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R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned

R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned

2022

PG-13

Director

Paul Leyden

Runtime

102 minutes

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Synopsis

When Sheriff Roy Pulsipher finds himself in the afterlife, he joins a special police force and returns to Earth to save humanity from the undead.

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Diversity & Representation

Overall Score

3.2/10

Limited


Category Breakdown

LGBTQ+ Representation

Minimal

The film presents a strictly heteronormative world with zero visible LGBTQ+ characters or relationships. No queer subtext or narrative arcs exist, reflecting a complete absence of inclusion or deviation from traditional sexual norms.

Gender Representation

Limited

Roy Pulsipher embodies a stoic masculine archetype, while Jeanne d’Arc serves as a supportive foil rather than an equal plot driver. Female characters lack significant agency, reinforcing traditional gender roles and secondary capacities.

Racial & Ethnic Diversity

Fair

The cast is predominantly white with limited diversity. Supporting roles for non-white actors, such as Jake Choi, carry little narrative weight or agency, resulting in tokenistic representation without meaningful cross-racial development.

Religious & Cultural Diversity

Limited

The narrative upholds traditional Western values and frames afterlife law enforcement as inherently righteous. It reinforces the status quo without critiquing systemic power structures or offering progressive cultural alternatives.

Disability Representation

Fair

No prominent characters with visible or invisible disabilities appear in the film. The story does not utilize disability as a plot device, resulting in a neutral score due to the absence of both mockery and meaningful inclusion.

Strengths

  • Avoids overtly harmful stereotypes or mockery of marginalized groups.
  • Jake Choi provides minor racial diversity in a supporting capacity.
  • Penelope Mitchell appears in a key role, though limited in agency.

Areas for Improvement

  • Complete absence of LGBTQ+ characters or any queer-coded subtext.
  • Female characters lack significant agency or intellectual superiority.
  • Racial diversity is tokenistic with no deep character development.
  • Reinforces traditional gender roles and Western institutional status quo.
  • No representation of disabled individuals or disability-related themes.

AI Analysis

R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned operates within a conventional action-comedy framework that prioritizes genre tropes over progressive narrative architecture. The film presents a predominantly white, male-centric cast with limited engagement in intersectional storytelling or the subversion of traditional hierarchies. While it avoids overtly harmful stereotypes, it lacks the intentional diversity, agency, and nuanced representation that characterize higher-scoring progressive media. The narrative relies on standard buddy-cop dynamics and Western tropes, offering little challenge to established social norms.

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