal to field goal.
What's going through
your mind right now?
You look really good.
I've seen you on TV.
You know, I watch a lot of TV
and you do a really good job.
Johnny, what drives somebody
to risk their life for entertainment?
I heard you got married.
[SCOFFS]
[WHISPERS]
Oh, no. No, it didn't happen.
No?
Most of the time the press focuses
on the crashes, the broken bones,
the costs of what you do.
Are there any other costs?
Uh...
ANNOUNCER [OVER PA]: ... in the life
of the world's greatest stuntman.
And remember, 40 percent
of all proceeds tonight...
Yeah.
go to the Barton Blaze Foundation,
dedicated to helping those in need
here in our home state...
Okay, well...
Thank you for this revealing peek
into the life of Johnny Blaze.
I'm Roxanne Simpson, on scene.
And we're out.
You're gonna stay
for the jump, right?
You know, we gotta get back.
Plus, I never liked
watching you jump. Ooh.
[♪♪♪]
WOMAN: Please.
MACK: Let's go, guys.
Roxanne?
MACK: We gotta go.
WOMAN:
Come on, just one signature.
MAN: You need to get back to your seat.
Let them go.
WOMAN: You don't have to push.
MAN: All right.
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say
you two had some kind of history.
That was it, Mack.
The sign.
The Sign?
Sure you don't wanna stick around?
No.
It hasn't started yet.
Uh-uh.
I'll buy you a doughnut.
Uh-uh.
Come on, Roxie,
it's Johnny Blaze.
Let's go.
Thank God you listened
to me, took the cars out.
It would've been suicide
otherwise.
This way if you
come up short, see,
you'll come down
on some nice, soft, green...
[CROWD CHEERING]
Grass.
ANNOUNCER:
Ladies and gentlemen,
Johnny Blaze will not be jumping
50 cars today as scheduled,
but instead will be leaping
six UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.
Never before has any man attempted
such a death-defying stunt.
[WAGNER'S "FLIGHT OF THE
VALKYRIES" PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
I took the cars out.
Why? Why, JB?
Why wouldn't you tell me?
Well, because you
would have thrown a fit.
Call me old-fashioned, I'm funny that way.
Human sacrifice makes me uncomfortable.
Why, JB? Why helicopters, man?
BARTON: You know what I've been
thinking about? A new stunt.
But instead of the cars
or the ring of fire,
a helicopter.
[♪♪♪]
My dad thought it'd be cool.
He was right.
Yeah.
Okay. Okay.
This is the deal, man.
Halfway down the ramp
I want you to hit the NOS, okay?
Do not hit the NOS too early.
If you hit it too early,
you are screwed. You got that?
Hey, JB, where's
your head at, man?
She's probably on
the interstate by now, huh?
[♪♪♪]
[SIGHS]
How much NOS
did you put in the tanks?
Enough to shame the space
shuttle. Chief, go ahead.
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING]
[♪♪♪]
Oh, God. He ain't gonna make it.
He made it!
[CROWD CHEERING]
I told you he'd make it!
Yeah, JB!
ANNOUNCER: Let's hear it for
him, ladies and gentlemen.
Three hundred feet! A world record,
as only Johnny Blaze can do!
[GEORGE THOROGOOD'S
"WHO DO YOU LOVE" PLAYING]
Yeah! Yeah!
Where's he going?
STUART: I'll say one thing
about the guy, he's got guts.
I mean, the other day I was watching
this, um, like, sports show...
Stuart, can you please stop talking
about Johnny Blaze already?
Yeah, that might be a little hard.
I made it!
[SCOFFS]
Pull over!
Do you want me to pull over?
Drive.
Driving.
Come on, Roxie,
I need to talk to you.
What's your name?
What?
What's your name?
Oh, Stuart!
Johnny.
Well, Stuart,
can you help me out here?
Sorry, dude. She's the boss.
Johnny, look out!
[TRUCK HORNS HONKING]
[SIGHS]
All right, I guess I see
how it's gonna be. Hang on!
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[GASPS]
[CAR HORNS HONKING]
Howdy. Howdy, howdy, howdy.
Are you trying to kill yourself?
I wanna talk to you. I haven't
seen you in 56,000 years.
Hmm. This is crazy.
You are crazy.
You know, Johnny, I don't have
time for this, I have a story to edit.
You could have said no.
When they asked you to interview
me, you could have said no.
MAN: Move your van out of the way!
What are you trying to say?
Well, I'm not trying to say anything.
I'm saying that means something.
Sorry!
Don't mind them, they're fine.
We are on the side of the freeway.
Let's get some dinner.
You still like Italian?
What's this about, Johnny?
You want some closure?
[CHUCKLES]
Look, you were 17 and you
witnessed a tragedy and you ran.
I understand now
like I understood then,
and I have no hard
feelings, none, you know.
That's why they call it the past,
because it's passed.
It's done, it's over with.
Oh.
[MOOING]
Too much?
There's a restaurant in my hotel,
the Plaza. Eight o'clock.
Yes!
Don't be late.
This is a sign, Roxanne.
There are no accidents.
Destiny and all that.
Johnny! Johnny! Johnny!
Can you please
sign my sister's book?
Oh, sure. 300 feet.
We love you.
JOHNNY:
Well, thank you.
Three hundred feet.
Pretty neat, pretty neat.
MAN:
Right on, Johnny.
[PIANO PLAYING
IN RESTAURANT]
Thank you.
[THE CARPENTERS'
"SUPERSTAR" PLAYING ON STEREO]
JOHNNY:
You can't live in fear.
You can't live in fear.
You made that jump.
No one else made that jump.
You're the best rider.
You deserve a second chance.
She's a sign.
[♪♪♪]
MEPHISTOPHELES [WHISPERS]:
Johnny.
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING
IN DISTANCE]
[PIANO PLAYING]
Thank you.
Okay.
[♪♪♪]
MEPHISTOPHELES [WHISPERS]:
Johnny.
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING
IN DISTANCE]
[MEPHISTOPHELES CHUCKLING]
You.
Hello, Johnny.
Stay away from me.
Little late for that.
Nice bike. Yeah.
Why are you here?
Oh, I've always been here, Johnny.
All along.
Phoenix...
Denver...
Houston.
It was you. Keeping me alive.
No. No, Johnny.
It's all you.
You're the best.
And I'm your greatest fan.
The posters, the video games,
the crowds screaming, chanting:
"Johnny.
Johnny.
Johnny?
It makes me so proud.
It's like watching an investment
that keeps growing and growing
until the day you cash it in.
That day is today, Johnny.
Find the one known
as Blackheart...
and destroy him.
Find him yourself.
Doesn't work like that.
You're under contract, remember?
[JOHNNY GRUNTING]
If you succeed...
I'll return your soul.
Yeah, I'm not doing it.
You don't have any choice.
[♪♪♪]
[CAR ALARMS WAILING]
[CAR HORNS HONKING]
[♪♪♪]
[WHIRRING]
[OFFICER SCREAMING]
[♪♪♪]
Hey.
You can't come in here.
This is private...
property.
There was a cemetery here.
Uh, yeah, a long time ago.
What happened to the graves?
They moved them.
Where?
[WALLOW SNARLING]
MAN: I don't know.
Who would?
Uh...
[CHUCKLING]
Saint Michael's church.
They're in charge
of the whole thing.
Look, you really
shouldn't be here.
That's what they keep telling me.
[GASPING]
[♪♪♪]
[SCREAMS]
God!
[GRUNTING]
[SCREAMING]
[SCREAMING
AND LAUGHING]
[ROARING]
[BLACKHEART CHUCKLING]
[♪♪♪]
Looking for someone?
Back to hell.
BLACKHEART: We're not gonna have a
meaningful conversation now, are we?
You're going down.
I don't think so.
[ABIGOR SCREECHING]
[CHUCKLING]
[♪♪♪]
[WALLOW SQUEALING]
[SIGHS]
[CHUCKLES]
[♪♪♪]
He ain't so tough.
GHOST RIDER:
Hey. Dirtbag.
[GRUNTING]
[♪♪♪]
Have mercy.
Sorry. All out of mercy.
[SCREAMING]
Help me!
[SCREAMING]
[♪♪♪]
[WHISTLES]
[ROARING]
[REVVING]
[GROANS]
Wait.
You think I'm pretty, right?
Hmm.
Oh, God.
[♪♪♪]
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING
IN DISTANCE]
Give me the damn bag!
[SCREAMS]
[GRUNTING]
WOMAN:
Help!
[GHOST RIDER SNARLING]
Thanks.
You. Guilty.
[GASPING]
Look into my eyes.
Your soul is stained
by the blood of the innocent.
[GRUNTING]
Feel their pain.
MUGGER:
No!
[WOMAN SCREAMING]
Give me your wallet!
[SCREAMING]
Let me go!
[PEOPLE SCREAMING]
[MUGGER SCREAMING]
[♪♪♪]
[GHOST RIDER GRUNTING]
[SCREAMING]
[GRUNTING]
Morning, bonehead.
[GRUNTING]
You all right?
Yeah, I'm good.
I feel like my skull's on fire,
but I'm good. Thanks for the water.
Did you see my bike?
Did I say something funny?
Ironic.
We're big on irony around here.
It's out by the shed.
Thanks.
It does.
What?
You're wondering if your bike
looks normal? It does.
And to answer your
other questions:
Last night did happen.
It wasn't a dream...
and it will happen again.
Who are you?
Question is, who are you?
[♪♪♪]
You are the Rider.
The Ghost Rider.
Get used to it, kid.
It'll be a lot easier.
If you don't, I got a nice
cozy spot picked out for you.
They've seen you now.
They'll be waiting for you.
You'll need my help,
you expect to last the night.
Last time I let a stranger help me
it didn't pan out so good.
This ain't something
you can run from, kid.
[MOTOR REVVING]
This day has been coming
since you made that deal.
[REVVING STOPS]
Congratulations.
Your chances
just went from none to slim.
