SPLICED MOVIES /
ISSUE 01
REVIEW / R.I.P.D.
Jeff Bridges has spoken out about his role
in RIPD since the film's release, saying
he was disappointed with how the film
turned out after he had so much fun
playing the character.
about Kevin Bacon’s role as Nick’s
partner, there’s no sense of history
between the two which leaves you
wondering why you should invest any
emotion in them.
There is a saving grace though,
and that comes in the form of Jeff
Bridges. One gets the feeling that
Bridges had a ball acting in this
movie. With his western lawman
swagger and mouth-full-of-pebbles
enunciation of words, he is always
entertaining when he has screen
time. He plays the role of Roy as a
mix between True Grit ’s Rooster
Cogburn and a pinch of the Big
Lebowski. He’s the Agent K of
R.I.P.D., the veteran to Walker’s
rookie cop, but even in the afterlife,
Roy still has his demons; he carries
several hundred years of grudges
and baggage from his past, especially
toward the coyotes that picked his
bones clean after he was shot.
As fun as it is to watch Bridges and
Parker it isn’t enough to resurrect the
film. If you’re in the mood for turning
off your brain then go watch R.I.P.D.,
you’ll be hoping for the sweet release
of death before the film is over, don’t
say we didn’t warn you.?
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Verdict
For a summer
blockbuster R.I.P.D. is an
underwhelming romp through the
afterlife in every single way, with
mediocre effects and a generic story,
with cliché after cliché appearing
minute after painful minute.
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