Venkman, Stantz and Spengler - and Dana Barrett - are back, and getting on a bit, in this seriously tardy sequel, scheduled for release a mere 23 years after Ghostbusters II, seemingly undeterred by the horrors of Die Hard 4.0 and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Ridiculousness potential: Enormous. The original Ghostbusters films dragged their way through the somewhat daft plots on the sheer strength of Bill Murray's (and to a lesser extent Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis's) charisma. Murray's still got charm - see his lovely cameo in last year's Zombieland - but surely he can't cut it as an action lead any more? It's not impossible that it'll be done well, but the omens aren't good; Indiana Jones and John McClain both suffered in their reboots. Plus it is expected to feature the bantamweight Eliza Dushku. And, of course, with so much computing power at the director's fingertips nowadays, it could turn into a soulless special-effects blockbuster. Which it emphatically should not be.
Well guys, this is how some movie critics view sequells of any kind. I think I will reserve my judgement until I actually see the movie!!!! Mac
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