Sources close to the investigation
say that there may be a link
between what happened
here in downtown...
and the Broken Spoke
massacre in the desert.
I'm Roxanne Simpson, on scene.
And we're out.
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
Captain Dolan.
No comment.
Is it true they found a connection
between the biker bar massacre
and last night's victim
here at the city train yards?
Oh.
No comment.
[♪♪♪]
Off the record, captain.
Off the record?
Piss off.
The Rider is the
devil's bounty hunter.
Sent to hunt down anyone
that escapes from hell.
Sterilize that for me.
Sterilize.
Mm-hm.
In the boiling water.
Right. Okay.
Little confused.
During the day you'll be normal.
But at night...
in the presence of evil...
the Rider takes over.
I remember now.
[♪♪♪]
Last night.
[SCREAMING]
[ROARING]
There was some punk
and I could see all the wrong
he'd ever done...
and I turned it all against him.
The Penance Stare.
It sears the souls
of the wicked.
It's the Ghost Rider's
greatest weapon.
All the Riders have it.
Have there been others
with my "Ghost Rider" problem?
Been a few.
Last one was 150 years ago...
in a little town
called San Venganza.
Nice town.
[♪♪♪]
Nice people.
Till a stranger came along
making promises...
one deal at a time.
Consumed by greed,
they turned on one another
until the village of San Venganza
drowned in its own blood...
their souls trapped forever
in that godforsaken place.
What's this have to do
with Blackheart?
Blackheart?
He sent you after Blackheart?
And others.
The Hidden.
Fallen angels cast out of heaven
by Saint Michael himself.
They hide within the elements
waiting for the end of days.
You better hang
around here, kid.
They can't come
onto hallowed ground.
Thanks. And thanks for the info.
I feel much better now that I know
I'm the devil's bounty hunter.
[♪♪♪]
Where you going?
Somebody I gotta see.
That's a bad idea.
Wouldn't be my first.
Why'd you do it?
Why'd you make the deal?
I was a kid.
What'd you get in return?
Heartache.
Captain. Captain!
Forensics on the bikers
and the station manager
suggest the same cause of death.
Sulfur poison?
Mm-hm.
I didn't think sulfur was toxic.
It is, in massive doses.
And these guys
were swimming in it.
Could be the work
of a chemical attack.
ROXANNE:
Or a religious nut.
Hey. I know you.
I've seen...
Ahem.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Okay?
There's nothing here to suggest
any kind of religious m.o.
Sulfur?
DOLAN: What about it?
Ever read the Old Testament?
Brimstone.
There you go.
[SIREN WAILS]
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
[♪♪♪]
Oh, my God.
REPORTER: It's hard to describe the
destruction here this morning.
OFFICER: Can I get you people
to stand back, please?
WOMAN: I don't know. It seems
like something supernatural.
Could you tell us about
the Good Samaritan?
Well, I'll never forget him,
that's for sure.
He was tall, broad shoulders,
and thin, really thin, like bony.
And he had this rad chopper,
it was all flames and stuff.
Oh, and his face was a skull
and it was on fire.
"On fire."
Yeah, like:
[IMITATES FLAMES CRACKLING]
Like that much fire.
And I know it sounds weird,
but it looked okay on him.
I mean, it was an edge look,
but he totally pulled it off.
ROXANNE:
Not sure what to add to that.
I'm Roxanne Simpson, on scene.
Thanks.
Roxie...
Don't.
Now, hold on a second.
Let me apologize.
Last night was inexcusable.
No apologies.
See, you did me
a favor last night,
because you made me
think of then and now.
And when you left,
yeah, it hurt like hell.
But you know what? I got over it.
And I went to college,
I got a great job.
But you, Johnny...
you're just the same.
Oh, better paid, more fans,
but you're still just a carny.
[♪♪♪]
[SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE]
Yeah.
Oh, man.
My dad was right.
You were just a phase.
That went well.
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
Hey, captain! I got something.
[♪♪♪]
Boo!
[♪♪♪]
"End of days.
The host can gain control
of the possessing spirit
through concentration on
and manipulation of
the fire element
that exists within man."
I am speaking to
the fire element within me.
Give me control
over the possessing spirit.
[SIZZLING]
[GASPS]
Hi.
Hey, I hope you don't mind.
Your lift was open.
Wow.
I came to apologize.
I'm leaving town tonight...
and I didn't want what I said today
to be the last words between us.
That's okay.
No, it's not.
It was cruel and totally untrue.
And I feel really terrible about it.
Please, don't. It's okay.
Is something burning?
Oh, that must be coming from
outside. Neighbor's hibachi.
Bill, he just got it.
I still have that one.
JOHNNY:
You what?
I have that one too.
[♪♪♪]
I remember that day.
There were a dozen people
waiting in line
and you went through
a whole roll of quarters.
Look at my face.
You can tell I was just terrified
that my dad was gonna
come in any second.
[WHISPERS]
Okay, I just...
It's just... I think I should
walk you to your car.
See, it's not great timing.
You almost kill yourself
on the highway
so you can ask me out,
and then you don't show.
Then you keep my picture,
but when I kiss you, you try to
shove me out the door. What's...?
What's going on?
Don't you care about
me at all, Johnny?
You know you can talk to me.
You can tell me anything.
Please.
You wouldn't believe me anyway.
Try me.
Well...
You'll think I'm crazy.
Maybe I am crazy.
I hope I'm crazy.
In my job, I've seen and heard
just about everything.
So there is nothing you can
tell me that's gonna surprise me.
Off the record?
[CHUCKLES]
Yeah.
[CLEARS THROAT]
[SIGHS]
I sold my soul to the devil.
Mm-hm.
And now I have to spare you.
Spare me from what?
The devil,
on account of I work for him.
That's why I couldn't
make it to dinner.
Because you were
working for the devil?
Well, yeah.
I'm his bounty hunter.
But it only happens at night,
like it is right now.
Whenever I'm around evil.
Evil people.
Mm-hm.
Evil spirits.
Okay.
I change into...
What?
[SIGHS] Just a great big
monster, but I am learning to...
I'm getting control of it.
I'm trying to.
So tonight, you'll...
[IMITATES ROARING]
I believe so.
Which is why it's probably
a very good idea that you...
You run on home now, Roxanne.
You're serious.
[SIGHS]
So this is...
This is your excuse?
For the past? For last night?
For everything?
Uh-huh.
Um...
The way I see it is
I've got a couple of choices:
Um, I could either accept that you really
believe what you're telling me is true
and take you to the
nearest psychiatric hospital.
You see, now that...
Or I realize that you'd rather
make up ridiculous stories
than be honest with me...
and I walk out of that door...
forever.
[♪♪♪]
[SIRENS WAILING]
OFFICER 1: Don't move!
OFFICER 2: Hands up!
Hands where we can see them!
Right there!
Right over your head.
DOLAN:
Johnny Blaze.
Yeah.
Captain Jack Dolan.
This is Officer Edwards.
You're coming with us.
Okay.
DOLAN:
Let's try this again.
We have your plate and the tread
from your tires at the crime scene.
We have a witness
who will testify
that the suspect
used some kind of fire effect.
An effect just like the ones
that you use in your stunt shows!
Yeah. But I told you,
I didn't kill anybody.
[CLEARS THROAT]
What about him, you remember him?
No.
This guy was three years
from retirement,
never harmed a fly in his life.
In fact, neither did most
of the corpses turning up
since you came home,
you son of a bitch.
I didn't kill anybody.
Bullshit!
Okay, let's take a breather.
Whoo! It's warm in here.
Warm?
Yeah, I'm burning up.
Aren't you?
A little.
You want a cigarette?
Okay.
Mind if I do?
Okay, that was weird.
Look, Johnny,
I'm not asking for your help.
I'm asking you to help yourself.
I watch a lot of TV
and I know what you're doing.
Good cop, bad cop.
But you're both good cops.
And, uh, you provide a very,
very important civil service.
In fact, when I finish
my stunt career,
I intend to apply my skills
to being a motorcycle policeman.
So I'd love to help you.
But I didn't kill anybody.
Jesus Christ.
[CHUCKLES]
Who you trying to convince,
Johnny? Us or yourself?
We're trying to help you here.
We're trying to keep
this thing quiet.
Yeah, because I imagine that
your fans wouldn't be too keen
on you being wrapped up
in a homicide investigation.
Not to mention all those corporate
sponsors, event promoters...
You ready to talk now, Johnny?
Or do you want to spend
the night in the tank?
Oh, I don't wanna do that.
No, sir.
I sure don't wanna do that.
But I didn't kill anybody.
Damn it!
[♪♪♪]
JOHNNY: You gotta let me go.
The real killer's out there.
PRISONER 1:
Lookie here.
JOHNNY:
But you're making a mistake.
PRISONER 1:
What've we got?
Come on, move your ass!
PRISONER 2:
Blaze, riding up to meet us.
Oh, God. Oh, please. Please,
you don't wanna put me in there.
Sorry, the Ritz was booked.
Oh, God.
Please, get me out of here!
[JOHNNY GRUNTING]
You look like that Johnny Blaze.
Yeah, yeah, I hear that a lot.
Nah, that is you.
That's him!
Yeah, it is.
I saw you jump in the state fair
a few years ago.
I paid 10 bucks
to watch you splatter.
[GROWLING]
But you didn't.
Looks like somebody's
tripping out.
You might be a big shot out there, Blaze, but
in here you're nothing but a monkey in a cage!
Now, I don't want any trouble.
I don't want any trouble.
Looks like trouble just found you.
[JOHNNY LAUGHING]
Nice jacket.
Come on, man, leave him alone.
Get lost!
The jacket's mine.
PRISONER 3: Stop it!
[GHOST RIDER ROARING]
[♪♪♪]
[KN UCKLES CRACKING]
[GASPING]
[SCREAMING]
Nice jacket.
[SHRIEKS]
GHOST RIDER:
Very nice.
[METAL BLADES WHOOSHING]
You.
Innocent
[♪♪♪]
[♪♪♪]
[GROWLING IN DISTANCE]
Forgive me, Father,
for I have sinned.
