R.I.P.D

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UK Release Date: September 20th 2013

A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him.

Director: Robert Schwentke (Red, The Time Traveler's Wife, Flightplan)

Starring: Jeff Bridges, Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Bacon, Mary-Louise Parker

R.I.P.D. is based on a comic. The comic must not have had a huge fan base or this film has dampened what spirit it had. Either way Peter M. Lenkov (writer), must be ashamed of this horrifying adaption. 

Nick (Reynolds) is a New York police officer is betrayed and killed by his partner Hayes (Bacon) over a pile of gold they've found. Instead of resting in peace, he's recruited by Proctor (Parker), the head of the Rest in Peace Department. He's to take down monsters and ghoulish creatures who've avoided the underworld, but all he wants is revenge.

Joining him as his partner is Roy (Bridges), who's character's a complete replica of Rooster Cogburn from True Grit, cannot save the day, and by that the audience's day, not their own. We need saving from this hellhole more than they do.

There's no originality. Everything has been sifted from other films. Think Ghostbusters crossed with Men in Black, but all the good bits have been stripped away. We're left with the scraps from the bones. 

Schwentke's Red was a success, so why he didn't stick to Red 2 and remedy its poor excuse to a sequel remains to be seen. Instead R.I.P.D. has soured our screens with a dead plot, shoddy CGI (their budget can only stretch so far) and piles of cliches and unsavoury characters. Bypass this one, even if Bridges and Reynolds starring in it peaks your interest.