Directed by: Jason Reitman
Starring: Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace
Running Time: 125'
Verdict: ⊗⊗⊗⊗
Ghostbusters: Afterlife seems to exist only because of Harold Ramis' death, and actually heavily incorporates it into the plot, with his character's grandchildren taking over the ghostbusting, with a help from their as diverse as possible friends. The kids are cool and all, and this is definitely their movie, but the movie really shines on rare occasions when it presents cast members from previous films or with surprise cast as other minor characters. Unfortunately, Rick Moranis' character did not return, with Paul Rudd kind of taking his place. In the movie, set thirty years after the last one (ignoring the reboot, of course), people kind of forgot the cataclysmic events in New York and somehow ghosts are not documented enough to be scientifically proven entities. Old ghostbusters moved to obscurity, and Spengler did that literally. Setting the movie in Oklahoma instead of New York immediately removes a chunk of funny from the franchise, but offers a more suitable, although overdone, environment. Story is clumsily rushed, but it's hard to mind when the setup is clear from the start and all you want to do is watch some ghosts action. Occasionally, the film tries to promote science, but there is hardly anything scientific about it. It's ghosts. It doesn't need science. Action scenes are pretty, but some Avengers-style CGI used heavily on Ramis's character made me think of how much dead people acting is ethically questionable. Ghostbusters: Afterlife is not that funny or very polished, but it is fun and looks good when it needs to. It could have been, but maybe did not have to be, more than it is.
Rokin
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