Punchlines fall flat in lacklustre ‘R.I.P.D.’

Adapted from a series of comics, ‘R.I.P.D.’ (an acronym for Rest In Peace Department) is an otherworldly action adventure in a similar vein to ‘Men In Black’, which pairs a grizzled veteran and a gung-ho newcomer in a hunt for earthbound monsters.

The trajectory of the central relationship from fractiousness to do-or-die camaraderie is achingly familiar.