In recent months, Jeff Bridges has been distancing himself from R.I.P.D. and if someone as good-natured as Bridges has nothing nice to say about the filmmakers or the film, its should provide a clue to the problems with this strange, cliched mess of a movie.
Ryan Reynolds (between this and Green Lantern he needs a better agent) stars as a Boston cop who crosses his crooked partner (Kevin Bacon) and gets killed on the job. He is thrust into the REST IN PEACE DEPARTMENT, a police force that keeps the dead from returning to Earth in the form of bloated, enormous things called deadheads that don't like Indian food.
If you are already scratching your head, join the crowd.
It's as if six kids were locked in a room, told to merge the concepts of MEN IN BLACK, GHOST, DEAD LIKE ME and GHOSTBUSTERS and this is the screenplay they came up with in about 5 hours.
The one shining part of the film is Jeff Bridges as 1800's sheriff RoySeephus, Reynolds partner. Bridges manages to bring twisted, over-the-top fun to the part and anytime he was cracking one-liners through a twisted, long haired, mustached, crooked smile and heavy twang, I was smiling. Not laughing mind you, but at least momentarily enjoying myself.
Barely 90 minutes long and stuffed with very good special effects, RIPD is a big, bloated failure that moves fairly quickly to a climax you will know is coming about 7 minutes into the story. Truly, you will know every single part of this story line and how it will be resolved in the first half hour. RIPD is DOA and gets a D.
Quick.....Name a GREAT Ryan Reynolds movie.........yeah, I didn't think so......
(BOY has THIS CHANGED since this review was written in 2013!)
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