Ghostbusters 2

Comedy, Action

Bill Murray	Dr. Peter Venkman
Dan Aykroyd	Dr. Raymond Stantz
Sigourney Weaver	Dana Barrett
Harold Ramis	Dr. Egon Spengler
Rick Moranis	Louis Tully
Ernie Hudson	Winston Zeddemore
Annie Potts	Janine Melnitz
Peter MacNicol	Janosz Poha
Rubén Blades	Stephen Wexler
David Margulies	Mayor Lenny

Director	Ivan Reitman
Producer	Ivan Reitman
Writer	Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis

Much less fun than its predecessor, this 1989 sequel starts off on a bleak note by telling us our heroes from Ghostbusters have been on the skids for five years and Bill Murray's lead character never did hook up with Sigourney Weaver's lovely symphony-musician character. What's more, she has a kid by somebody else. Everybody's on an uphill climb, and Ghostbusters II never soars the way the first film did, despite having the same director, Ivan Reitman (Dave, Kindergarten Cop). The lame plot finds the boys attempting to prevent a disaster on New York City caused by too many bad vibes in the Big Apple. Yikes! Fortunately, screenwriters Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis have penned enough good one-liners to keep Murray busy, and if the ghostly special effects no longer surprise as they did in Ghostbusters, they're at least inventive. -- Tom Keogh, Amazon.com