Hayes kidnaps Nick's widow, Julia, to use her as a human sacrifice to activate the Staff of Jericho. Nick and Roy ultimately stop the apocalypse, Julia survives, and Hayes is "erased" from existence. Community Perspectives

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Because they are dead, R.I.P.D. officers appear as different people to the living. Nick's first avatar is an elderly Chinese man (James Hong), while Roy appears as a stunning blonde woman (Marisa Miller).

The 2013 film (Rest in Peace Department) follows Nick Walker (Ryan Reynolds), a Boston detective who is murdered by his corrupt partner, Bobby Hayes (Kevin Bacon). Instead of facing judgment, Nick is recruited into the R.I.P.D., an afterlife police force tasked with hunting "Deados"—monstrous souls that refuse to cross over and hide among the living.