青年警官尼克·克鲁兹(瑞安·雷诺兹 Ryan Reynolds 饰)思索再三,不愿和搭档巴比·海耶斯(凯文·贝肯 Kevin Bacon 饰)私吞毒贩的赃物黄金,结果在一次行动中被对方趁乱杀害。死后的尼克来到另一个世界,并受雇于冥界警局(R.I.P.D),其主要任务就是 追捕那些不愿接受死后审判而依靠伪装盘桓人间的死鬼。他的搭档是死于19世纪末的老头罗伊·鲍威尔(杰夫·布里吉斯 Jeff Bridges 饰)。罗伊作风粗犷,特立独行,这两个性格与风格上有着巨大差异的搭档跌跌撞撞展开行动。尼克在行动中发现死鬼们和海耶斯有着千丝万缕的关系,而在种种谜团背后隐藏着攸关世界命运的大阴谋。
时间紧迫,尼克和罗伊必须尽最大可能阻止那个通天阴谋……
Sherlock Holmes is hired by the King of Bohemia to retrieve a compromising photograph from a certain lady. The King has tried to purchase the photo and even hired burglars to retrieve it, but without success. The woman in question is the very beautiful Irene Adler, an opera singer. She has made no demands of the King so it does not seem that blackmail is her intent. Using various disguises, Holmes learns as much about the woman as he can and is surprised when, after following her to a church, finds that she has married a barrister. Holmes stages a bit of theatre to get her to divulge the location of the photo but he finds he has met his match in both daring and intellect.
A young woman's corpse is dumped in the library of Gossington Hall, home of Jane Marple's friend Dolly Bantry and her husband Arthur. Pompous Chief Constable Melchett suspects a connection with Basil Blake, an arty young man who lives locally but Blake is dismissive when Melchett visits him. Then Superintendent Harper rings from the coastal town of Danemouth. Ruby Keane, a young girl employed as a dancer at the Majestic Hotel there, has gone missing, and her cousin Josie Turner identifies the corpse as Ruby's. Ruby is in favour with millionaire Conway Jefferson, whose own son and daughter were killed in a wartime air raid, and he wants to adopt her. His son-in-law Mark Gaskell, and daughter-in-law Adelaide react variously to the news. Miss Marple is convinced that the solution to Ruby's murder may be found at the hotel and she and Dolly book into a suite to investigate.