Gostbusters Ghost Apocalypse: More Ghosts and More Ghostbusters, Enough?

Forty years ago, Egon Spengler and his companions first saved the world from evil spirits The Ghostbustersand for a film now those who deal with it are his descendants (with the help of his former colleagues and Gary, a science teacher and seismologist, played by Paul Rudd).

They are his daughter Callie (Carrie Coon) and his sons Trevor (Finn Wolfhard, da Stranger things) and Phoebe (Mckenna Grace) and after moving the action to a rural setting three years ago Ghostbusters: The Legacynow everyone returns to New York, more precisely to the old Tribeca firehouse, which was the new headquarters of the Ghostbusters.

And the threat comes in the form of a demon called Garraka, encased in a brass sphere that Nadeem (Kumail Nanjiani) sells to Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd, of the original Ghostbusters). Ray is in charge of buying the things that people throw away, but he had no idea what was inside that ball. Garraka wants to gather an army of spirits (many of which are in a containment unit, in which a large number of paranormal entities have been placed, in the Ghostbusters’ headquarters) and create a deadly cold.

And who will they call?

For this occasion Jason Reitman, who had created the previous film in homage to Harold Ramis, the actor who passed away in 2014, he wrote the screenplay only together with his father Ivan, who passed away two years ago and director of the first two, and together with the director Gil Kenan (the animated film House of Monsters)

What’s more, aboard the Ecto-1 special vehicle, Phoebe travels the streets with a proton gun to capture spirits. The mayor (William Atherton) doesn’t approve of a minor’s work, so they have to remove her. One night, in a park and during a game of chess, she will be introduced to a young blonde ghost (Emily Alyn Lind), who is important for the rest of the plot.

There are three points to consider Ghostbusters: Ghost Apocalypse. First, it becomes clear that Ray Parker Jr. cannot help but sing the theme song from the original film, repeated as many times as the producers deem necessary.

So even the Ghostbusters who are still alive (Aykroyd, Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson) can’t be missing.

Family and family

Finally: being a family film, Gary does everything to make his partner’s children accept him as their stepfather. And this is where another of the film’s problems happens.

You might ask yourself: is this funny? Is it worth revisiting the same story (Ghostbusters hunting ghosts, sorry for the redundancy), but now with ten and not four protagonists?

For now there is a lot more action in this film than the previous one. And to root nostalgia, ghost apocalypse involves appearances from old acquaintances, such as the green ghost who crosses the bodies and the mini army of Marshmallows dressed as sailors.

Everyone will know if it’s enough for them.

“Ghostbusters: Ghost Apocalypse”

Comedy/Action United States, 2024. Original title: “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire”. 115′, SAM 13. From: Gil Kenan. With: Paul Rudd, Mckenna Grace, Annie Potts, Finn Wolfhard, Carrie Coon, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson. Rooms: Cinépolis Recoleta and Houssay, Hoyts Dot, Cinemark Palermo, Showcase Norcenter and Quilmes.