Meet Detective Nick Walker (Ryan Reynolds). Boston's Finest. Married to a beautiful French woman. Struggling to make ends meet.
Meet Detective Bobby Hayes (Kevin Bacon). Boston's Finest. Nick's partner. He tries to help out his friend by trying to get him to cash in on some 'found' gold at a recent bust.
Nick struggles with the ethical dilemma of keeping the gold or turning it in. Nick decides he's going to turn it in when he can. Instead he and Bobby get called away to bust a criminal haven at a warehouse. Little does Nick know, this is his last call.
He heads up for judgment only to be thrown into the Rest In Peace Department (RIPD)...a sort of heavenly police department where they try to bring souls up for judgment before they become malevolent spirits haunting mankind...better yet, before they turn into walking demons and monsters.
Grouped with a bad ass 1800's US Marshall as his partner (Jeff Bridges), both Nick and Roy head back to earth to try and bring back these souls...only to discover that 'found' gold Nick buried in his backyard all of a sudden means something bigger...and it was the reason why he was killed.
Ends up, Nick has some unfinished business down on earth.
This movie is a little bit Men in Black, but throw out the aliens and add a life after death/spiritual/religious montage to it and you have R.I.P.D. The movie was really good. The best parts of the film all lies in Jeff Bridges' acting. He did a superb job. You can't help but dislike his character Roy because he's a jerk, but at the same time, you love him because he's a crass, bad ass...sensitive underneath it all with a fetish for women's ankles.
That southern drawl with chewing tobacco sitting in the side of his mouth and spit going all over the place...that's Roy. Gotta love him. But what makes his character funny, human beings see him as this beautiful, tall blonde woman...so it's quite hilarious when men enamored with his beauty try to pick him up. His responses are hilarious!
As for Nick, they see him as a little old, Chinese man.
All in all, you will definitely enjoy this comedy.
Also stars: Mary-Louise Parker (from Weeds fame).
xxoo,
Michelle
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