Director: Gil Kenan
Actors: Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, McKenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard
Genre: Sci-Fi / Comedy
Rating: PG
‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ is technically ‘Ghostbusters’ 5, and a direct
sequel to 2021’s ‘Afterlife’, which introduced us to the new Ghostbusters team
of Callie (Coon), Egon Spengler’s daughter, and her kids Phoebe (Grace) &
Trevor (Wolfhard), plus step-dad Gary (Rudd). This new team seems to have taken
on the mantle well, and Nadeem (Nanjiani) introduces a new relic that obviously
contains the “big bad ghost” that will appear at the end.
The film finds a way to bring back Ray (Aykroyd), Winston (Hudson),
Janine (Potts) & Venkman (Murray), but only for minimum screentime, and not
much of it together. Seems to be more of a focus on Phoebe being a teenager and
not able to ghostbust and a near-pointless friendship with a ghost. There’s a
few laughs throughout – Slimer’s back for a cameo, Patton Oswalt has a good exposition
scene – but most laughs come from Kumail as the unwitting “fire-master”.
The main problem seems to be too much ensemble cast, so no-one gets chance
to shine. After the first 15min, you almost forget Paul Rudd & Carrie Coon
are even in it! And for even with the fan-service Murray, Aykroyd & Hudson
provide, they’re barely used and have minimal impact in the final act. The big
bad ghost is quite scary and formidable (would be even more-so to anyone under
10), and it all wraps up as expected.
Overall: Once again, not bad, but nothing special
Gav's Rating: 3 stars
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