“RIPD – Rest In Peace Department” is a crazy adventure in the realm of the dead. We have all the information about the film with Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Bacon.
Do you like it crazy? Then “RIPD – Rest In Peace Department” is just the thing for you. The crazy science fiction comedy film was released in German cinemas in 2013 and is based on the comic of the same name by Peter M. Lenkov.
RIPD – Rest In Peace Department: Start
“RIPD – Rest In Peace Department” was released in German cinemas on August 29, 2013. A prequel was also released as direct-to-video on November 15, 2022.
RIPD: Trailer
The trailer for “RIPD – Rest In Peace Department” takes us on an unusual adventure in the realm of the dead. After his death, police officer Nick begins investigating his killers so that they cannot harm anyone else.
RIPD – Rest In Peace Department: Plot
“RIPD – Rest In Peace Department” is about the police officer Nick Walker, whose greed brought him to his grave. During a raid, gold fragments were discovered, which Nick steals. But remorse catches up with him, and so he confides in a supposed friend, who then sends him to the realm of the dead.
On his way to the afterlife, Nick is recruited by the director of the Boston division of the Rest In Peace Department to work for her agency. The RIPD recruits deceased police officers to patrol the realm of the living to catch so-called Deados. Deados are ghosts who didn’t make it to heaven.
Together with his new partner, Roy Pulsipher, Nick returns to Earth and begins the fight against the Deados. At the same time, however, he also forges his own plan: to stop his murderer.
RIPD – Rest In Peace Department: Cast
“Deadpool” star Ryan Reynolds plays the lead role of Nick Walker in “RIPD – Rest In Peace Department”. His new partner is Jeff Bridges (“The Old Man”) as Roy Pulsipher. Also in the film are Kevin Bacon (“City on a Hill”) as Bobby Hayes, Mary-Louise Parker, Stephanie Szostak, James Hong, Marisa Miller, Robert Knepper, Mike O’Malley, Devin Ratray and Larry Joe Campbell.
RIPD – Rest In Peace Department: Production
“RIPD – Rest In Peace Department” is based on the comic “RIPD” by Peter M. Lenkov. The film was directed by Robert Schwentke and the screenplay was written by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi.
Hot air instead of hot action?
“RIPD – Rest In Peace Department” tries to strike a balance between action and fun, but the plot falls by the wayside. The film is as crazy as “Man in Black” and seems to have been copied one-to-one, but lacks depth. Nevertheless, the film is entertaining and has some funny scenes. Ryan Reynolds is also well cast for Nick, because you really believe him in the role.
| Age rating | from years |
| Duration | 96 minutes |
| Release | 18. July 2013 |
| budget | $130,000,000 |
| Well-rehearsed | $61,600,000 |
| Post-credit scene | ✘ |
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RIPD 2: Rise of the Damned
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- David Dobkin
- Jonathon Komack Martin
- Keith Goldberg
- Michael Fottrell
- Mike Richardson
- Neal H. Moritz
- Ori Marble
- Peter M. Lenkov
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