I've sinned a lot.
[RATTLING]
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING]
[GASPING]
[♪♪♪]
OFFICER:
Hold it!
[GRUNTS]
[TSKING]
[SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE]
[REVVING]
[LAUGHING]
Where's the contract
of San Venganza?
I don't know what
you are talking about.
Don't lie to me! You've been protecting
it all these years, sworn to secrecy.
Sworn to keep it
from the likes of you!
There's an old saying:
"Raise no more devils
than you can lay down."
My father raised one too many.
[♪♪♪]
[SCREECHING]
MAN [OVER RADIO]: Calling all units.
Reported 10-50 in the downtown area.
Proceed with caution.
[SIRENS WAILING]
[♪♪♪]
[OFFICER SHOUTING
INDISTINCTLY]
[METAL SCREECHING]
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING]
[LAUGHING]
[♪♪♪]
[SNARLING IN DISTANCE]
[MOTORCYCLE APPROACHING]
He's coming for us.
Abigor.
You know what to do.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
ABIGOR [WHISPERS]:
Rider.
[ABIGOR WHISTLES]
[ABIGOR CHUCKLING]
[GRUNTING]
[CAR ALARM WAILING]
[ABIGOR CHUCKLING]
[ROARING]
[SIREN WAILING]
I have a suspect fleeing west
on Cherry. Repeat, west on Cherry.
MAN:
That's a dead end. You got him.
10-4 on that.
MAN [OVER RADIO]: What's the suspect's location?
Up.
MAN: What?
OFFICER:
The suspect is going up.
[♪♪♪]
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING]
Hmm.
Oh, my God.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[MEPHISTOPHELES CHUCKLING]
[SIRENS WAILING]
OFFICER 1:
People, help me.
OFFICER 2:
Go, go, go!
Surround him!
Make a perimeter! Let's go!
Yee-haw!
[ALARM BEEPING]
[GRUNTS]
MAN [OVER RADO]:
Come in, please.
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
[GROANING]
Come here!
No!
You're pissing me off.
Okay, okay.
Sorry.
DOLAN:
Take a right.
[SIRENS WAILING]
You should've joined us, Rider.
Soon we will have the contract
and then you'll only be a footnote
in the history of the new hell.
[SNARLING]
Time to clear the air.
[LAUGHING]
[LAUGHING]
You're a slow learner,
aren't you, Rider?
You cannot catch the wind!
[GHOST RIDER LAUGHING]
No!
[ABIGOR SCREAMING]
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
[♪♪♪]
Oh, my God.
[GASPING]
[SCREAMS]
[GLASS SHATTERS]
[PEOPLE COUGHING]
[GUNS COCKING]
[WHISPERS]
Johnny.
Prepare to fire!
[GASPS]
Fire!
Don't!
[PEOPLE SHOUTING
AND GRUNTING]
Hmm.
They know who I am.
Who's that?
What? Everybody.
You don't watch TV?
What's the matter with you?
Is this thing ever gonna end?
It'll end if you can catch him.
What's really going on?
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY ON TV]
[DOOR OPENS]
Anything good on?
How can I help you, captain?
Get out.
We brought a friend of yours
in for questioning last night,
and now he seems
to have disappeared.
Has Johnny Blaze tried
to contact you in any way, ma'am?
Sorry. Can't help, guys.
Look, I don't pretend to know
what the hell that thing is,
but I do know that Blaze
is wrapped up in it.
And the only way you can save him
now is if you help us find him.
You got six hours. After that we go
public with everything we got.
Six hours.
[♪♪♪]
JOHNNY:
"Carter Slade."
Legend has it
he was a Texas Ranger.
Man of honor.
But he got greedy.
Found himself locked up,
waiting on the gallows.
Stranger came to see him.
Offering freedom.
Slade made a deal.
Ended up a Ghost Rider.
What's he gotta do with this?
Remember that contract
the stranger made
with the people of San Venganza?
The story goes that Slade was sent
there to collect all the souls.
But what he found there
was so evil
that he took the contract
and rode off.
He stole it.
Keep Mephistopheles
from getting his hands on it.
Some people say
he was buried with it.
Was he?
I don't know.
What I do know is that Blackheart is
coming, and he'll do anything to get it.
That's why it's important for you to
stay away from friends and family,
anybody he can use against you,
because he will.
Roxanne.
Johnny?
[♪♪♪]
Johnny?
God!
Aah!
[MUSIC PLAYING
ON HEADPHONES]
Sorry! Sorry!
Ma'am, you gave me a start.
I'm looking for Johnny.
Yeah. You and me both.
Have you heard from him?
No.
But I heard he got in trouble.
He got arrested, yeah?
What for?
Yeah, well, if this gets out in
the press, his career is over.
Yeah, trust me,
his career's the least of it.
You know, you seem like a nice
lady, and you're pretty and all,
but we were riding the gravy train
on biscuit wheels around here
and then you showed up,
and everything went to hell.
So why don't you just go back
to wherever it is you came from?
I can't go back.
Not now.
Then tell me
what the hell's going on!
You wouldn't believe me
if I told you.
Look, you don't know me,
but I love him.
So if there's anything you know
that can help, anything...
Okay, well, lately, he's been
reading these really weird books
and they're messing
with his mind, you know.
And he's writing stuff down and he's
staying up late. And he does it over here.
You can go through this stuff,
and I don't know if it means anything.
[♪♪♪]
This is hallowed ground.
[GROWLING]
[GRUNTING]
[CHUCKLING]
Did you think I was like
the others?
I have all of my father's strengths
and none of his weaknesses.
The new hell is in San Venganza.
I need the contract.
I know it's here.
Now give it to me.
[CARETAKER GROANING]
Give it to me.
Give it to me.
Give it to me. Give it to me.
Give it to me.
[CHUCKLES]
You're gonna fall.
Just like your father.
[GRUNTS]
[CARETAKER GROANING]
[♪♪♪]
The Rider, where is he?
Gone!
The girl.
You hurt her, he'll be there
like lightning before the storm.
I'm counting on it.
[♪♪♪]
[GASPS]
Where's Roxanne?
Dude. Where've you been, man?
Everybody's out looking...
Where is she?
She's out looking for you.
[♪♪♪]
[SIGHS]
Jesus.
BLACKHEART:
Not even close.
[MACK GRUNTS]
[GASPS]
You have his heart.
[♪♪♪]
Now I'm gonna break it.
[♪♪♪]
Roxanne?
Mack.
Roxanne.
[PANTING]
[ROARING]
[♪♪♪]
Look into my eyes.
[WHIMPERING]
[LAUGHING]
Your Penance Stare
doesn't work on me.
I have no soul to burn.
I guess the Caretaker
forgot to mention that, huh?
Surprise!
He sent you to bring me back.
I'm not going back.
I like it here.
[GRUNTS]
He thinks you're better than me?
I don't know who's more
pathetic, you or him.
[GRUNTS]
Now, listen to me. And try to get it
through that thick skull of yours.
You don't work for my father
anymore. You work for me.
Get the contract
from the Caretaker.
Bring it to me in San Venganza
and maybe I'll spare your girl's life.
And, Johnny...
[GROWLING]
Don't make me wait.
[♪♪♪]
What happened?
Blackheart.
They got her.
Where's the contract?
I can't end this without it.
Just gonna have to dig
this whole damn place up myself.
It's not there, kid.
Contract of San Venganza.
Hell on earth.
Now, you're gonna
have to trust me.
And why is that?
He may have my soul...
but he doesn't have my spirit.
[CHUCKLES]
Any man who's got the guts
to sell his soul for love
got the power to change the world.
You didn't do it for greed.
You did it for the right reason.
Maybe that puts God on your side.
To him, that makes
you dangerous.
Makes you unpredictable.
That's the best thing
you can be right now.
San Venganza's
500 miles from here.
We better get moving.
"We"?
[WHISTLES]
[♪♪♪]
[HORSE WHINNYING]
I got one last ride left in me.
Carter Slade.
Can you keep up?
[WHINNYING]
Let's ride.
[♪♪♪]
[♪♪♪]
Stick to the shadows.
This is the end of the trail for me.
I got nothing left.
I could only change one more time,
and I was saving it for this.
God knows I've made
my share of mistakes.
Been trying to make
things right ever since.
Guess all I can do now is hope he
sees fit to give me a second chance.
Thank you.
No.
Thank you, kid.
[WHINNYING]
BLACKHEART:
The Rider is coming.
Coming to save you.
You think you can stop him?
Nothing can stop him.
He's running out of time.
I'll make sure of it.
[♪♪♪]
It's almost dawn. Slow him down.
What?
Slow him down.
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING]
[♪♪♪]
[COYOTES HOWLING]
[ROARING]
[SCREAMS]
[GRUNTING]
[LAUGHING]
[ROARING]
GHOST RIDER:
Surprise.
Huh? Oh.
[SCREAMING]
[ROARING]
[PANTING]
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING]
[♪♪♪]
[GHOSTLY WHISPERING]
[BLACKHEART CHUCKLING]
Stop.
You change, she dies.
Do it, Johnny.
[♪♪♪]
[SNARLS]
Let her go first.
[GASPS]
[GRUNTS]
[♪♪♪]
[GHOSTLY WHISPERING]
[♪♪♪]
[SCREAMS]
[SCREAMING]
[LAUGHING]
Looks like you're out of time.
[SCREAMING]
[GROANING]
[GRUNTING]
"This is the contract
of San Venganza.
All of you...
come to me!"
[SOULS SCREECHING]
[♪♪♪]
[JOHNNY GRUNTING]
[GASPING]
[SCREAMING]
[SOULS SCREECHING]
[WIND HOWLING]
ROXANNE: Johnny!
[♪♪♪]
My name is Legion...
for we are...
many.
Let's go.
He got what he wanted.
You go. I gotta get him to
the shadows. I gotta end this.
Why? Why you?
It's been me since the day
I made the deal.
I'm the only one
who can walk in both worlds.
