The Ninth Circle of Law Enforcement

Committed genre fans endure enormous amounts of recycled garbage in hopes of seeing something, anything, new. Even the most forgiving have their limits, though, and this week’s multiplex terminus can be found in the noisy nonsense known as “R.I.P.D.” Based on “Rest in Peace Department,” a Dark Horse comic created by Peter M. Lenkov, the movie has the kind of clever-enough premise that could be easily pitched at a 60-second meeting: a heavenly police force hunts dead villains and sends them to hell. Written by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, the movie was directed by Robert Schwentke, who made a promising thriller (“Flightplan”) a few years back.

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