R.I.P.D.
Short description
Nick Walker is a Boston police officer who is killed in the line of duty and wakes up to find that death does not bring the rest he expected. Recruited by the Rest in Peace Department, a celestial agency that sends the dead back to Earth in borrowed bodies, he agrees to serve in exchange for help investigating his own murder. He is paired with Roy Pulsipher, a former Wild West lawman who has spent centuries on the job, and the mismatched partners are tasked with hunting down malevolent spirits hiding among the living.
Robert Schwentke directed the film, his fifth feature and the one that followed RED in his filmography. Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi wrote the screenplay, and the cast is led by Jeff Bridges as Roy, Ryan Reynolds as Nick, Kevin Bacon as Bobby Hayes, Mary-Louise Parker as Proctor and Stephanie Szostak as Julia. It was produced by Michael Fottrell, Neal H. Moritz and Mike Richardson.
Released in July 2013, the film carries a budget of 130 million USD against a worldwide box office of 62 million USD, a return well below its cost. On IMDb it holds 5.6/10 from about 151,000 votes, and on TMDB 5.9/10 from roughly 4,400 votes. A critics' rating of 3.7/10 from 102 reviews places it below even the modest audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- Roy and Nick's car number is 314159, which is an approximation of the number Pi.
- At the end of the final chase with the large monster on the hood, Nick and Roy crash into a wall that partially collapses. However, in the following shots, when they exit the car, the wall is seen to be intact.
- Jodie Foster was considered for the role of Procter.
- One of the scenes was filmed in the Hynes Convention Center, which is half a mile from Copley Square, where Jeff Bridges nearly died in real life during the filming of the truck bomb explosion scene from 'The Fuse' (1994).
- This is the fourth time Ryan Reynolds has starred in a film based on a comic book. He previously played Hannibal King in 'Blade: Trinity' (2004), Deadpool in 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' (2009), and Hal Jordan in 'Green Lantern' (2011).
- One of the Boston police cars at the raid where Nick is killed bears markings from the same fictional district A-8 as in the films "The Paperboy" (2012) and "The Town" (2010).
- Zach Galifianakis was considered for the role of Roy Powell, but left the project due to scheduling conflicts.
- In the US and some other countries, this film was released on the same day as 'RED 2' (2013), a sequel to 'RED' (2010) directed by Robert Schwentke, the director of 'R.I.P.D.', and also starring Mary-Louise Parker. Furthermore, it was released two days after the animated film 'Turbo' (2013), in which Ryan Reynolds voiced one of the characters.
- The film is based on the comic book “R.I.P.D.” by Peter M. Lenkov (2001).
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