This movie takes
too long to get started, and when it finally does, it feels like something is
missing.
R.I.P.D. is supposed to be a comedy/horror flick, but it fails to get any
part of the genre right.
R.I.P.D. is an adaptation of a comic book series of the same name (Rest in
Peace Department by Peter M. Lenkov), which was published by Dark Horse
Entertainment.
The film stars
Ryan Reynolds as Nick Walker (a Boston Police detective sergeant) and Jeff
Bridges as Roy Pulsipher. It flaunts many ideas that have been used way back in
the ’80s and ’90s. If you’ve been a fan of movies about supernatural beings,
then you’ve most definitely seen Men in Black (1997) (with the whole
disguise of creatures and stuff). This movie flaunts ideas from that film in
ways that are too obvious to overlook.
There’s nothing
fresh in this movie. All you see is a predictable plot and fine acting. Jeff
Bridges’ portrayal of a United States Marshal from the Wild West and veteran
R.I.P.D. officer was fun to see, though, and after that, everything else in the
movie was just out of sync.
The movie’s plot
is about a Boston police detective, Nick, who is murdered by his partner.
During his death spell, he’s recruited to join a team of undead police officers
working for the Rest in Peace Department, and in the process, he tries to
understand why his partner murdered him.
After over an
hour of trying to find a reason to watch this film, I have to conclude that
this is not a movie to queue up to see. R.I.P.D. is missing some of
the required ingredients to be a hit. It’s also doing poorly at the box office,
so I smell a major loss for Universal Studios.
Ryan Reynolds
has been having it tough. Green Lantern (2011) was crap, and The
Change-Up was just a waste of time. His only impressive works in the last
three years have been when he’s not seen—his voice acting in The Croods and Turbo (both
released in 2013) was well-received, and the movies were worth watching.
Robert Schwentke was the man behind the camera in this movie. He also directed Flightplan (2005) and RED (2010), both of which were impressive. I think here, he missed it by a mile. The movie mix of comedy and death did not catch my fancy. The bad reviews on the movie will also not allow this to be a franchise.
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