Three years after saving the world, the Spengler family are now living in the Ghostbusters' Firehouse in New York City. Callie (Coon) and Gary (Ruud) lead the team, with help from her children Trevor (Wolfhard) and Phoebe (Grace). Their friend's Podcast (Kim) and Lucky (O'Connor) also moved to NYC to help reestablish the Ghostbusters. Podcast works with Ray Stanz (Aykroyd) and Lucky joins Winston Zeddemore's (Hudson) research team. When their latest capture leads to extensive damage to the city, Mayor Walter Peck (Atherton) threatens to shut them down unless Phoebe, who is underage, is benched. Atherton still holds a grudge against the Ghostbusters from the 1980s.
Meanwhile, Ray and Podcast purchase a mysterious brass orb from Nadeem Razmaadi (Nanjiani). They send the orb to Winston's team for further analysis, but strange things begin happening. They turn to old friends for help: anthropologist Dr. Hubert Wartzki (Oswalt), Janine Melnitz (Potts), and Peter Venkman (Murray). Can they protect the team and save the world, again?
This film is a direct sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021). It is also the fourth film in the series, following Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters 2 (1989).
The Good:
Janine has a uniform and her own proton pack! This is the first live-action film to let Janine in on the action, although she did get to suit up in the TV shows. This film also marks the return of William Atherton as Ghostbusters' nemesis and fan-favorite ghost Slimer (who was a big part of the TV shows and appeared in the 1980s Ghostbusters movies).
The main cast and the writers from the previous film returned for this film, which helped with the continuity.
The Bad:
There are too many characters. It feels like they are setting up future films, with the new research lab, but the new characters of Nadeem Razmaadi, Lars Pinfield, and Hubert Wartzki don't have enough to do...
Other Comments:
-Dedicated to the late Ivan Reitman, who directed the original Ghostbusters movies.
-The previous film was directed by Ivan Reitman's son Jason Reitman, who also co-wrote the film with Gil Kenan. For this film, both Reitman and Kenan returned as writers and Kenan took over directing duties.
-In addition to these films, there are 2 television series in the franchise: The Real Ghostbusters (1986-1991) and Extreme Ghostbusters (1997). There is also a 2016 reboot, Ghostbusters: Answer the Call, which featured cameos by original cast members (in different roles).
-There is a mid-credits scene.
-The filmmakers are planning a sequel to this film.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) 115 minutes
Rating: PG-13 for supernatural action/violence, language and suggestive references.
Director: Gil Kenan
Starring: Paul Rudd as Gary Grooberson
Carrie Coon as Callie Spengler
Finn Wolfhard as Trevor Spengler
Mckenna Grace as Phoebe Spengler
Kumail Nanjiani as Nadeem Razmaadi
Patton Oswalt as Dr. Hubert Wartzki
Celeste O'Connor as Lucky Domingo
Logan Kim as Podcast
Emily Alyn Lind as Melody
James Acaster as Dr. Lars Pinfield
Bill Murray as Dr. Peter Venkman
Dan Aykroyd as Dr. Raymond "Ray" Stantz
Ernie Hudson as Dr. Winston Zeddemore
Annie Potts as Janine Melnitz
William Atherton as Mayor Walter Peck
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