R.I.P.D. movie review

[@jacksonmares4453]

Deadpool saved Ryan Reynolds' carreer.

[@captainjakemerica4579]

Agreed Deadpool has revived Ryan Reynolds career. Now if only Jeff Bridges career could be revived

[@captainjakemerica4579]

True Hell or High Water I heard was good I need to watch it

[@sadeemaljeldh9156]

Career

[@sadeemaljeldh9156]

Jackson Mares career

[@veemon9280]

@@captainjakemerica4579 actually deadpoo made me realize one thing Ryan Reynolds *always acts as deadpool* he got lucky that he finally landed a role that exactly matched his personality. Because deadpool is the only thing he can do

[@paulaqueirosz]

laughing my ass of with the Jeff Bridges impression!!!!

[@Grievousish]

cool concept that would probably work better as a game or comic

[@liizzset]

+Grievousish Strange thing though, I heard it was an written comic that got changed into a movie.

[@Grievousish]

***** Hmm. I'll have to look that up.

[@afn7145]

Alternatively, it would've worked if the movie were funnier and more exciting.

[@liizzset]

Icebomb5 I agree with you . It was not the best but I think the concept was there. The trailer hyped it up too much thought. That was my major problem with that. The trailer gave the idea that the movie was going to be funnier and exciting. "A time of your life" Or "run for your money" I just hope this does not happen to the Deadpool movie. One of the main cast of this movie is heading the movie Deadpool. So fingers cross it does not go this way of "comedy".

[@KuronekoBonbon]

+Grievousish R.I.P.D. was based on a comic so.... yea.... :/

[@FellTheSky]

You are right in everyway jeremy but there is something about this movie i love. Its like a guilty pleasure.

[@goostador]

Home sick today and watched RIPD. I agree with you, guilty pleasure . “I was made for this sh!t”

[@bobjuniorman5352]

Men in Black Meets Ghostbusters sounds like an awesome movie but then you find out it's actually R.I.P.D.

[@IzayaLee1725]

That would be awesome for a comic book crossover like what they did for Batman and TMNT

[@Landrew0]

I never met a critic who had the guts to write his review before he saw the consensus of other reviews first. I have a feeling his original review was much more charitable before he revised it downward to fit with the consensus.

[@CalebBelyeu]

I seen it, and even though it wasn't all that good. I honestly liked it.

[@deathgaming7408]

I honestly dont like it at all Not even the slightest.

[@CalebBelyeu]

+DeAth GaMing to each their own.

[@torenjohnson2585]

I feel the same kinda bad movie but i like it....

[@el_hamez]

It was so bad but still pleased my monkey brain 😂

[@Rime_in_Retrograde]

The premise of this movie was like a cross between Men in Black and Yu Yu Hakusho, except that both were better, especially the latter.

[@pyrolee17]

Ahhhhhhhh my thoughts exactly!

[@MrMyster1ous]

I love Yu Yu, they need to redub the 2nd movie!!!

[@denniswilliams6519]

I'm glad I am not the only the only one who saw the resemblance to Yu Yu Hakusho, god I love that show

[@Amber-tk8hd]

wait wut, i only know MIB lmao. is this an anime or something?

[@Rime_in_Retrograde]

Amber Richardson Yep, it's an anime; a fairly old one too.

[@saxbend]

It had one redeeming feature. A chance to see Jeff Bridges reprise his role from True Grit. I enjoyed seeing a repeat of that performance certainly.

[@stevemyers3082]

This movie is Yu Yu Hakusho done horribly

[@tlotloselei8085]

Lol

[@briantolley1100]

Honestly, I kinda enjoyed it. I didn't see it as a Men in Black ripoff at first, I saw it as it's own movie, yes, it was weird that they didn't anything about the civilians who saw the supernatural shit, but above all, I liked it, screw those people who tell me I'm wrong for liking it.