I'm Ghost Rider.
[SNARLING IN DISTANCE]
[♪♪♪]
Run!
Come on, you son of a bitch.
[ROARING]
[♪♪♪]
[SNARLING]
All of your world...
all of your souls...
will be mine now.
[GUNSHOT]
[SCREECHING]
[GUN CLICKS]
Throw me the gun!
It's out!
Throw it!
[♪♪♪]
[GHOSTLY WHISPERING]
[SOULS GROWLING]
JOHNNY: How does it feel to have
all that evil inside of you?
All their power.
All their souls.
A thousand souls to burn.
Look into my eyes.
Your souls are stained
by the blood of the innocent.
No.
Feel their pain.
[SCREAMING]
MAN:
...Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
WOMAN 1:
Kill you!
[GASPING]
WOMAN 2:
Stop it!
Oh, God!
[PEOPLE SCREAMING]
[♪♪♪]
Monster.
I'm not afraid.
MEPHISTOPHELES:
Congratulations, Johnny.
You upheld your end
of the bargain.
It's time I take back
the power of the Ghost Rider.
You get your life back.
The love you've always wanted.
You can start a family
of your own.
There are more deals to be made.
More people willing to give
their souls for what they desire.
Let someone else carry
this curse. You're free now.
After all...
a deal's a deal.
[SNARLS]
No.
I'm gonna own this curse...
and I'm gonna
use it against you.
Whenever innocent
blood is spilt...
it'll be my father's blood...
and you'll find me there.
A spirit of vengeance...
fighting fire with fire.
I will make you pay for this.
You can't live in fear.
No!
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[♪♪♪]
[WHOOSHING]
[♪♪♪]
ROXANNE:
So where will you go now?
JOHNNY:
Wherever the road takes me, I guess.
My daddy once said, "If you don't
make a choice, the choice makes you."
Yeah. But why do your choices
always keep us apart?
Sure wish things could have
turned out different.
No. This is what you are.
This is what you
always were meant to be.
You got your second chance.
Go out there and
make the best of it.
CARETAKER: It's said that the
West was built on legends...
and that legends are
a way of understanding
things greater than ourselves.
Forces that shape our lives.
Events that defy explanation.
Individuals whose lives
soar to the heavens...
or fall to the earth.
This is how legends are born.
[SPIDERBAIT'S "(GHOST RIDERS)
IN THE SKY" PLAYING]
[♪♪♪]
CARETAKER: It's said that the
West was built on legends.
Tall tales that help us
make sense of things too great
or too terrifying to believe.
This is the legend
of the Ghost Rider.
[HORSE WHINNYING]
Story goes that every
generation has one.
Some damned soul,
cursed to ride the earth,
collecting on the devil's deals.
Many years ago, a Ghost Rider was
sent to the village of San Venganza
[HORSE WHINNYING]
To fetch a contract
worth 1000 evil souls.
[PEOPLE SCREAMING]
But that contract
was so powerful...
[SNARLS]
He knew he could never let
the devil get his hands on it.
So he did what no Rider
has ever done before:
[HORSE NEIGHING]
He outran the devil himself.
The thing about legends is...
sometimes they're true.
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING]
[♪♪♪]
[PEOPLE CHATTERING]
[BELLS RINGING]
ANNOUNCER [OVER P.A.]:
Ladies and gentlemen...
the amazing, blazing
stunt cycle spectacular!
[♪♪♪]
[MOTORCYCLES REVVING]
[CROWD CHEERING]
ANNOUNCER: How about a big round of
applause for Barton and Johnny Blaze?
Let's hear it for them, folks!
[TIRES SCREECHING]
BARTON:
You're a hotshot, ain't you, boy?
Young, think you know
everything there is to know.
Think you're gonna live forever.
Is that about right?
Come on, Dad. It was a patch of dirt.
That's not the point.
[COUGHING]
Point is, we've been doing
this act less than a week.
You're already screwing around.
I was just doing it for the crowd.
We both know why you done it.
[♪♪♪]
You think she's gonna stand by
you when you're in a wheelchair?
Huh?
Huh, hotshot?
Son, everything you do in life, every
choice you make has a consequence.
When you do things
without thinking...
you ain't making the choice,
the choice is making you.
You understand that?
Yeah, sure.
What?
I said, "Yes, sir."
[COUGHING]
Hey, Dad, you think maybe I could
take Grace for a ride sometime?
Think you're man enough
for Grace?
Hell, yeah.
Well, I don't.
ROXANNE:
Hey, Johnny.
[♪♪♪]
Hey, Roxie.
[SIGHS]
Go on.
Hey.
What's wrong, Roxie?
I'm leaving.
What?
My dad's sending me
to live with my mom.
When?
Soon.
What about us?
He says you're not
good enough for me.
That you're just a phase.
So what are we gonna do, Johnny?
We'll leave. We'll jump on the
bike and just keep going.
But what about your dad?
What about the show?
He doesn't need me.
He doesn't need anybody.
Tomorrow, noon.
We'll meet here.
[♪♪♪]
[SIGHS]
[♪♪♪]
[BARTON COUGHING]
[♪♪♪]
What time is it?
It's late.
Where you going?
Nowhere, Dad.
I'm going nowhere.
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[EXHALES]
[WIND HOWLING]
[♪♪♪]
[GLASS SHATTERING]
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]
Far out.
MEPHISTOPHELES:
Johnny Blaze.
Yeah.
Caught your show today.
Just wanted to tell you how much
I enjoyed watching you ride.
Oh, thanks.
Perhaps you'd
ride for me one day.
You run a show?
Greatest show on earth.
[THUNDER CRASHING]
Thanks, but no thanks.
[SNARLS]
What's wrong, Johnny?
Worried about your father?
What do you know about that?
Even a blind man
could see he's sick.
Thing about cancer
is the time it takes...
the toll on the loved ones.
Lives that are altered.
Plans that have to be changed.
[THUNDER CRASHING]
Johnny...
what if I could help your dad?
Yeah? How?
How is not important.
What if I could make him better?
Give him back his health?
Would you be willing
to make a deal?
[THUNDER CRASHING]
Name your price.
Oh.
I'll take...
your souL
[♪♪♪]
[CHUCKLES]
Okay.
By sunrise tomorrow,
your father
will be healthy as a horse.
And you will have
your whole life ahead of you.
It's your choice, Johnny.
All you have to do is sign.
[♪♪♪]
[GRUNTS]
Oh, that'll do just fine.
[SNARLS]
[♪♪♪]
[SIGHS]
Damn.
Morning, sleeping beauty.
Dad?
You look...
Great, right?
Least that's what the doc said when
he looked at my x-rays this morning.
What are you talking about?
I've been sick, son.
When I finally get up
the nerve to tell you about it,
I'm not anymore.
[CHUCKLES]
I can't explain it.
But I feel healthy as a horse.
Now, come on, hotshot.
I got a show to do.
[♪♪♪]
Biggest crowd of the week. Hey, you
know what I was thinking about?
A new stunt.
Put us over the top!
Be a jump: me on one side,
you on the other.
Instead of the cars
or the ring of fire,
a helicopter.
Yeah. That'd be pretty cool,
don't you think?
Hey, you got two minutes to get
in your suit, son, or you're...
[♪♪♪]
Roxanne's dad
is sending her away.
If we don't leave now,
it will be too late.
Well, that's great, boy. That's great.
Two kids on the run with nothing.
If your goal is to end up together, that's just
a great way to make sure it doesn't happen!
Well, I'd rather take my chances
with her than to waste my whole life
jumping bikes
at some stupid carnival.
Dad, I want something
better than that.
Her old man will have the cops
on you before you get to county line.
I guess I'd better get going then.
[CHUCKLES]
BARTON:
Hey, hotshot.
You take Grace.
At least you'll have
a good head start.
ANNOUNCER [OVER P.A.]: Ladies
and gentlemen, Barton Blaze!
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[♪♪♪]
[CROWD GASPING]
[CROWD SCREAMING]
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]
[CROWD CHATTERING
AND SHOUTING]
[♪♪♪]
ANNOUNCER [OVER P.A.]: Ladies and
gentlemen, head for the exits.
Please stay calm.
Dad? Dad, it's all right, I'm here.
I'm here, it's gonna be okay.
Dad?
Dad? Dad?
[CRYING]
[MEPHISTOPHELES CACKLING]
[♪♪♪]
[SCREECHING]
[SHOUTING]
[♪♪♪]
You're no good to me dead.
You. You killed him.
I cured his cancer.
That was the deal.
But I couldn't let him
come between us.
You son of a bitch.
[♪♪♪]
[GRUNTS]
MEPHISTOPHELES:
One day, when I need you...
I will come.
Until then, I'll be, uh...
I'll be watching.
[GASPS]
Forget about friends.
[JOHNNY WHEEZING]
Forget about family.
Forget about love.
[MEPHISTOPHELES SNARLS]
You're mine, Johnny Blaze.
[GRUNTS]
[PANTING]
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[cow MOOING]
[♪♪♪]
JOHNNY:
You can't live in fear.
You can't live in fear.
[OZZY OSBOURNE'S
"CRAZY TRAIN" PLAYING]
CROWD [CHANTING]: Johnny, Johnny!
Johnny, Johnny!
Johnny, Johnny!
[CROWD CHEERING]
Johnny Blaze!
Yeah, Johnny! Yeah!
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[♪♪♪]
[JOHNNY GRUNTS]
[SNARLS]
[CROWD SCREAMING]
ANNOUNCER [OVER P.A.]: Ladies and
gentlemen, please stay off the field
to allow paramedics through.
Oh, God.
Oh, God. JB!
[♪♪♪]
[CROWD GASPING]
MACK:
JB, talk to me, man!
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLES]
Heck, is the bike okay?
Yeah. Yeah.
Bike's fine. Oh, God.
Ooh.
Thank you.
Let's go home.
[CROWD CHEERING]
ANNOUNCER [OVER P.A.]: Let's hear it for
him, folks. The amazing Johnny Blaze!
