R.I.P.D.

"To protect and serve the living."

Jul 19 2013 PG-13 1h 36m
Action, Adventure, Comedy

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.

Plot

In Boston, the dirty cop Nick hides gold that he has stolen from drug-dealers with his partner Hayes in the backyard of his house. However, on the next morning, Nick tells Hayes that he will deliver the evidence to the police since he loves his wife Julia and he could not face her acting that way. Nick and Hayes are assigned to a raid against a dangerous gang and unexpectedly Hayes kills Nick. Nick is drawn by a tunnel and based on his previous experience in the police department, he is assigned in the afterlife by the Proctor to join the Rest in Peace Department that protects the living world from the undead and work with the old-fashioned agent Roy. Roy and Nick accidentally find that Hayes in plotting a scheme to revert the sense of the tunnel to the afterlife and bring the Apocalypse to Earth.

Written by

Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi, David Dobkin

Directed by

Robert Schwentke

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Original Film, Dark Horse Entertainment, Universal Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
147,467
Average Rating
5.6 out of 10
Metascore
25
Popularity
NA