[@downhill1222]

I'm with you loved that movie

[@themysteriouscatperson9483]

I liked the movie too, but tbf I love men in black so I just accepted it as some unofficial spin off lol

[@xenezort]

I don't care if it's a rip off, I enjoyed the movie

[@christophershobris9410]

The Jeff Bridges impersonation is priceless. I cried because I was laughing so hard.

[@SNBxAssassin]

i thought it was gonna be ok from the trailer, then i watched it and agree with him. any men in black is better then this movie.

[@cabbish]

Totally agree on the dogshit rating, I saw it on a movie channel and if I ever saw it again it would be in a punitive manner.

[@tskwared667]

My god the shitty dialogue and grunting from the monsters literally pissed me off

[@devinharbert6071]

I Love Ryan Reynolds he’s 1 of my Favorite Actors My Favorites Of his are Harold & Kumar, Blade Trinity, Smokin Aces, Green Lantern, Safe House, R. I. P. D., Criminal, Deadpool 1 & 2, Life 2017, Hitman’s Bodyguard Films, Hobbs & Shaw, & 6 Underground

[@RoosterSuzuki]

Dude, my eyes are bleeding with laughter from your Bridges impersonation. Pure Gold.

[@user-zf3fc9tn5k]

Okay, who else wants to see Brad dourif play Santa Claus?

[@johnboko7110]

Charles Lee Ray dressed up as Santa Claus

[@TheHungrySlug]

I think that would make an interesting sight for our eyes. I enjoy all of Brad Dourif's work. He's played roles in so many different shows and movies it's not funny.

[@annonymousmaniaciii]

1:53 Nice Bill Cosby impression.

[@totterdell]

Damn Jeremy U destroyed me with that Jeff Bridges impersonation

[@livertiahaywood9917]

Finally saw this movie. I really did like it. It was a lot of fun.

[@TheKrazyKajeevieShow]

Exactly, it's an absolute gem

[@erichammond8140]

Oh my god, why does everyone hate this movie so much? I loved it, I thought it was hilarious, awesome special effects, good actors, etc. Can someone please explain this to me?

[@vulpixgrant]

It was alright, I left liking it but the more I though about it the less I liked it. As I stated in my own post I liked all the actors performances but like he said they just did not work well together. The 'Girl' cop in the movie made me want to rip my armpit hair out she was so dry. I did like the Chinese guy cloak, and naturally the thing I liked best with the comedy is replaced at the end LOL. Zalright movie just glad I saw it in the $1.50 theater ;)

[@JamesTheDominator]

Uh...because it was the textbook definition of a mediocre movie? Maybe that's why?

[@OfficialNoCoast]

This man said awesome special effects. Was this your first movie my guy?

[@ChiefRepublic]

Damn, Jeremy really tore into this flick. R.I.P R.I.P.D

[@liketearsintherain6820]

Just watched this movie today. Correction: attempted to watch this movie today. When it got to the scene he described with Jeff Bridges' character being dragged around the town bouncing off the buildings and people were supposedly able to see all this happening, I just noped out. Bad CGI, bad acting, and lazy story telling and I couldn't be bothered to give a shit about the rest of the story. Sad to know that garbage like this is able to be made when there are hundreds of passionate scripts floating around hollywood which can't even get their foot in the door. Fucking hell Ryan, what were you thinking.

[@TheCelticTiger32]

Even though it was very similar to MIB the alternative concept of an afterlife police force is still very interesting

[@zionleach3001]

I thought it was a comedy-action inspired by MIB for the supernatural. But I didn't think it was a great movie.

[@CyntheticLifeform]

Your Jeff Bridges impersonation makes me laugh so hard every time! Dead on!

[@mechredd]

Everyone says the RIPD took MIB and gave it a supernatural treatment when it's more accurate to say that it gave the TV show G vs. E the MIB treatment. In G vs. E, The main character it murdered, but is too bad to go to heaven yet too good to go to Hell. He is recruited into the Corps and assigned to a veteran officer, to police demons and mortals who've made a pact with them. Corps agents will not be recognized by anyone from their past lives and can die a second time causing immediate judgment of their soul. G vs. E has a darker and more serious tone than RIPD. The veteran officer is based on Shaft, rather than a cowboy, and in place of magic guns, the Corps weapons are daggers bathed in the blood of innocent mortals. The Corps agents did not have superpowers yet the demons did. The demons would disguise them selves as humans but could be revealed by a mirror, rather than whatever the spice was in the movie. There's also a great deal of biblical references in the show. The show ran for 2 seasons in the late 90's. I haven't found any evidence to support this claim, but the story of RIPD is such a cut and paste of G vs. E into the MIB plot, that the movie had to be inspired by it.

