Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Synopsis: The band of ghost busters are back to save the universe. Having been put out of commission due to a judicial court order, the fearless four pull out all psychic stops to put an end to a demonic river of slime and rescue Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) and her child. In order to achieve this, they... The band of ghost busters are back to save the universe. Having been put out of commission due to a judicial court order, the fearless four pull out all psychic stops to put an end to a demonic river of slime and rescue Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) and her child. In order to achieve this, they must convince New York that all the city's negative energy is feeding the evil spirits in the river, so the city's residents need to resist all negativity! [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis
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Frankly, Murray, Sigourney Weaver and even Aykroyd deserve much better.
Almost as sharp as the first film and only suffering slightly from the inevitable repetitions.
There's very little energy in the follow-through, and this time Murray's listlessness seems more anemic than comic.
A terrible disappointment, a shockingly self-satisfied and unforgivably slapdash sequel.
Kids will find the oozing slime and ghastly, ghostly apparitions to their liking and adults will enjoy the preposterously clever dialog.
The film is largely an excuse for a cast get-together, with the Ghostbusters, under judicial restraining order after the havoc wreaked in part one, suffering lives of semi-obscurity.
Feels like a blueprint concocted by the bean-counters at Columbia Pictures.
Bottom line: with Murray on fire and enough clever dialogue to rival its predecessor, Ghostbusters II is good enough to put post-milennial comedy to shame.
No one has ever accused Ghostbusters II of being a great film, or even a good one, for that matter
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