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Jul 19, 2013 · Robert Schwentke's "R.I.P.D.", which wants to be the new "Men in Black"—a sleek pop special effects comedy—has awful, awful timing. The only accurate timepieces in this adaptation of Peter M. Lenkov's comic are Jeff Bridges and Mary Louise Parker, who play dead cops working in the afterlife version of a police station.
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Veteran lawman Roy Pulsifer (Jeff Bridges) works for the R.I.P.D., a legendary police force charged with finding monstrous spirits who are disguised as ordinary people but are trying to...
- (105)
- Robert Schwentke
- PG-13
- Jeff Bridges
Red director Robert Schwentke comic book adaption of R.I.P.D., starring Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds, blends the fun and the familiar for a supernatural buddy-cop adventure. Full Review |...
Jul 19, 2013 · R.I.P.D.: Directed by Robert Schwentke. With Jeff Bridges, Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Bacon, Mary-Louise Parker. In the afterlife, Nick Walker, a detective who used to work for the Boston Police Department, is hired by a director of a group of deceased police officers to fight against the renegade ghosts.
- (145K)
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Robert Schwentke
- 2013-07-19
- Not DOA, but a near-death experience.
- Verdict
By Matt Patches
Posted: Jul 19, 2013 6:04 pm
RED and Flightplan director Robert Schwentke's paranormal action flick R.I.P.D. is based on a comic book of the same name by Peter M. Lenkov. For everyone else involved, it's a Men in Black sequel that swaps ghosts in for aliens. That's OK — the MIB franchise rests on chemistry and that's what makes R.I.P.D. halfway tolerable.
Ryan Reynolds, the perfect leading man who can't catch a break in Hollywood, stars as Nick, a Boston cop trying to carve out a life with his French lovely, Julia (Stephanie Szostak). Nick has made on major mistake in that genial plan: At his most recent drug bust, he helped his parter Hayes (Kevin Bacon) steal some ancient gold he thinks can be pawned for serious dollars. Why was there ancient gold stashed away in the crates that carried illegal drugs into Boston? This is one of the many blanks R.I.P.D. asks you to fill in. "You have seen enough movies, it should be easy," the script silently says to us as it speeds along to make its 90-minute runtime.
When Nick decides he's out of the corrupt gold smuggling plot, Hayes shoots him in the face. That would be the end of most Boston cops, but it turns out the Massachusetts city is one of the most haunted places in America, and requires the policing of a Heavenly force known as R.I.P.D.. Nick is recruited to the afterlife squad, paired up with Roy (Jeff Bridges), a rootin' tootin' riff on True Grit's Rooster Cogburn.
Mellowed by the sounds of Steely Dan, Nick is immediately sent back to Earth by Proctor (Mary-Louise Parker), who suggests the ghost cop learn to bag "Dead-Os," the escaped spirits who walk among us, so he can earn back a few points before Judgment. He reluctantly complies, following Roy through the bathroom stall of a VCR repair shop, the gateway between beyond to the real world.
Knock-off or not, there is fun to be had at R.I.P.D.. Reynolds and Bridges strike comedic gold while Schwentke needlessly attempts to invigorate it with special effects. A sequel in someone else's hands might actually work.
- Matt Patches
Walker is shot and killed by Hayes during a shootout and is recruited by the R.I.P.D. (Rest In Peace Department) in the afterlife. The R.I.P.D. specializes in catching 'deados', which are souls who have refused to leave the land of the living.
Jul 19, 2013 · Film Review: ‘R.I.P.D.’. This generally uninspired mashup of 'Ghostbusters' and 'Men in Black' benefits from a hilariously free-associative performance by Jeff Bridges. By Scott Foundas.
