The Rider appears and a battle ensues while Nadya frees Danny. Carrigan prepares himself with an army of his men, including a rocket launcher that could hopefully defeat Johnny. Johnny begins to transform, and when Nadya confirms her son and Carrigan's location, Johnny rides there mid-transformation. Nadya takes Johnny to one of Carrigan's contacts and finds that he is in an old quarry. Meanwhile, Roarke arrives in Europe, and sets up a 'firewall' within Danny (via cellphone) to prevent the Rider from locating the boy, but advises Carrigan to run, as the Rider can still sense 'him'. They both join forces in order to save her son. Danny is taken away, while Johnny wakes up in a nearby hospital the next day and confronts Nadya, who is also there. The Rider senses the great evil in Danny and attempts to kill him, but Nadya distracts him long enough for Carrigan to knock him out with a grenade launcher. He arrives just as Carrigan is about to kill Nadya, and kills two of his men. Sensing this, Johnny unleashes the Rider (having held it in for some time) and transforms. Their leader, Ray Carrigan ( Johnny Whitworth), takes Danny after a struggle and attempts to execute Nadya. Nadya and Danny are found by the mercenaries, who drive their car off the highway and crash it. Johnny initially refuses to help Moreau locate the mother and her son, but after he is promised that Moreau's ancient order can exorcise the curse from his soul, he agrees. Moreau seeks out Johnny, who has been living in isolation in an abandoned village. Trying to protect Nadya and her son, Moreau is driven off a cliff before he shoots the mercenaries' tires, delaying them before they can go after Danny and Nadya. Moreau chases after them, as well as the mercenaries. At that moment, mercenaries hired by Roarke breach the castle and kill all of the monks except for Moreau, while the mother, Nadya ( Violante Placido) and her son Danny escape. In the present, a drunken priest named Moreau ( Idris Elba) attempts to warn the order of monks residing in a castle that the Devil has sent out forces to retrieve a certain boy and his mother hiding there, despite the head monk's ( Anthony Head) reassurances of their safety. However, his father dies regardless, and having two minds fighting for control over his new powers, Johnny attempts to stay as far away from mankind as possible, hiding out in Eastern Europe (Romania).

Johnny now hosts an entity called 'The Rider', a fiery demon who punishes sinners, no matter how petty the crimes are. When he discovered that his father's death is impending, he makes a deal with a man named Roarke ( Ciarán Hinds) who claims to be the Devil in exchange for his soul and a curse to be set upon him. Johnny Blaze ( Nicolas Cage) was a former stunt rider who often teamed up with his father on various stunts.

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