[@littlecouchgames2239]

This was one of those movies that I had to pep talk myself into finishing. "I can do this. I'm not giving up."

[@JoeltheSenate]

I found it easy to watch but when it ended I was really let down

[@devinharbert6071]

I Like Jeff Bridges he’s a Good Actor But I wouldn’t say he’s 1 of my Favorite actors, my Favorite Films Of his I’d say are Tron Films, Blown Away 1994, The Vanishing 1993, Wild Bill, Iron Man, R. I. P. D., The 7th Son, Hell or High Water, Kingsman 2, & Spider-Man: Far From Home

[@DarkSlayer977]

The movie wasn't that bad. Like Men in Black, RIPD was based on a comic.

[@captainjakemerica4579]

Yeah but the leads have no chemistry and the CGI sticks out like a sore thumb

[@snapeythegreat]

I kind of like this movie...

[@steelgunsuit]

i really liked this movie

[@snapeythegreat]

The writing was bullcrap but at least it was enjoyable to watch.

[@aaronbrown4331]

snapeythegreat it was

[@anthonystark69]

I was laughing the whole time.

[@pyrolee17]

It was good, I liked it, I'd watched on a discount movie day.. 7 out of 10 For the record,I though it was Yu Yu Hakusho meets men in black

[@JDirkfilms2]

Jeremy sounds really frustrated in this review haha

[@tyrbarghest2314]

I actually enjoyed this movie. Had plenty of funny bits, Ryan's character and Jeff's were constantly at each other throats but it made sense with Ryan just dying and trying to reach to his love. Had only one problem and that was it Ryan's death. Bacon's character didn't have to kill Ryan to get the gold back, Ryan had wanted nothing to do with the gold because if his girl found out, she would've been unhappy.

[@TheDumpMuffins]

Your Jeff Bridges sounds like Bill Cosby.

[@phillychaz3571]

Loll 🤣 seriously

[@OneWingedMavrik]

Awesome impression, funniest thing ive seen in a while!

[@InnkeeperX]

"He's not playing Santa Clauss anytime soon." lol

[@r520jr8]

The Jeff Bridges impression was gold

[@jackreviewsmusicals]

Your bad Jeff Bridges impression sounds like a good Bill Cosby impression.

[@Mohamad-m7md]

It’s better than mib international in my opinion

[@142doddy]

I really liked this movie.

[@raymfa]

+142doddy Me2

[@Xqvvzts]

I liked Jeff Bridges.

[@raymond8604]

+Xqwzts everyone does

[@hulkfan97]

142doddy Major guilty pleasure like Battleship GI JOE 1&2 and the Transformers films.

[@Mr._.Mystic]

142doddy i did too

[@jacobbarry4863]

1:22 hopefully a new and improved style special edition of star wars does that

[@ghvfvchbvv6814]

I took my friends to see this movie. We aren't friends any more.

[@MisterBolticus]

I have heard talks of Reynolds doing a Deadpool movie, which would be AWESOME. His scenes were probably my favourite of the entire film and even though I wasn't really aware of deadpool at the time, even I was pissed off at the ending. Keep those walkers at bay and you may live to see it ;)

[@ProfitPower13]

It was and still is

[@ps1tops4]

A "Good if you're drunk" rating would be better for this movie.

[@TripleDeckerSupreme]

lol nah

[@ps1tops4]

MMMStudios1000 why not?

[@TripleDeckerSupreme]

RagingGumballMachine Well, in my opinion, the movie was too tiresome and dull to have any moments be funny, even if you're drunk.

