Users review: From the trailer, I had high hopes for this film to break extravaganza delivers with great humor and unique premise. Unfortunately, this was one of those cases where the trailer is better than the movie itself.To be fair, the film has its moments. The comedy ever made me laugh aloud, but there are amusing lines and situations altogether. Some of the most entertaining moments come from the interaction between the characters and clever gag where everyone sees different people. As far as the action goes, there is quite a bit of mass destruction and lots of shoot-outs and fights. It's very manic, and outlandish cartoons over-the-top. The overall tone feels really uneven, the film was pretty serious at times, deadpan others, and during the rest of the time. I was never bored, but I was never involved or invested in things.It is a shame for all, because the film has some unique ideas here and there. The general premise of dead police department is pretty neat, they use a lot of cool weapons, and they have some really fun ideas and rules. It is a strange world where Indian food causes the common pop dead horse in hair samples (if you remember the beginning of Van Helsing, with Mr. Hyde ... pretty much all monsters look like, perhaps crossed with the zombies from I Am Legend). Everyone perceives the two main characters as hot blonde chick and old Chinese man. Sounds fun, right? For whatever reason, it comes off as an unnecessary attempt to build a comedy to a stranger, it worked so well for men in black films, but all this is rather flat in RIPD.The overall story is pretty fast and compact. It does a fine enough job of introducing the characters, slap together, and try to have a dynamic chemistry between them. However, the plot is pretty standard fare, and never take the time to really invest the audience in the world portrays. This shows just enough plot to work, but it does not explain much, never build on the things that touch short, and we never really care.The film uses many stylish camera moves, zooms fast and slow effects motion, you can either look really cool or as very stupid. Editing is okay in general. Acting is a mixed bag: Ryan Reynolds is strangely flat and emotionless throughout, except for a few love scenes, while Jeff Bridges steals the show once again in a role that almost seems to parody his role from True Grit. Kevin Bacon is pretty much himself, and I love watching Mary-Louise Parker. Writing is not as great. This production uses Okay sets, props and costumes. Special effects look cool, but on the cheaper side. Music is hip and fun.In the end, I could not help but think of other films and how much better they are than RIPD. For stories involving parallel worlds between the worlds of life and death, I could not help but to think that Bleach Anime has a better story, and the TV series Dead Like Me was funnier. For this concept with the perfect combination of action and comedy, the two Hellboy films are perfectly efficient. Approach to comics-inspired stories enforcement supernatural book without the general public do not know the three men in Black films succeed in everything RIPD tried to do but failed. And even with the height, threatened with death to get up and the end of the world, I could not help but remember how Ghostbusters was better in this area. RIPD even gag short staircase reminds me of GB. All of this is recommended, but RIPD not much.Given its poor box office reception, I think it safe to say that RIPD will rest in piece, buried along these photos equally marginal as Jonah Hex and Priest.3 / 5 (Entertainment Average | Story: Border | Film: Average) |
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