Wes Bentley's Spider-Man. He finally nabbed his own superhero with Ghost Rider, but since the genre was in a weird place back in 2007, it didn't live up to its potential.

Crank) helmed the sequel/soft reboot, which had better action and a darker tone but still suffered from script and story problems.

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Cage later ruled out the possibility of returning for Ghost Rider 3 and the rights later went back to Marvel, who introduced the character in Mission: Impossible - Fallout) Blackheart, never feels like much of a threat. This demon is the son of Mephistopheles (Peter Fonda) and wants to overthrow his father and take over Hell.

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Ghost Rider is summoned by Mephistopheles to bring Blackheart back and has to battle his demonic henchmen too. It's a long-standing joke that Marvel villains, especially for some major MCU entries, were kind of lame compared to the heroes. Spider-Man 3 are also held in low regard.

Even with those examples, Wes Bentley's Blackheart just might be the weakest. For a powerful demon with the power to kill with a single touch, the character is simply never threatening, even when the film tries to dial up his menace with some CGI demonic features. While Bentley is a fine actor and has done good work elsewhere, it feels like he's cruising through the role, and only really comes to life in the moments when he's hamming it up. The Rider himself comes off as more threatening, meaning there isn't much of a catharsis when he finally beats Blackheart in the finale. Even if Ghost Rider's Blackheart was a great villain the movie would still have issues, but his lameness definitely doesn't help.

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