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R.I.P.D. is a movie that suffers from a passel of lost opportunities.

Based on a comic book that literally had to be better, writers Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi and David Dobkin did director Robert Schwentke no favors, but Schwentke directed The Time Traveler's Wife, so he had it coming.

R.I.P.D. tries desperately to capture the same blend of action and comedy that worked so well in the "Men in Black" series, but the film only proves how difficult that balance really is.

The actual conceit of hunting down the dead might have played better if the film weren't clearly trying to rip-off Men in Black in the most unambiguous way possible.

Watching R.I.P.D., the unfamiliar viewer is given the distinct impression that this movie is probably an entertaining graphic novel -- but it's a terrible film.