Johnny, you gave us all a big scare.
What happened out there tonight?
Hey, JB don't do interviews,
all right? I'm sorry. Excuse me.
[ZZ TOP'S "TUSH" PLAYING]
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING
ON TV]
MACK:
Yeah, come on, come on.
Get the front end down.
Oh, damn it.
MAN 1 [ON TV]:
Blaze is down.
Have you tried not crashing?
Have you?
Why don't you have a beer and
relax like everybody else, huh?
You know alcohol
gives me nightmares.
To each his own.
[MONSTER ROARING ON TV]
MAN 2 [ON TV]:
The mating call of the bowler...
Oh, wait, wait.
Could you go back?
There's a howler monkey special
on Discovery Channel tonight.
Guys, hey.
MAN 3 [ON TV]:
We've seen big moves and crashes.
But ask these riders
who it is they look up to
and the answer's a man who's not
even competing here, Johnny Blaze.
Yeah. That's because he's right here!
CREW MEMBER 1: Hey!
MAN 3 [ON TV]:
...greatest stunt rider of all time.
But what we don't know is how
much longer can Blaze cheat death.
His critics call it
pay-per-view suicide...
Put the monkey show on, Mack...
Shh, Shh, Shh.
Mack, the monkey show?
Shh.
MAN 3 [ON TV]: ... with seemingly
no regard for his own life.
They call him Mr. Invincible,
and he'll have to be at his next jump
when Johnny Blaze
will attempt to clear
the length of a football field
from field goal to field goal.
What?
"What." You should be taking
a dirt nap after that ragdoll today.
I got lucky.
No, I got a hunting dog named Lucky.
He's got one eye and no nuts.
Luck don't cover it, JB. Man, you
got an angel looking after you.
Yeah, maybe.
Mack, you in?
Yeah. Yeah, I'm in.
Scoot over, ladies.
What's the ante?
CREW MEMBER 2:
Five card draw.
Maybe it's something else.
[THUNDER RUMBLES]
[♪♪♪]
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[ROARS]
[COUNTRY MUSIC
PLAYING IN BAR]
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
AND WHISTLING]
There you go.
Took you long enough.
[ICE CRACKING]
I think you might be lost, boy.
You deaf or something?
Angels only in there.
Angels. Really?
Yeah, really.
You got a problem with that?
[♪♪♪]
As a matter of fact...
[SIZZLING]
[WHEEZING]
I do.
MACK: Yep. Love your
neighborhood, Johnny.
Real friendly around here.
[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]
MACK: Oh, I see you still haven't gotten a
lock for your lift. That's great, great.
You've got a lot of expensive bikes in
here, man. I told you. How many times?
[THE CARPENTERS'
"SUPERSTAR" PLAYING ON STEREO]
Well, JB, I said it before,
I'll say it again:
This place could
use a woman's touch.
So could you.
Heard that.
All right, four out of five. Wreck
one more and you get the whole set.
Well, I'm glad to see
you found use for your books.
You want some jellies?
No. I don't want
none of your stupid candy.
[SIGHS]
I actually wanna talk to you
about something kind of serious.
I'm trying to relax, Mack.
Yeah, I understand. All right?
It's just gonna take a second.
[MAN SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY ON TV]
[CHUCKLING]
It's about you jumping on the
anniversary of your dad's accident.
[GRUNTING ON TV]
[LAUGHING]
Can I just turn this
music off for a minute?
[MUSIC STOPS]
MAN: I want you to kick higher for me.
Can you get higher?
This jump, man, we...
MAN: Come on! Hit it!
[MONKEY GIBBERING]
Mack, you touch the Carpenters
or that chimp video again
and we got a scrap on our hands.
This jump is nuts.
All right, man?
I mean, field goal to field goal, and
now you're adding cars? I mean...
What are you trying to prove?
That it's me.
That it's you?
Riding the bike.
[SCOFFS]
Of course it's you, man.
Who the hell else is it gonna be?
You know what,
you're freaking me out.
You're freaking me out
because you're reading
this comparative exponential
religiosity crap.
It's getting in your brain.
I mean, what's going on, man?
Do you believe people
get second chances?
I... I don't know.
If somebody makes
a mistake, a big mistake,
do you think that person
should have to pay for it
every day
for the rest of their lives?
Are you talking about
your daddy's accident?
Well...
I'm just looking for a sign.
What kind of Sign?
That I can take a negative
and turn it into a positive.
That I can have
a second chance too.
JB, what happened way back when
to your daddy was not your fan“.
You know that, right?
Look, at least promise me you'll
think about taking the cars out.
I'll think about it.
[MUSIC PLAYING ON TV]
[CATS MEOWING]
[MACK SIGHS]
[HOWLING ON TV]
[WIND HOWLING]
[♪♪♪]
[BLACKHEART CHUCKLING]
[WOMAN GASPS]
I knew you were here.
I could smell your fear.
BLACKHEART:
Hello, Gressil.
Why are you here?
[WALLOW GROWLING]
BLACKHEART:
Wallow.
And what do you want from us?
I've come for the contract
of San Venganza.
Legend has it that the contract
was stolen and hidden
in a graveyard not far from here.
And now
you're gonna help me find it.
[SCREECHING]
BLACKHEART:
Abigor.
And when we find it, then what?
BLACKHEART:
Then we'll take this world...
one city...
at a time.
MEPHISTOPHELES:
Blackheart!
[SNARLING]
[♪♪♪]
[MEPHISTOPHELES SNARLING]
[CHUCKLING]
What the hell are you doing here?
It's my time now, old man.
Your time will come.
But not now.
We both know
you can't harm me here.
I'm not like you.
I've never fallen. I never will.
I may not have power over you
in this world, but my Rider does.
The Ghost Rider?
Your favorite creation?
[GROWLS]
The power of hellfire
wasted on a pathetic human?
If you had trusted me,
if you had given me
what was rightfully mine...
It's all mine.
Until the end of days.
Go ahead.
Send the Rider.
I'll bury him.
And then I'll bury you.
Father.
[MEPHISTOPHELES SNARLING
AND GROWLING]
[THUNDER RUMBLES]
[♪♪♪]
ANNOUNCER [OVER P.A.]: Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to the Johnny Blaze Leap of Death!
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING]
[CROWD CHEERING]
Yeah! Whoo!
[CHEERING]
Yeah! Yeah!
Johnny B!
[THE CARPENTERS'
"SUPERSTAR" PLAYING ON STEREO]
[REPORTERS CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
Hey, JB.
Shh.
You're stepping on Karen.
[SONG ENDS]
What was it you
were gonna say, Mack?
I just ran a second check
on the ramps. They look good.
Crowd's kind of out of control.
Johnny, you know you don't
have to do this, don't you?
Does this suit fit all right?
Feels a little loose.
Suit's fine.
Would you bring me my hat,
Mack? Thank you.
[REPORTERS CHATTERING]
You can't live in fear.
[REPORTERS CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
MACK: All right,
we're up here on the right.
Mr. Blaze. Amy Page, event publicity. I was
wondering if you have time for a quick interview?
Look, I don't know how long you been doing your job,
ma'am. But Johnny Blaze don't do no interviews, okay.
ROXANNE:
Not even for an old friend?
[♪♪♪]
ROXANNE:
Hey, Johnny.
Hi.
I'll do it.
Makeup.
He's good.
Hmm.
Oh, you're looking at the suit.
I know it's silly, but the fans
like it, so I keep on wearing it.
What about the cane?
I need support.
No. It's part of the costume.
Okay, and ready
in five, four, three, two...
How's your dad?
Johnny Blaze, thank you for talking
to us before your big jump.
No one has ever attempted
such a distance before:
Three hundred feet
from field goal to field goal.
What's going through
your mind right now?
You look really good.
I've seen you on TV.
You know, I watch a lot of TV
and you do a really good job.
Johnny, what drives somebody
to risk their life for entertainment?
I heard you got married.
[SCOFFS]
[WHISPERS]
Oh, no. No, it didn't happen.
No?
Most of the time the press focuses
on the crashes, the broken bones,
the costs of what you do.
Are there any other costs?
Uh...
ANNOUNCER [OVER PA]: ... in the life
of the world's greatest stuntman.
And remember, 40 percent
of all proceeds tonight...
Yeah.
go to the Barton Blaze Foundation,
dedicated to helping those in need
here in our home state...
Okay, well...
Thank you for this revealing peek
into the life of Johnny Blaze.
I'm Roxanne Simpson, on scene.
And we're out.
You're gonna stay
for the jump, right?
You know, we gotta get back.
Plus, I never liked
watching you jump. Ooh.
[♪♪♪]
WOMAN: Please.
MACK: Let's go, guys.
Roxanne?
MACK: We gotta go.
WOMAN:
Come on, just one signature.
MAN: You need to get back to your seat.
Let them go.
WOMAN: You don't have to push.
MAN: All right.
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say
you two had some kind of history.
That was it, Mack.
The sign.
The Sign?
Sure you don't wanna stick around?
No.
It hasn't started yet.
Uh-uh.
I'll buy you a doughnut.
Uh-uh.
Come on, Roxie,
it's Johnny Blaze.
Let's go.
Thank God you listened
to me, took the cars out.
It would've been suicide
otherwise.
This way if you
come up short, see,
you'll come down
on some nice, soft, green...
[CROWD CHEERING]
Grass.
ANNOUNCER:
Ladies and gentlemen,
Johnny Blaze will not be jumping
50 cars today as scheduled,
but instead will be leaping
six UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.
Never before has any man attempted
such a death-defying stunt.
[WAGNER'S "FLIGHT OF THE
VALKYRIES" PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
I took the cars out.
Why? Why, JB?
Why wouldn't you tell me?
Well, because you
would have thrown a fit.
Call me old-fashioned, I'm funny that way.
Human sacrifice makes me uncomfortable.
Why, JB? Why helicopters, man?
BARTON: You know what I've been
thinking about? A new stunt.
But instead of the cars
or the ring of fire,
a helicopter.
