The .RPL format belongs to ARMovie, a multimedia container format. The format is used in various Eidos Interactive computer games (such as the Tomb Raider series).
None 2009-05-29 03:00:00 #1 Tombraider uses this, as far as I can guess it is not a realplayer file, as realplayer says it cannot play them. I would have guess it is a modified video file (the files I have are in the FMV folder on the Tombraider Premier Collection PC disc). Modified to make it only visible from within the game.