Ghostbusters: Afterlife
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife - Epic failure isn’t a good Ghostbusters sequel, isn’t a comedy, isn’t remotely scary, is only a bang-average ‘family movie’, completely dispenses with the enjoyable spiritualism and techno-babble, and just ends up a plodding, silly disappointment from rank mediocrity merchant Jason Reitman. While it’s yet another ‘80s property dragged through the mud by the morons of Tinseltown, I guess it’s not as bad as Force Awakens, rebooted Star Trek or the Kevin Smith He-Man cartoon, and at least Egon’s grand-daughters’ character arch is well written. Simonsen’s amateurish reworking of the brilliant Bernstein score from part one, which starts to grate after just 20 minutes, is emblematic of the pervading over-reliance on fan service that blights this entire project, and when the (all too brief) late cameos from our heroes finally materialise, they don’t come anywhere near to salvaging this damp squib (yes, not even the big ‘twist’ cameo). 5.8/10 (that’s me being generous!)