[@moodyJules]

lol I get that. The movie is fucking hilarious if you're main goal is to rip into it! Like what me and my friends did.... then again, we couldn't even finish the movie just because of how predictable it was, and not being able to understand Jeff Bridges really started to get annoying.... nah it's dog shit.

[@rickgrimes3060]

He was good in X-men origins. He really seemed like wade Wilson, talking nonstop and I found several of his lines to be hilarious. Sure that wasn't his movie but he portrayed Deadpool perfectly

[@arkhamcreed4326]

I didn't think it was a bad movie, just not a particularly good one. And as to it being a rip-off....well unless you're going to start deducting points from EVERYTHING you shouldn't really hold that against it. I mean that is just the current state of Hollywood right now; rip-off factory. Everything is either a remake, reboot, rip-off, or based-on; there are no original movies.

[@TaliesinBHeidkamp]

But not THAT blatant.

[@captainjakemerica4579]

Plus plenty of directors have a style of their to make the stories they tell original like Edgar Wright with a lot of his movies outside of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World there are others I just can't think of them at the moment. Looper was another great original Sci-Fi movie

[@CrimsonJax88]

Ah, I had such good hopes that even though it looked like a MIB rip-off meets Constantine, it would be fun, cause of Bridges and Reynolds. Both are brilliant, funny actors who know how to make a movie fun and I really hoped that this movie would've been the start of this awesome duo, but unfortunately then...I still might rent it to give it a look, but thanks for the advice JJ ;)

[@uwalum87]

I liked the graphic novel and the movie (as a guilty pleasure), but it is definitely not dogshit.

[@ps1tops4]

I saw RIPD at home a couple of months ago, it's not garbage, it's okay but it is a very silly movie.

[@McPizza785]

I like to think that those giant swirling black vortexes that appeared everywhere in the scene where they were driving around trying to get to the golden tower were visual representations of all the plot holes in the movie.

[@icbarefoot]

I know people that enjoyed this movie. I thought it was stupid, dull, and ridiculous. AND The CGI WAS terrible.

[@jordanj809]

All true but I still loved it :P

[@mfranc78mf]

The movie was a rip off of mib, and the cgi was cartoonish but that could be because it was directed towards a younger audience. I still think it was entertaining, unfortunatley it was cliched in some bits. should have had jeff bridges female version on screen way more!

[@ArcherSlamBAM]

Honestly, I find the movie as a guilty pleasure. I like it, though I know it's complete garbage. :P

[@metherofortress7803]

Same :) I liked the CGI, actually.

[@Xsector360]

XD the advert before this was for R.I.P.D

[@DogOfHades]

Dogshit? That was mean :'(

[@Sentinel_White]

+DogOfHades it bad

[@lukepettinger9124]

The premise that spirits don't want to leave earth and so heavenlyish forces that are recently deceased police/cops have to collect them could be a really cool movie. If they didn't mash it completely with MIB and made it terrible. Its always sad when something that could've been cool gets trashed to try to entertain kids. they could've done some deep shit like 'how death is a real thing and you have to move on' or something but No. they have to ruin it to try to rip off MIB

[@AndyBrinkerhoff92]

I think this is the first "dogsh*t" rated film I've watched, and boy did it live up to the rating. 90 minutes I'll never get back.

[@menames184]

It’s based of a comic. Not a rip off at all

[@KennethEspericueta340]

Sorry Man i liked this movie its in my category of so bad its good

[@connorw2k]

he doesn't have that category

[@KennethEspericueta340]

+Giuseppe Brancato in my own category

[@connorw2k]

Kenneth The Wizard good for you

[@IrishCockroach1994]

Hey Jeremy, are you by any chance growing a Big Boss Beard for Phantom Pain?

[@magnusmeling2370]

This movie is so bad... so dumb...

[@catestuff]

i was laughing so hard when he did the Jeff Bridges cowboy impersonation. LOL

[@6shnuggle6]

The review was too long. :) Still, entertaining.

