Director: Jason Reitman
Actors: Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon
Genre: Sci-Fi / Comedy
Rating: PG
‘Ghostbusters:
Afterlife’ is the 4th Ghostbusters film and while OK in parts, is
probably on par with the most recent film. It takes about an hour to set-up
Callie (Coon) bringing her two teenage kids – Phoebe (Grace) & Trevor (Wolfhard)
– to Oklahoma, because they inherit their estranged grandad’s farm. Turns out
he was Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis’ character in the two original films). We
also meet Phoebe’s teacher, Grooberson (Rudd) who helps out.
The next-gen of ghostbusters is set-up with Podcast (Kim) befriending
Phoebe and Trevor befriending Lucky (O’Connor). Together, the four of them set
out to find what’s causing the earthquakes using some of the stuff they find in
Spengler’s basement. There’s plenty of throwbacks with the plasma-guns, car and
other equipment.
The third act picks up pace, and there’s some funny moments, but
unfortunately it’s probably at it’s best when it’s a teen mystery/adventure,
before it all becomes a little too familiar and predictable at the end. Grace
is good, but it needed more Rudd and no-one else has that much to do.
Overall: Passable reboot.
Gav's Rating: 3 stars.
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