Met with negative reviews and financially unsuccessful, was R.I.P.D a missed opportunity? Directed by Robert Schwentke, R.I.P.D.: Rest in Peace Department is the science fiction action comedy film based on a screenplay adapted from the comic book R.I.P.D. by Peter M. Lenkov. Luke and Jae revisit this 2013 film which stars Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds. Veteran lawman Roy Pulsifer works for the R.I.P.D., a legendary police force charged with finding monstrous spirits who are disguised as ordinary people but are trying to avoid their final judgment by hiding out among the living. With new partner, Nick Walker, they must discover a way to restore the cosmic balance.