[@TheThunderDragoon]

Since you mentioned Brad Dourif, I'll be expecting a Curse of Chucky review when that comes out. :D

[@vulpixgrant]

I've been getting into Westerns lately since I picked up and started shooting Civil War reproduction revolvers, and loved MiB so I saw a MiB style movie with a Cowboy I was their! And..... I liked Ryan's performance, I liked Jeff's performance, I even liked Kevin's performance... JUST not together in this movie. And like you said you can just see what's going to happen, the scene with the hat at the very end I called it 10 minutes earlier. Very depressing.

[@drhploveboat]

cleaver comment, and an interesting observation. however, between them the film is still much closer to Good Vs. Evil. Dead Like Me is a dark drama/comedy, which mainly centers around the natural order of life. in the case of G vs. E, and R.I.P.D. they both clearly fall into the sci-fi/action genre, though they also have humorous elements. in Dead Like Me, characters serve as Reapers, to maintain the balance of life. in G Vs. E, and R.I.P.D. those agents are waging a war against demonic forces.

[@abeljuarez]

How did the marissa miller thing work? I'm guessing not well.

[@nothus]

I also noticed that Jeff Bridges is using the exact same marble mouth voice here as he uses in the Seventh Son trailer....

[@spiritsjoy]

I watched this and Seventh Son as a Bridges double feature and i really enjoyed them both!

[@aderno159kai4]

Dead Policemen working for heaven's police force, dead spirits roaming the earth, spritual guns? Sounds like Bleach to me, only a lot of difference but the core concept was 90% similar. The Heaven's cops are like the western versions of the Quincies, Dead-os are the western versions of the Hollows, however unlike those monstrously powerful Hollows, Dead-os are humanlike and weak

[@simranzenov]

Same theme, he partners up with an old stubborn guy, shiny laser guns that make the animated enemies explode, pretty much everything is like men in black. You are blind not to see it. I saw it immediately when I watched it - long before looking at any of the reviews. It's that obvious!

[@kcat01894]

Brad Dourif doesn't always play the bad guy, What about in Senseless, and Urban Legends?

[@schultzdominick]

I remember that Zach Galifinakis was actually originally cast in the Jeff Bridges role. I'm genuinely curious how the movie might have been different that it had stayed like that haha

[@Notdyinginthewoods]

I agree, you have to remember they are from very different times and were suddenly thrown into a partnership neither of them were particularly excited about. I will agree the CGI was not the best and the story line was quite predictable, but I did enjoy the movie despite these problems.

[@jason8897386]

I found Bridges and Reynolds to be a very funny comedic pair, watching them "pop" "deadies" was a cinimatic treat. At the very least this is a no alcohol required in my estimation. The people who bash this movie the most i honestly beleave did not see it or tuned out as soon as they noticed this is not an action movie. Its a comwdy much in line with Ghostbusters just with a little touch of action.

[@nbagel713]

Loved your Star Wars analogy Jeremy haha

[@bevyp66]

jeremy i would watch a whole vid of your jeff bridges impersonation

[@BridgewatersFinest]

Sometimes I think people get so caught up in the idea of "formulaic = bad" that they can't appreciate when a formula is done fairly well. That's what this flick is to me, a been-done-a-lot-before formula but with a cool concept and done well. Don't take it seriously -- it's a genre mash-up that basically answers the question "What would happen if Men in Black, Boondock Saints, and 3:10 To Yuma had a baby?" It mentions coyote skull-fucking! Come on!

[@connerspencern]

MIB was a comic RIPD was also a comic. Comics can in fact rip off other comics, they aren't some holy medium where everything's okay because Scott Lobdell is a writer.

[@theweysermanisback5205]

It's like when "Skyscraper" came out in 2018, and people couldn't help comparing it to "Die Hard".

[@heatherharsh8177]

I didn't think of Men In Black when I first saw the trailer, but now I do. It seems like they just took elements from Men In Black, Dead Like Me, and Reaper and threw them together.

