He's come back as a ghost. Not to haunt. Not to scare. To warn and protect.

Rating: 8/10 (20 August 2019)

Ghost is the story about a young couple, Sam and Molly ( Swayze and Moore, respectively) who have a relationship together. A childless couple, and if it wasn't for the fact that Molly can't get Sam to say "I love you" back, they would be a perfect duo together. Things get tragic when Sam is left for dead after a night at the play, and Sam is left chasing the perp off, only to return and find that hes staring at his own dead body. Realizing what has happened, a very shocked spirit of Sam is left wondering, wandering, and hoping for the best for Molly, who he still loves dearly. The plot thickens when Sam, unseen, finds the perp has returned to Mollys apartment, and seems to be looking for something, but what? He has no way of warning Molly about this, but he quickly learns how to manipulate situations. For example, he scares the cat, and the cat runs, accidentally clawing the perp out of the apartment. If only Sam could learn how to move objects. If only he could talk! If only there was....help. He soon gets help, through the living and dead. The living? A fake psychic who comes from a long history of real psychics, and it seems to have skipped a generation. The only talent she has, that Sam can utilize, is that she can hear Sam, but cannot see him. The dead? A ghost like him on a subway trains him reluctantly how to move objects. With the help of these two, Sams ghost helps to combat, warn, and protect Molly from danger and from the outcome that happened to him the night they were together. Ghost is a pretty powerful film, especially coming from Zucker. It can get incredibly intense, not just in motion, but when the music picks up. Oh yeah. I used to own the Ghost soundtrack, its for sure worth the listen. Most of it is the music from the film, including the Unchained Melody song. I would imagine its rare now, but if you can find a copy, its for sure worth owning. Film came out in 1990, but the soundtrack wasn't released until five years later. This is one of those films that runs over 2 hours, and you do not feel it tick away for a minute. It gets sad at times, but the humor side of it all never keeps you down for too long, seems to have perfect ( if not, almost) balance and harmony. This was one of my favorite Patrick Swayze films, I even enjoyed this better then Road House. A film from Paramount, Ghost earns 8 out of 10 stars from me. Bring on the after life!