Upon seeing the trailer I thought that the film could be entertaining, well at the end of the day that it what the trailer is meant for. But alas what the trailer conveyed and what I saw as the end result did not meet with equal satisfaction.
Shady Cop Nick dies in the line of duty, and heads towards the light. However due to his dealings during his mortal days, he has the chance to make amends by joining the R.I.P.D, naturally the Rest In Peace Department. The organisation hunts down 'deado's', they being people who have evaded going to their resting place, and still roam free on Earth, and to make matters worse they have found a way to mask their true state, so can wander freely.
So Nick joins the merry band of lawmakers, and is teamed up with Roy, he being from the time of the Wild West. They are assigned to find a mysterious artifact, which when the pieces are assembled, will allow all from above to roam free on Earth. This is something they aim to stop.
There are other little plot devices in the movie, but this outlines the jist.
On the whole the film comes across as an absolute mess, as though was thrown together in a ten minute meeting in some Executive's office, and it shows.
With the exception of "Buried", this latest film does little to improve the career of leading man Ryan Reynolds.
Jeff Bridges is an actor I greatly admire, like am sure many others do. He makes the best of a bad part, and does seem to be having fun, just wish the same could be said for this viewer. Also subtitles at times may have been handy, as one struggled to comprehend some of his southern dialogue at times.
An apt title as this film should rest in peace.........4 out of 10
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