SOS Fantômes L’héritage : Réussite ou échec ?

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00:00In this new story, we will follow a single mother and her two children.

00:03Phoebe and Trevor, who are moving into the old farmhouse of their deceased grandfather,

00:06who turns out to be none other than Egon Spengler,

00:09whom the small town describes as a mad scientist obsessed with the paranormal.

00:12Little by little, the family will realize that he was a ghost hunter.

00:15and that he was fighting against a great threat that had resurfaced from the distant past.

00:18The children will therefore naturally take over

00:20and fight the forces of evil that threaten to destroy the Earth.

00:23So why not? The idea isn't bad, although not very original.

00:26I mean, we're on the Amblin reference scheme.

00:29The children as heroes of the film, the absence of the father,

00:32well-defined archetypes such as the little genius, the horny teen, the cool stepdad, etc.

00:36Now Jason Reitman is directing.

00:38the son of the director of the first two films,

00:40who knows his job very well,

00:41and who is a child of the 80s who grew up with this kind of cinema

00:45and who is trying to pay tribute to him here.

00:46Jason Reitman is primarily an independent film director.

00:49It's low-budget, and you can feel it in its staging.

00:52It's neat, well thought out, and well lit.

00:55You can tell that he's not superfluous on the project, that he cares about it.

00:57It's his legacy, and that's an understatement since it's the French subtitle of the film.

01:01On paper, this is the best thing that could happen to the franchise.

01:03because if you're going to be squeezed dry, you might as well do it by competent people.

01:07So we have a fourth installment that orients its narrative towards homage,

01:10and the passing of the torch.

01:11At least that's how they're selling it to us.

01:12But that's not how I personally experienced it.

01:14The film is caught between two stools.

01:16On the one hand, we have a talented young director trying to appropriate his father's work,

01:20setting aside the comedy of the early films,

01:22to move towards B-movie horror films,

01:24On the other hand, one senses that the executives exerted pressure to ensure that the specifications were met.

01:28by disfiguring the film with crude fanservice,

01:31going so far as to bring back the antagonist and protagonists from the first SOS Phantom.

01:35I am aware that this film is appreciated, and I can understand why.

01:38If it's nostalgia you're looking for, then you'll get it.

01:40But I'm not a child of the 80s.

01:42And when I rewatch the saga, I find four almost identical films,

01:45It's starting to get on my nerves.

01:47Because one might think that this SOS Phantom Legacy

01:49stands out from the other films in the saga, thanks to new characters,

01:52Phoebe in the lead, played by McKenna Grace,

01:55which is undeniably a real strength of the film,

01:57but also the art direction,

01:59since for once the action does not take place in New York,

02:01but in the countryside,

02:02which will give the film a completely new visual style.

02:04with different tail-hooking and scenery.

02:06However, all of this turns out to be nothing more than a smokescreen.

02:09because the film does not claim to be a product of the present.

02:12It feels like we're watching a huge episode of Stranger Things.

02:14with the same dynamic, the same artistic direction,

02:18and the same actors.

02:18And naturally, when your main inspiration,

02:21It's a series that built its foundations on nostalgia.

02:24It should come as no surprise if the fanservice turns out to be extremely crude.

02:27The camera will linger on each object,

02:29artifact, outfit, vehicle,

02:31which are part of the original film.

02:33So we have a laborious first hour.

02:35which will simply show us in close-up what made the franchise successful,

02:38without advancing its own narrative.

02:40So we have a film that comes out in 4K with beautiful colors.

02:43what we have already seen,

02:44And again, even if it means repeating what has already worked,

02:46We might as well take inspiration from the scenery.

02:47Because ending your film in a potato field and in the dark,

02:50It's not great.

02:51So we have the same villain returning.

02:53But above all, we have the original ghost hunters,

02:55who appear out of nowhere at the end of the film

02:57without any effort at staging,

02:58in order to somewhat iconize their arrival,

03:00and to save the younger generation.

03:01The entire principle of inheritance is violated at that moment.

03:05and the admission of failure is total.

03:06Even the relocation of the action is not acknowledged.

03:08since the film ends with a completely random shot of New York,

03:12who has no business being there,

03:13which is extremely poorly executed

03:15and above all, useless.

03:16So, to summarize,

03:17We have a film that sells us the renewal of this saga.

03:19with a new location,

03:20new characters,

03:21a new art direction,

03:22All this just to bring back Zool from the first film.

03:25the Ghostbusters from the first film,

03:26and the car that eventually headed back to New York.

03:29We have a film that opens simply,

03:31and which promises a unique atmosphere,

03:33but which ends with the hit song by Ray Parker Jr.

03:35with the original logo.

03:36Caught between two stools.

03:38But obviously,

03:38All of this was not put in place without reason.

03:40And all these people know that nostalgia has been sold.

03:42since this Ghostbusters legacy,

03:44will be a nice little box office success.

03:46with 200 million at the box office,

03:48for a budget of 75 million.

03:49That's enough to get things going again.

03:51and give us a new sequel.

03:53in 2024.

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