[@dvass7253]

As someone who has read the comic that this thing was based on, I can say that R.I.P.D. can KISS MY ASS!!! Seriously guys, the first 4 issues of the comic are pretty damn good - nothing revolutionary, but still pretty good. If you can find them, read them - you won't regret it. And if you like those 4, seek out R.I.P.D.: City of the Damned, which explains Roy's backstory and has a very engaging plotline. Trust ,me, you won't regret it!

[@jennifertran2289]

That was a great Jeff Bridges impersonation Jeremy lol

[@ryigenchi]

The Fountain Repomen (Had a pretty good twist) Vanillia Sky (Didn't see that shit comin) Seven (The what's in the box moment) Identity (I figured it out...but i dont think it was predictable) The Spirit (Never in a million years woulda predicted that sam L would be filmed in a Nazi Costume) OldBoy (Damn that twist was twisted) John Dies at the End (Never once thought dude was black...oh and dead) Donnie Darko (just...weird) Butterfly Effect Fight Club. I could go on man...

[@OllieBright]

I found this movie very good and original. Now, Im not saying that this is the best movie or even the best movie of the year but this movie has a lot of what most movies lack... A good combination of comedy, action, and decent effects (not a low budget flick). People tend to hate on movies that remind them of movies with bigger names that did something similar (IMB in this case) but what people fail to understand is that holywood cant keep coming up with new ideas without somehow reusing something from an older movie. I give this movie an 8 out of 10.

[@GrandmasterBBC]

I have noticed that some people find it easier to just hit the Enter button than to be troubled with trivialities like capitalization and punctuation. That's just sad.

[@ProfessorLawl]

True, mostly I was attempting to bring attention to the simple fact that the concept is not at all new and is emulated in many forms.

[@huntercreatesthings]

I nearly had a heart attack when you made that star wars comparison o.0

[@TacoRoco]

Renolds is trying for Deadpool. He actually described it as 'the worst relationship' ever (paraphrase), cause it keeps getting put off. He's a huge fan of the comics, he'll come through

[@omy8443]

I turned it off after the first 10 minutes..... the last movie I did that to was Batman and robin,.. till now I have no idea how either one ends. I am all the better for it.

[@HorribleMuttonChops]

Judging it as a stand-alone movie and not an adaptation (which would be unfair, as the comic should not have any bearing toward's this movie's worth), this movie was a wreck. Now the original source material might be great. And I definitely saw glimmerings of that, but nitpicking on details will not change the fact that the FILM just looks like a supernatural MIB. Which is not to say that MIB is original, but MIB used all these tropes more effectively and more enjoyably.

[@joemiraglia4020]

Men in Black and RIPD were both comic books before they were movies. men in black was published by Malibu comics which was bought by marvel. RIPD was published by Dark Horse

[@Dillybbar2020]

Does he go to the theaters, or download them on his computer.

[@Domination1799]

Jeremy's jeff bridges impression is making me laugh so hard that i can't breath!

[@Zorro3k6]

Well, that's great. I knew this movie was like MiB with supernatural stuff, but every time I saw the trailer I was actually really interested in seeing the movie. So even though I knew of the similarity to MiB, I was still willing to see it because even if it is a rip off, it can still be great. I still want to see it though. Maybe when it's on Netflix. I don't know. Thanks for the review Jeremy.

[@GreenEyeCinema]

Kevin Bacon not only played a villain here (we knew that before he ever pulled the trigger) but a very hokey one as well.

[@timothyherrera6718]

I'm that you feel that way i know alot of people do but I'm one of the few that likes this movie and if that's true that this is like men in black then so is the comic its based on.

[@alfonsodeya7192]

***** I kinda liked it, some of it was meh. But it was entertaining enough

[@baruchg.1596]

No, it is based on a comic book just like MIB(i should do look that up but i know marvel owned a MIB comic book for a while) but the R.I.P.D. comic came out not too long ago.

[@Norman_Fleming]

I enjoyed it. Weren't the MIB and RIPD both based off comics? So, rip-off seems harsh.

[@ceruleantear1]

I forgot about Reaper. You're right it does remind me of that show.