After capturing the Hell's Kitchen's Dragon Ghost, the Ghostbusters - Gary, Callie, Trevor, and Phoebe - meet with Mayor Walter Peck. He demands that the team pay for their damage to the city. He asks Phoebe and Trevor for their age when they interrupt him. Trevor is 18, and Phoebe is 15. Mayor Peck threatens to charge Gary and Callie with child labor crimes if they don't bench Phoebe. They return home to extract the ghost from the trap, but the containment unit takes a while to go green. Gary and Phoebe start to worry if the containment unit has enough room. Later, Phoebe leaves to reconcile life with busting while the family defends New York. She plays chess in the park, and the pieces move independently. A ghost, Melody, forms before Phoebe's eyes. They talk, and Phoebe wonders what being a ghost would be like.
Nadeem enters Dr. Ray Stantz's store with several of his grandmother's items, looking for a quick buck. At first, nothing catches Ray's eye until he picks up a bronze orb covered in ancient glyphs. Ray scans it with a PKE meter, and it violently vibrates. The orb causes the wall around the containment unit to crack. Ray and Janine Melnitz call Dr. Winston Zeddemore for help. Dr. Winston takes them to his secret lab. For years, he knew that the containment unit could reach capacity. So, Winston has worked on ways to extract, trap, and study ghosts. Also, he has a containment unit several times larger than the one in the Ghostbuster's basement. Intern Lucky and Lars try to extract the ghost from the orb, but it protects itself with a layer of freezing ice.
They take the orb to a linguistic specialist, Dr. Hurbert Wartzki. He recognizes it from wall carvings in ancient tombs. It houses a ghostly deity, Garraka, who worked alongside a king to expand the king's empire. However, the king worried Garraka had become too powerful and tried to destroy him. Garraka rose and started to freeze the world around him. A group known as the Fire Masters trapped Garraka in the bronze orb to protect the world from his wrath. In July 1904, the Manhattan Adventures Society played a chant that opened the orb, and everyone in the room froze to death from fear. Since then, no one knew its location. The Ghostbusters must find a fire master to trap and destroy Garraka for good. If not, Garraka will raise a ghost army, bring forth the second ice age, and end humankind.
This sequel starts with a Robert Frost poem and keeps viewers on the edge of their seats from beginning to end. It has jokes for older and newer fans of the franchise. The original Ghostbusters and Mayor return for this installment. Also, the new team moved from Oklahoma to the New York firehouse. While the script packs action in most scenes, the encompassing theme is family. The elder team reunites to help save the world. Ray and Podcast work with the public to bring ghosts to the forefront, but Winston secretly continues. He wants to help without risking his life and his friends. They need to merge their styles to save Spengler's descendants. The current Ghostbusters are finding their groove as a blended family. Callie and Gary aren't married, but she warns Gary to stop befriending Trevor and Phoebe. He needs to act like the father he desires to be. Gary loves them but doesn't know his place in their lives. He even calls himself their step-teacher. Also, the Spengler kids are asserting their independence. Trevor and Phoebe want Callie to view them as an adult. While she gives Trevor more responsibilities, Callie must hinder Phoebe due to the Mayor's threats. Parents should be careful. The plot mentions a sex dungeon and hookers once. Also, it has one mid-credit scene. This film is intriguing, suspenseful, heartfelt, and funny.
I give it 5 out of 5 stars
Yeah, I heard it - Callie
Boo - Phoebe
I'm only gonna shoot you in the face - Trevor
Alright, that was cool - Gary
You said practice - Nadeem
Courage anyone? - Venkman
Golden years? - Stantz
It was the 80s. No one was thinking about the future - Melnitz
This building is the finger in the dam - Winston
It means you're coming with us - Lucky
The Hammer gets the likes - Podcast
You're inviting me in? - Melody
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