
Having lost their status and credibility five years after covering New York City with marshmallow in Ghostbusters (1984), the once-famous band of spirit-hunters find themselves struggling to keep afloat, working odd jobs. However, when Dana Barrett and her baby, Oscar, have yet another terrifying encounter with the paranormal, it's up to Peter Venkman and his fearless team of supernatural crime-fighters to save the day. Now, once more, humanity is in danger, as rivers of slim... (Full plot summary below)
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Having lost their status and credibility five years after covering New York City with marshmallow in Ghostbusters (1984), the once-famous band of spirit-hunters find themselves struggling to keep afloat, working odd jobs. However, when Dana Barrett and her baby, Oscar, have yet another terrifying encounter with the paranormal, it's up to Peter Venkman and his fearless team of supernatural crime-fighters to save the day. Now, once more, humanity is in danger, as rivers of slimy psycho-reactive ectoplasm, and the dreadful manifestation of the evil sixteenth-century tyrant, Vigo the Carpathian, threaten to plunge the entire city into darkness unless the selfless Ghostbusters take action. Can they save the world for the second time?
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| Washington PostHal HinsonHere, the comedy breathes, and the illusion that it's not a factory-assembled product (which it most certainly is) is a nifty one. For a major studio blockbuster, the thing is darned chummy, and above all, that rare, modest thing, a good show. |
| The New York TimesVincent CanbyEven the special effects are more to the point of the comedy than they were in the first film. For some reason, this appears to leave more room for the sort of random funny business that Mr. Murray and his friends do best, or to which they react with most aplomb. |
| Washington PostDesson HoweEverything and everyone you liked in the original are there. But GB II often seems like "Ghostbusters: The Preview Reel, Extended Mix," with its rather see-through buffet of special effects, comic bits and music-video transitions. |
| Los Angeles TimesSheila BensonRather wan in its anything-goes spirit of invention, the movie has a surprisingly low number of laughs; some of the initial premises are good, but there's very little energy in the follow-through, and this time Murray's listlessness seems more anemic than comic. |
| User Reviewgm101I saw this movie years before seeing the first one, which is probably why I liked this sequel better than the original. Still, I love it because it was the one that made me a huge Ghostbusters fan. |
| User ReviewBFMHaving to see the new 2016 Ghostbusters movie made me realize how good Ghostbusters II was. Is the story as good as in the original? No. But the writing and characters are as intelligent as in the original. |
| User ReviewKai82I often hear some complains that this is a weak sequel. I fully disagree. It has all the strengths of the first movie including the awesome cast, humor and immersive story. They even added a bit of new stuff. Even after countless rewatches I still did not find any convincing evidence why some see this as failure. If you want to see a good example for a truly weak sequel just watch Highlander 2 (I am a fan of this franchise too by the way and it is pretty hard sometimes). Closest thing to a complaint is maybe that they use the formula for the first movie too much. But even this is no real failure if the first movie is that great and the result this much entertaining. The story starts a few years after the events of the prequel. The Ghostbusters had saved New York and probably the whole world (or mankind). Like many heroes they got blamed for the events in the aftermath and are forbidden from doing their jobs. Because the paranormal / ghost activities are on a very low to non existing level too there is nothing they can do. However a true vacuum does not exist for long and so a new adventure starts for our heroes. I stop with this set up to avoid spoilers. The story works well and it is an enjoyable ride to the memorable climax. Again they have Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd for the script and Ivan Reitman as director which is a success formula. The humor works great and the scene were the Ghostbusters are back in action is legendary good. The great actors / actresses return into their iconic roles. Bill Murray is back as Peter Venkman, Dan Aykroyd as Raymond Stantz, Harold Ramis as Egon Spengler and Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore (Luckily has more screentime than in the first movie). These four have become pop culture legends and fully deliver again in this movie. The actors have a great chemistry together and fun in their roles. It ends however not with those as we got a great support of other actors. We got again Sigourney Weaver as Dana Barrett and Rick Moranis as Louis Tully. Both are are some of my favorite actors and so great to watch. I want to also praise Annie Potts as Janine Melnitz, Harris Yulin as Judge Stephen Wexler and David Margulies as the mayor of New York. Smaller but really enjoyable roles. Special additional praise for the villain played by Wilhelm von Homburg and voice actor for the villain Max von Sydow (Nailed it perfectly). I fully enjoyed the humor. Again we got good jokes, memorable scenes and the characters being themselves;-) The special effects again are really good for its time but aged a bit badly. Still good enough for me and they created their own style. The music is truly good. Overall if you enjoyed the first movie this will be a equally good experience. It captures everything that makes the first movie great and adds a bit to it. Easy recommendation for me. |
| User Reviewgozer027All around awesome sequel. Carries seamlessly from the first and gives Ghostbuster fans another fresh installment of ghostbusting action and joy. It never gets old and never disappoints. Been waiting for Ghostbusters 3 ever since I saw the sequel in theaters as a kid. Just can't get enough of this world and this story. |
| User ReviewBeastprogamerThis one is actually better than the first one by a bit. Ghostbusters is a great movie in the 80's and I really enjoyed it. The ghosts were better this time. The theme song is back. The plot and storyline is good. I enjoyed the part when the Statue of Liberty came to "life". The Second Ghostbusters is very good and I recommend you watch it and once again, if ya hate Ghostbusters, you're silly as J. Bieber. I really recommend you watch this one, and unlike 1, this one is underrated. |
| User ReviewEllenRebeccaA lot better than people remember. If you saw it years ago and got caught up in the flow of thinking it's bad, watch it again with adult eyes and you'll see there is a lot of goodness to take away from this. Granted it's the family friendly Ghostbusters, not the one targeting a young adult audience, but there's still a lot of quality here. Trust me, try it, watch it and analyse it with your geek eyes. |