[♪♪♪]
My dad thought it'd be cool.
He was right.
Yeah.
Okay. Okay.
This is the deal, man.
Halfway down the ramp
I want you to hit the NOS, okay?
Do not hit the NOS too early.
If you hit it too early,
you are screwed. You got that?
Hey, JB, where's
your head at, man?
She's probably on
the interstate by now, huh?
[♪♪♪]
[SIGHS]
How much NOS
did you put in the tanks?
Enough to shame the space
shuttle. Chief, go ahead.
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING]
[♪♪♪]
Oh, God. He ain't gonna make it.
He made it!
[CROWD CHEERING]
I told you he'd make it!
Yeah, JB!
ANNOUNCER: Let's hear it for
him, ladies and gentlemen.
Three hundred feet! A world record,
as only Johnny Blaze can do!
[GEORGE THOROGOOD'S
"WHO DO YOU LOVE" PLAYING]
Yeah! Yeah!
Where's he going?
STUART: I'll say one thing
about the guy, he's got guts.
I mean, the other day I was watching
this, um, like, sports show...
Stuart, can you please stop talking
about Johnny Blaze already?
Yeah, that might be a little hard.
I made it!
[SCOFFS]
Pull over!
Do you want me to pull over?
Drive.
Driving.
Come on, Roxie,
I need to talk to you.
What's your name?
What?
What's your name?
Oh, Stuart!
Johnny.
Well, Stuart,
can you help me out here?
Sorry, dude. She's the boss.
Johnny, look out!
[TRUCK HORNS HONKING]
[SIGHS]
All right, I guess I see
how it's gonna be. Hang on!
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[GASPS]
[CAR HORNS HONKING]
Howdy. Howdy, howdy, howdy.
Are you trying to kill yourself?
I wanna talk to you. I haven't
seen you in 56,000 years.
Hmm. This is crazy.
You are crazy.
You know, Johnny, I don't have
time for this, I have a story to edit.
You could have said no.
When they asked you to interview
me, you could have said no.
MAN: Move your van out of the way!
What are you trying to say?
Well, I'm not trying to say anything.
I'm saying that means something.
Sorry!
Don't mind them, they're fine.
We are on the side of the freeway.
Let's get some dinner.
You still like Italian?
What's this about, Johnny?
You want some closure?
[CHUCKLES]
Look, you were 17 and you
witnessed a tragedy and you ran.
I understand now
like I understood then,
and I have no hard
feelings, none, you know.
That's why they call it the past,
because it's passed.
It's done, it's over with.
Oh.
[MOOING]
Too much?
There's a restaurant in my hotel,
the Plaza. Eight o'clock.
Yes!
Don't be late.
This is a sign, Roxanne.
There are no accidents.
Destiny and all that.
Johnny! Johnny! Johnny!
Can you please
sign my sister's book?
Oh, sure. 300 feet.
We love you.
JOHNNY:
Well, thank you.
Three hundred feet.
Pretty neat, pretty neat.
MAN:
Right on, Johnny.
[PIANO PLAYING
IN RESTAURANT]
Thank you.
[THE CARPENTERS'
"SUPERSTAR" PLAYING ON STEREO]
JOHNNY:
You can't live in fear.
You can't live in fear.
You made that jump.
No one else made that jump.
You're the best rider.
You deserve a second chance.
She's a sign.
[♪♪♪]
MEPHISTOPHELES [WHISPERS]:
Johnny.
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING
IN DISTANCE]
[PIANO PLAYING]
Thank you.
Okay.
[♪♪♪]
MEPHISTOPHELES [WHISPERS]:
Johnny.
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING
IN DISTANCE]
[MEPHISTOPHELES CHUCKLING]
You.
Hello, Johnny.
Stay away from me.
Little late for that.
Nice bike. Yeah.
Why are you here?
Oh, I've always been here, Johnny.
All along.
Phoenix...
Denver...
Houston.
It was you. Keeping me alive.
No. No, Johnny.
It's all you.
You're the best.
And I'm your greatest fan.
The posters, the video games,
the crowds screaming, chanting:
"Johnny.
Johnny.
Johnny?
It makes me so proud.
It's like watching an investment
that keeps growing and growing
until the day you cash it in.
That day is today, Johnny.
Find the one known
as Blackheart...
and destroy him.
Find him yourself.
Doesn't work like that.
You're under contract, remember?
[JOHNNY GRUNTING]
If you succeed...
I'll return your soul.
Yeah, I'm not doing it.
You don't have any choice.
[♪♪♪]
[CAR ALARMS WAILING]
[CAR HORNS HONKING]
[♪♪♪]
[WHIRRING]
[OFFICER SCREAMING]
[♪♪♪]
Hey.
You can't come in here.
This is private...
property.
There was a cemetery here.
Uh, yeah, a long time ago.
What happened to the graves?
They moved them.
Where?
[WALLOW SNARLING]
MAN: I don't know.
Who would?
Uh...
[CHUCKLING]
Saint Michael's church.
They're in charge
of the whole thing.
Look, you really
shouldn't be here.
That's what they keep telling me.
[GASPING]
[♪♪♪]
[SCREAMS]
God!
[GRUNTING]
[SCREAMING]
[SCREAMING
AND LAUGHING]
[ROARING]
[BLACKHEART CHUCKLING]
[♪♪♪]
Looking for someone?
Back to hell.
BLACKHEART: We're not gonna have a
meaningful conversation now, are we?
You're going down.
I don't think so.
[ABIGOR SCREECHING]
[CHUCKLING]
[♪♪♪]
[WALLOW SQUEALING]
[SIGHS]
[CHUCKLES]
[♪♪♪]
He ain't so tough.
GHOST RIDER:
Hey. Dirtbag.
[GRUNTING]
[♪♪♪]
Have mercy.
Sorry. All out of mercy.
[SCREAMING]
Help me!
[SCREAMING]
[♪♪♪]
[WHISTLES]
[ROARING]
[REVVING]
[GROANS]
Wait.
You think I'm pretty, right?
Hmm.
Oh, God.
[♪♪♪]
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING
IN DISTANCE]
Give me the damn bag!
[SCREAMS]
[GRUNTING]
WOMAN:
Help!
[GHOST RIDER SNARLING]
Thanks.
You. Guilty.
[GASPING]
Look into my eyes.
Your soul is stained
by the blood of the innocent.
[GRUNTING]
Feel their pain.
MUGGER:
No!
[WOMAN SCREAMING]
Give me your wallet!
[SCREAMING]
Let me go!
[PEOPLE SCREAMING]
[MUGGER SCREAMING]
[♪♪♪]
[GHOST RIDER GRUNTING]
[SCREAMING]
[GRUNTING]
Morning, bonehead.
[GRUNTING]
You all right?
Yeah, I'm good.
I feel like my skull's on fire,
but I'm good. Thanks for the water.
Did you see my bike?
Did I say something funny?
Ironic.
We're big on irony around here.
It's out by the shed.
Thanks.
It does.
What?
You're wondering if your bike
looks normal? It does.
And to answer your
other questions:
Last night did happen.
It wasn't a dream...
and it will happen again.
Who are you?
Question is, who are you?
[♪♪♪]
You are the Rider.
The Ghost Rider.
Get used to it, kid.
It'll be a lot easier.
If you don't, I got a nice
cozy spot picked out for you.
They've seen you now.
They'll be waiting for you.
You'll need my help,
you expect to last the night.
Last time I let a stranger help me
it didn't pan out so good.
This ain't something
you can run from, kid.
[MOTOR REVVING]
This day has been coming
since you made that deal.
[REVVING STOPS]
Congratulations.
Your chances
just went from none to slim.
Sources close to the investigation
say that there may be a link
between what happened
here in downtown...
and the Broken Spoke
massacre in the desert.
I'm Roxanne Simpson, on scene.
And we're out.
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
Captain Dolan.
No comment.
Is it true they found a connection
between the biker bar massacre
and last night's victim
here at the city train yards?
Oh.
No comment.
[♪♪♪]
Off the record, captain.
Off the record?
Piss off.
The Rider is the
devil's bounty hunter.
Sent to hunt down anyone
that escapes from hell.
Sterilize that for me.
Sterilize.
Mm-hm.
In the boiling water.
Right. Okay.
Little confused.
During the day you'll be normal.
But at night...
in the presence of evil...
the Rider takes over.
I remember now.
[♪♪♪]
Last night.
[SCREAMING]
[ROARING]
There was some punk
and I could see all the wrong
he'd ever done...
and I turned it all against him.
The Penance Stare.
It sears the souls
of the wicked.
It's the Ghost Rider's
greatest weapon.
All the Riders have it.
Have there been others
with my "Ghost Rider" problem?
Been a few.
Last one was 150 years ago...
in a little town
called San Venganza.
Nice town.
[♪♪♪]
Nice people.
Till a stranger came along
making promises...
one deal at a time.
Consumed by greed,
they turned on one another
until the village of San Venganza
drowned in its own blood...
their souls trapped forever
in that godforsaken place.
What's this have to do
with Blackheart?
Blackheart?
He sent you after Blackheart?
And others.
The Hidden.
Fallen angels cast out of heaven
by Saint Michael himself.
They hide within the elements
waiting for the end of days.
You better hang
around here, kid.
They can't come
onto hallowed ground.
Thanks. And thanks for the info.
I feel much better now that I know
I'm the devil's bounty hunter.
[♪♪♪]
Where you going?
Somebody I gotta see.
That's a bad idea.
Wouldn't be my first.
Why'd you do it?
Why'd you make the deal?
I was a kid.
What'd you get in return?
Heartache.
Captain. Captain!
Forensics on the bikers
and the station manager
suggest the same cause of death.
Sulfur poison?
Mm-hm.
I didn't think sulfur was toxic.
It is, in massive doses.
And these guys
were swimming in it.
Could be the work
of a chemical attack.
ROXANNE:
Or a religious nut.
Hey. I know you.
I've seen...
Ahem.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Okay?
There's nothing here to suggest
any kind of religious m.o.
Sulfur?
