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R.I.P.D. (2013)

Another entry in what we can refer to as ‘The Dark Years’ of Ryan Reynolds’ career. R.I.P.D had an interesting premise: ghost cops who send evil souls back to Earth. Jeff Bridges as a co-star couldn’t save this film which ended up losing $121 million.

It scored just 13% on Rotten Tomatoes and has been described as a ‘waste of time’. These two would rectify their careers by entering (or re-entering) the superhero space as Marvel heroes in a few years.