"Ghostbusters: Afterlife" is an admirable try and actually throws certain degrees of texture to the wind while others are closely followed. The movie pays homage and explains the aspect of how the myth of the Ghostbusters in the 80s was built up and why it waned. However then some of the characters take severe perspectives of truth.

While many have heard bits and different tellings of John Belushi's story over the years, it really comes down to psychology, dependence, childhood and an essence of fate in his own head and the chaos swirling around him and the expectation for him that came with it.