DOLAN: What about it?
Ever read the Old Testament?
Brimstone.
There you go.
[SIREN WAILS]
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
[♪♪♪]
Oh, my God.
REPORTER: It's hard to describe the
destruction here this morning.
OFFICER: Can I get you people
to stand back, please?
WOMAN: I don't know. It seems
like something supernatural.
Could you tell us about
the Good Samaritan?
Well, I'll never forget him,
that's for sure.
He was tall, broad shoulders,
and thin, really thin, like bony.
And he had this rad chopper,
it was all flames and stuff.
Oh, and his face was a skull
and it was on fire.
"On fire."
Yeah, like:
[IMITATES FLAMES CRACKLING]
Like that much fire.
And I know it sounds weird,
but it looked okay on him.
I mean, it was an edge look,
but he totally pulled it off.
ROXANNE:
Not sure what to add to that.
I'm Roxanne Simpson, on scene.
Thanks.
Roxie...
Don't.
Now, hold on a second.
Let me apologize.
Last night was inexcusable.
No apologies.
See, you did me
a favor last night,
because you made me
think of then and now.
And when you left,
yeah, it hurt like hell.
But you know what? I got over it.
And I went to college,
I got a great job.
But you, Johnny...
you're just the same.
Oh, better paid, more fans,
but you're still just a carny.
[♪♪♪]
[SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE]
Yeah.
Oh, man.
My dad was right.
You were just a phase.
That went well.
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
Hey, captain! I got something.
[♪♪♪]
Boo!
[♪♪♪]
"End of days.
The host can gain control
of the possessing spirit
through concentration on
and manipulation of
the fire element
that exists within man."
I am speaking to
the fire element within me.
Give me control
over the possessing spirit.
[SIZZLING]
[GASPS]
Hi.
Hey, I hope you don't mind.
Your lift was open.
Wow.
I came to apologize.
I'm leaving town tonight...
and I didn't want what I said today
to be the last words between us.
That's okay.
No, it's not.
It was cruel and totally untrue.
And I feel really terrible about it.
Please, don't. It's okay.
Is something burning?
Oh, that must be coming from
outside. Neighbor's hibachi.
Bill, he just got it.
I still have that one.
JOHNNY:
You what?
I have that one too.
[♪♪♪]
I remember that day.
There were a dozen people
waiting in line
and you went through
a whole roll of quarters.
Look at my face.
You can tell I was just terrified
that my dad was gonna
come in any second.
[WHISPERS]
Okay, I just...
It's just... I think I should
walk you to your car.
See, it's not great timing.
You almost kill yourself
on the highway
so you can ask me out,
and then you don't show.
Then you keep my picture,
but when I kiss you, you try to
shove me out the door. What's...?
What's going on?
Don't you care about
me at all, Johnny?
You know you can talk to me.
You can tell me anything.
Please.
You wouldn't believe me anyway.
Try me.
Well...
You'll think I'm crazy.
Maybe I am crazy.
I hope I'm crazy.
In my job, I've seen and heard
just about everything.
So there is nothing you can
tell me that's gonna surprise me.
Off the record?
[CHUCKLES]
Yeah.
[CLEARS THROAT]
[SIGHS]
I sold my soul to the devil.
Mm-hm.
And now I have to spare you.
Spare me from what?
The devil,
on account of I work for him.
That's why I couldn't
make it to dinner.
Because you were
working for the devil?
Well, yeah.
I'm his bounty hunter.
But it only happens at night,
like it is right now.
Whenever I'm around evil.
Evil people.
Mm-hm.
Evil spirits.
Okay.
I change into...
What?
[SIGHS] Just a great big
monster, but I am learning to...
I'm getting control of it.
I'm trying to.
So tonight, you'll...
[IMITATES ROARING]
I believe so.
Which is why it's probably
a very good idea that you...
You run on home now, Roxanne.
You're serious.
[SIGHS]
So this is...
This is your excuse?
For the past? For last night?
For everything?
Uh-huh.
Um...
The way I see it is
I've got a couple of choices:
Um, I could either accept that you really
believe what you're telling me is true
and take you to the
nearest psychiatric hospital.
You see, now that...
Or I realize that you'd rather
make up ridiculous stories
than be honest with me...
and I walk out of that door...
forever.
[♪♪♪]
[SIRENS WAILING]
OFFICER 1: Don't move!
OFFICER 2: Hands up!
Hands where we can see them!
Right there!
Right over your head.
DOLAN:
Johnny Blaze.
Yeah.
Captain Jack Dolan.
This is Officer Edwards.
You're coming with us.
Okay.
DOLAN:
Let's try this again.
We have your plate and the tread
from your tires at the crime scene.
We have a witness
who will testify
that the suspect
used some kind of fire effect.
An effect just like the ones
that you use in your stunt shows!
Yeah. But I told you,
I didn't kill anybody.
[CLEARS THROAT]
What about him, you remember him?
No.
This guy was three years
from retirement,
never harmed a fly in his life.
In fact, neither did most
of the corpses turning up
since you came home,
you son of a bitch.
I didn't kill anybody.
Bullshit!
Okay, let's take a breather.
Whoo! It's warm in here.
Warm?
Yeah, I'm burning up.
Aren't you?
A little.
You want a cigarette?
Okay.
Mind if I do?
Okay, that was weird.
Look, Johnny,
I'm not asking for your help.
I'm asking you to help yourself.
I watch a lot of TV
and I know what you're doing.
Good cop, bad cop.
But you're both good cops.
And, uh, you provide a very,
very important civil service.
In fact, when I finish
my stunt career,
I intend to apply my skills
to being a motorcycle policeman.
So I'd love to help you.
But I didn't kill anybody.
Jesus Christ.
[CHUCKLES]
Who you trying to convince,
Johnny? Us or yourself?
We're trying to help you here.
We're trying to keep
this thing quiet.
Yeah, because I imagine that
your fans wouldn't be too keen
on you being wrapped up
in a homicide investigation.
Not to mention all those corporate
sponsors, event promoters...
You ready to talk now, Johnny?
Or do you want to spend
the night in the tank?
Oh, I don't wanna do that.
No, sir.
I sure don't wanna do that.
But I didn't kill anybody.
Damn it!
[♪♪♪]
JOHNNY: You gotta let me go.
The real killer's out there.
PRISONER 1:
Lookie here.
JOHNNY:
But you're making a mistake.
PRISONER 1:
What've we got?
Come on, move your ass!
PRISONER 2:
Blaze, riding up to meet us.
Oh, God. Oh, please. Please,
you don't wanna put me in there.
Sorry, the Ritz was booked.
Oh, God.
Please, get me out of here!
[JOHNNY GRUNTING]
You look like that Johnny Blaze.
Yeah, yeah, I hear that a lot.
Nah, that is you.
That's him!
Yeah, it is.
I saw you jump in the state fair
a few years ago.
I paid 10 bucks
to watch you splatter.
[GROWLING]
But you didn't.
Looks like somebody's
tripping out.
You might be a big shot out there, Blaze, but
in here you're nothing but a monkey in a cage!
Now, I don't want any trouble.
I don't want any trouble.
Looks like trouble just found you.
[JOHNNY LAUGHING]
Nice jacket.
Come on, man, leave him alone.
Get lost!
The jacket's mine.
PRISONER 3: Stop it!
[GHOST RIDER ROARING]
[♪♪♪]
[KN UCKLES CRACKING]
[GASPING]
[SCREAMING]
Nice jacket.
[SHRIEKS]
GHOST RIDER:
Very nice.
[METAL BLADES WHOOSHING]
You.
Innocent
[♪♪♪]
[♪♪♪]
[GROWLING IN DISTANCE]
Forgive me, Father,
for I have sinned.
I've sinned a lot.
[RATTLING]
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING]
[GASPING]
[♪♪♪]
OFFICER:
Hold it!
[GRUNTS]
[TSKING]
[SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE]
[REVVING]
[LAUGHING]
Where's the contract
of San Venganza?
I don't know what
you are talking about.
Don't lie to me! You've been protecting
it all these years, sworn to secrecy.
Sworn to keep it
from the likes of you!
There's an old saying:
"Raise no more devils
than you can lay down."
My father raised one too many.
[♪♪♪]
[SCREECHING]
MAN [OVER RADIO]: Calling all units.
Reported 10-50 in the downtown area.
Proceed with caution.
[SIRENS WAILING]
[♪♪♪]
[OFFICER SHOUTING
INDISTINCTLY]
[METAL SCREECHING]
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING]
[LAUGHING]
[♪♪♪]
[SNARLING IN DISTANCE]
[MOTORCYCLE APPROACHING]
He's coming for us.
Abigor.
You know what to do.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
ABIGOR [WHISPERS]:
Rider.
[ABIGOR WHISTLES]
[ABIGOR CHUCKLING]
[GRUNTING]
[CAR ALARM WAILING]
[ABIGOR CHUCKLING]
[ROARING]
[SIREN WAILING]
I have a suspect fleeing west
on Cherry. Repeat, west on Cherry.
MAN:
That's a dead end. You got him.
10-4 on that.
MAN [OVER RADIO]: What's the suspect's location?
Up.
MAN: What?
OFFICER:
The suspect is going up.
[♪♪♪]
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING]
Hmm.
Oh, my God.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[MEPHISTOPHELES CHUCKLING]
[SIRENS WAILING]
OFFICER 1:
People, help me.
OFFICER 2:
Go, go, go!
Surround him!
Make a perimeter! Let's go!
Yee-haw!
[ALARM BEEPING]
[GRUNTS]
MAN [OVER RADO]:
Come in, please.
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
[GROANING]
Come here!
No!
You're pissing me off.
Okay, okay.
Sorry.
DOLAN:
Take a right.
[SIRENS WAILING]
You should've joined us, Rider.
Soon we will have the contract
and then you'll only be a footnote
in the history of the new hell.
[SNARLING]
Time to clear the air.
[LAUGHING]
[LAUGHING]
You're a slow learner,
aren't you, Rider?
