Big exit of the end of the year 2021, Ghostbusters: Afterlife has been postponed numerous times since it was originally scheduled to be released during the summer of 2020. This Ghostbusters: Afterlife has the specificity of following the narration induced by the two previous films ofIvan Reitman (1984-1989). By completely erasing the slate of the dreadful, soulless and completely missed 2016 reboot, the filmmaker Jason reitman, son of’Ivan, had a heavy task: that of reconciling the injured fans of the Paul feig with the franchise while offering a mainstream film with some traces of horror. And the test is particularly well transformed.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife is a true declaration of love to the original films of Ghostbusters. Reitman take everything that is the essence of the first films to draw a real singularity with a modern visual. Afterlife offers a particularly well-researched set capture with a real way of filming the supernatural.
In contrast to the bousin of Paul feig, Jason reitman goes straight into the minimalist. Most of Ghostbusters: Afterlife is to introduce new characters and to distill this narrative centered around the legacy of the family Spengler. Never cliché, the film breaks away from the jaw-dropping canvas of the original franchise (omnipresent humor) for a touching family story tinged with the supernatural, with some light humorous colorings.
But the strength of the feature film lies in one word: heritage. Because Jason reitman has shown that it is not enough to simply bring back Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson in the movie to keep the fans happy. It was necessary to try to graft all these beautiful people in a coherent whole and which does not make one overbid. However, the main characters of the franchiseIvan reitman only have a minor role since it’s good McKenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard and Paul Rudd who have the first key roles in history. The young fifteen-year-old actress delivers a beautiful performance, tinged with accuracy, in the role of the granddaughter ofEron Spengler (Harold Ramis) which occasionally returns from a ghost in computer-generated images.
However, the film may unsettle some with its very wordy side, and the presence of regular jump-scares not necessarily welcome. But what allows Afterlife to bury the Ghostbusters of 2016 is the fact of having touching characters, directly impacted family speaking by the events of the first two opus. And that’s where Ernie Hudson is right. It was necessary to launch a new generation of Ghostbusters by paying homage to the ancients and not sweeping everything away with the back of the hand.
Thanks to this intelligence of mind, yes, Ghostbusters: Afterlife is indeed a real tribute, a real pleasure for fans of the saga and a real success.