In the film R.I.P.D. , a device may reverse the tunnel and instead transport the dead to New York City .
Proctor , infuriated , takes them off the case , but they decide to continue the investigation on their own after learning the pieces of golds are components of the Staff of Jericho , a mystic device that could reverse the tunnel that transports the dead into the afterlife , returning them to New York City .
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