You cannot catch the wind!
[GHOST RIDER LAUGHING]
No!
[ABIGOR SCREAMING]
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]
[♪♪♪]
Oh, my God.
[GASPING]
[SCREAMS]
[GLASS SHATTERS]
[PEOPLE COUGHING]
[GUNS COCKING]
[WHISPERS]
Johnny.
Prepare to fire!
[GASPS]
Fire!
Don't!
[PEOPLE SHOUTING
AND GRUNTING]
Hmm.
They know who I am.
Who's that?
What? Everybody.
You don't watch TV?
What's the matter with you?
Is this thing ever gonna end?
It'll end if you can catch him.
What's really going on?
[PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY ON TV]
[DOOR OPENS]
Anything good on?
How can I help you, captain?
Get out.
We brought a friend of yours
in for questioning last night,
and now he seems
to have disappeared.
Has Johnny Blaze tried
to contact you in any way, ma'am?
Sorry. Can't help, guys.
Look, I don't pretend to know
what the hell that thing is,
but I do know that Blaze
is wrapped up in it.
And the only way you can save him
now is if you help us find him.
You got six hours. After that we go
public with everything we got.
Six hours.
[♪♪♪]
JOHNNY:
"Carter Slade."
Legend has it
he was a Texas Ranger.
Man of honor.
But he got greedy.
Found himself locked up,
waiting on the gallows.
Stranger came to see him.
Offering freedom.
Slade made a deal.
Ended up a Ghost Rider.
What's he gotta do with this?
Remember that contract
the stranger made
with the people of San Venganza?
The story goes that Slade was sent
there to collect all the souls.
But what he found there
was so evil
that he took the contract
and rode off.
He stole it.
Keep Mephistopheles
from getting his hands on it.
Some people say
he was buried with it.
Was he?
I don't know.
What I do know is that Blackheart is
coming, and he'll do anything to get it.
That's why it's important for you to
stay away from friends and family,
anybody he can use against you,
because he will.
Roxanne.
Johnny?
[♪♪♪]
Johnny?
God!
Aah!
[MUSIC PLAYING
ON HEADPHONES]
Sorry! Sorry!
Ma'am, you gave me a start.
I'm looking for Johnny.
Yeah. You and me both.
Have you heard from him?
No.
But I heard he got in trouble.
He got arrested, yeah?
What for?
Yeah, well, if this gets out in
the press, his career is over.
Yeah, trust me,
his career's the least of it.
You know, you seem like a nice
lady, and you're pretty and all,
but we were riding the gravy train
on biscuit wheels around here
and then you showed up,
and everything went to hell.
So why don't you just go back
to wherever it is you came from?
I can't go back.
Not now.
Then tell me
what the hell's going on!
You wouldn't believe me
if I told you.
Look, you don't know me,
but I love him.
So if there's anything you know
that can help, anything...
Okay, well, lately, he's been
reading these really weird books
and they're messing
with his mind, you know.
And he's writing stuff down and he's
staying up late. And he does it over here.
You can go through this stuff,
and I don't know if it means anything.
[♪♪♪]
This is hallowed ground.
[GROWLING]
[GRUNTING]
[CHUCKLING]
Did you think I was like
the others?
I have all of my father's strengths
and none of his weaknesses.
The new hell is in San Venganza.
I need the contract.
I know it's here.
Now give it to me.
[CARETAKER GROANING]
Give it to me.
Give it to me.
Give it to me. Give it to me.
Give it to me.
[CHUCKLES]
You're gonna fall.
Just like your father.
[GRUNTS]
[CARETAKER GROANING]
[♪♪♪]
The Rider, where is he?
Gone!
The girl.
You hurt her, he'll be there
like lightning before the storm.
I'm counting on it.
[♪♪♪]
[GASPS]
Where's Roxanne?
Dude. Where've you been, man?
Everybody's out looking...
Where is she?
She's out looking for you.
[♪♪♪]
[SIGHS]
Jesus.
BLACKHEART:
Not even close.
[MACK GRUNTS]
[GASPS]
You have his heart.
[♪♪♪]
Now I'm gonna break it.
[♪♪♪]
Roxanne?
Mack.
Roxanne.
[PANTING]
[ROARING]
[♪♪♪]
Look into my eyes.
[WHIMPERING]
[LAUGHING]
Your Penance Stare
doesn't work on me.
I have no soul to burn.
I guess the Caretaker
forgot to mention that, huh?
Surprise!
He sent you to bring me back.
I'm not going back.
I like it here.
[GRUNTS]
He thinks you're better than me?
I don't know who's more
pathetic, you or him.
[GRUNTS]
Now, listen to me. And try to get it
through that thick skull of yours.
You don't work for my father
anymore. You work for me.
Get the contract
from the Caretaker.
Bring it to me in San Venganza
and maybe I'll spare your girl's life.
And, Johnny...
[GROWLING]
Don't make me wait.
[♪♪♪]
What happened?
Blackheart.
They got her.
Where's the contract?
I can't end this without it.
Just gonna have to dig
this whole damn place up myself.
It's not there, kid.
Contract of San Venganza.
Hell on earth.
Now, you're gonna
have to trust me.
And why is that?
He may have my soul...
but he doesn't have my spirit.
[CHUCKLES]
Any man who's got the guts
to sell his soul for love
got the power to change the world.
You didn't do it for greed.
You did it for the right reason.
Maybe that puts God on your side.
To him, that makes
you dangerous.
Makes you unpredictable.
That's the best thing
you can be right now.
San Venganza's
500 miles from here.
We better get moving.
"We"?
[WHISTLES]
[♪♪♪]
[HORSE WHINNYING]
I got one last ride left in me.
Carter Slade.
Can you keep up?
[WHINNYING]
Let's ride.
[♪♪♪]
[♪♪♪]
Stick to the shadows.
This is the end of the trail for me.
I got nothing left.
I could only change one more time,
and I was saving it for this.
God knows I've made
my share of mistakes.
Been trying to make
things right ever since.
Guess all I can do now is hope he
sees fit to give me a second chance.
Thank you.
No.
Thank you, kid.
[WHINNYING]
BLACKHEART:
The Rider is coming.
Coming to save you.
You think you can stop him?
Nothing can stop him.
He's running out of time.
I'll make sure of it.
[♪♪♪]
It's almost dawn. Slow him down.
What?
Slow him down.
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING]
[♪♪♪]
[COYOTES HOWLING]
[ROARING]
[SCREAMS]
[GRUNTING]
[LAUGHING]
[ROARING]
GHOST RIDER:
Surprise.
Huh? Oh.
[SCREAMING]
[ROARING]
[PANTING]
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING]
[♪♪♪]
[GHOSTLY WHISPERING]
[BLACKHEART CHUCKLING]
Stop.
You change, she dies.
Do it, Johnny.
[♪♪♪]
[SNARLS]
Let her go first.
[GASPS]
[GRUNTS]
[♪♪♪]
[GHOSTLY WHISPERING]
[♪♪♪]
[SCREAMS]
[SCREAMING]
[LAUGHING]
Looks like you're out of time.
[SCREAMING]
[GROANING]
[GRUNTING]
"This is the contract
of San Venganza.
All of you...
come to me!"
[SOULS SCREECHING]
[♪♪♪]
[JOHNNY GRUNTING]
[GASPING]
[SCREAMING]
[SOULS SCREECHING]
[WIND HOWLING]
ROXANNE: Johnny!
[♪♪♪]
My name is Legion...
for we are...
many.
Let's go.
He got what he wanted.
You go. I gotta get him to
the shadows. I gotta end this.
Why? Why you?
It's been me since the day
I made the deal.
I'm the only one
who can walk in both worlds.
I'm Ghost Rider.
[SNARLING IN DISTANCE]
[♪♪♪]
Run!
Come on, you son of a bitch.
[ROARING]
[♪♪♪]
[SNARLING]
All of your world...
all of your souls...
will be mine now.
[GUNSHOT]
[SCREECHING]
[GUN CLICKS]
Throw me the gun!
It's out!
Throw it!
[♪♪♪]
[GHOSTLY WHISPERING]
[SOULS GROWLING]
JOHNNY: How does it feel to have
all that evil inside of you?
All their power.
All their souls.
A thousand souls to burn.
Look into my eyes.
Your souls are stained
by the blood of the innocent.
No.
Feel their pain.
[SCREAMING]
MAN:
...Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
WOMAN 1:
Kill you!
[GASPING]
WOMAN 2:
Stop it!
Oh, God!
[PEOPLE SCREAMING]
[♪♪♪]
Monster.
I'm not afraid.
MEPHISTOPHELES:
Congratulations, Johnny.
You upheld your end
of the bargain.
It's time I take back
the power of the Ghost Rider.
You get your life back.
The love you've always wanted.
You can start a family
of your own.
There are more deals to be made.
More people willing to give
their souls for what they desire.
Let someone else carry
this curse. You're free now.
After all...
a deal's a deal.
[SNARLS]
No.
I'm gonna own this curse...
and I'm gonna
use it against you.
Whenever innocent
blood is spilt...
it'll be my father's blood...
and you'll find me there.
A spirit of vengeance...
fighting fire with fire.
I will make you pay for this.
You can't live in fear.
No!
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[♪♪♪]
[WHOOSHING]
[♪♪♪]
ROXANNE:
So where will you go now?
JOHNNY:
Wherever the road takes me, I guess.
My daddy once said, "If you don't
make a choice, the choice makes you."
Yeah. But why do your choices
always keep us apart?
Sure wish things could have
turned out different.
No. This is what you are.
This is what you
always were meant to be.
You got your second chance.
Go out there and
make the best of it.
CARETAKER: It's said that the
West was built on legends...
and that legends are
a way of understanding
things greater than ourselves.
Forces that shape our lives.
Events that defy explanation.
Individuals whose lives
soar to the heavens...
or fall to the earth.
This is how legends are born.
[SPIDERBAIT'S "(GHOST RIDERS)
IN THE SKY" PLAYING]
[♪♪♪]