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Righteous Kill stars Al Pacino and Robert De Niro as a pair of veteran New York City Police detectives who must track down a vigilante serial killer in this adrenaline fuled psychological thriller!
After 30 years as partners in the NYPD, highly decorated Detectives David Fisk and Thomas Cowan should be ready for retirement, but aren't. Before they can hang up their badges, they are called in to investigate the murder of a notorious pimp, which appears to have ties to a case they solved years before.
Like the original murder, the victim is a suspected criminal whose body is found accompanied by a four line poem justifying the killing. When additional crimes take place, it becomes clear the detectives are looking for a serial killer, one who targets criminals that have fallen through the cracks of the judicial system. His mission is to do what the cops can't do on their own - take the culprits off the streets for good. The similarities between the recent killings and their earlier case raise a nagging question: Did they put the wrong man behind bars?
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This has all the makings of a good film. Pacino and De Niro in the lead roles and some pretty decent actors in the supporting roles. Unfortunately the story itself is nothing even remotely new. I'd read some reviews before watching it and they all hinted that it was obvious who the killer was within the first 5 minutes. And it is. I picked out my candidate and then basically spent the next 90 minutes waiting to see it confirmed. Sadly it was. The story is largely implausible and cliched. On the plus side all of the actors do a pretty good job with what they're given. In fact if it wasn't for the standard of the acting this really wouldn't be worth wasting more than 10 minutes on.
However, if you're looking for a murder mystery and Murder She Wrote isn't on TV, then this could make for passable entertainment for 90 minutes or so.
However, if you're looking for a murder mystery and Murder She Wrote isn't on TV, then this could make for passable entertainment for 90 minutes or so.
21 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I felt quite sad watching this movie. It felt like the end of an era. The end of the careers of two of the best actors ever to grace our screens.
Robert De Niro plays the fittest, angriest, horniest, pension-age cop in the world. Pacino is his partner and together they are trying to catch a vigilante killer (Sounds familiar? It is and hack director Jon Avnet, responsible for Pacino's last turkey "88 Minutes," is unable to do anything with it).
There is a brief cameo from 50 Cent. Carla Gugino has the thankless task of being De Niro's love interest when he's almost old enough to be her grandfather. John Leguizamo, Benny Blanco in Pacino's "Carlito's Way", reunites with him here.
De Niro doesn't really stray too far from the persona he's created over the last three decades. Pacino, actually too old to be a cop in real life, looks haggard, bored and seems to have no energy whatsoever. He's like a spent force, not the whooping, eye-rolling guy he was in "Heat." Even stranger is the Photoshop facelift they've given both actors on the DVD cover, Pacino looks like a 12-year old boy!
"Righteous Kill" was a huge disappointment to me. I knew it wouldn't come near "Heat," but I hadn't expected a TV-movie-level effort like this one was. I will probably buy it just to complete my collection of De Niro/Pacino movies. Otherwise, buy one of their early classics like "Dog Day Afternoon," "Raging Bull," "The Godfather Trilogy," or "Heat."
Robert De Niro plays the fittest, angriest, horniest, pension-age cop in the world. Pacino is his partner and together they are trying to catch a vigilante killer (Sounds familiar? It is and hack director Jon Avnet, responsible for Pacino's last turkey "88 Minutes," is unable to do anything with it).
There is a brief cameo from 50 Cent. Carla Gugino has the thankless task of being De Niro's love interest when he's almost old enough to be her grandfather. John Leguizamo, Benny Blanco in Pacino's "Carlito's Way", reunites with him here.
De Niro doesn't really stray too far from the persona he's created over the last three decades. Pacino, actually too old to be a cop in real life, looks haggard, bored and seems to have no energy whatsoever. He's like a spent force, not the whooping, eye-rolling guy he was in "Heat." Even stranger is the Photoshop facelift they've given both actors on the DVD cover, Pacino looks like a 12-year old boy!
"Righteous Kill" was a huge disappointment to me. I knew it wouldn't come near "Heat," but I hadn't expected a TV-movie-level effort like this one was. I will probably buy it just to complete my collection of De Niro/Pacino movies. Otherwise, buy one of their early classics like "Dog Day Afternoon," "Raging Bull," "The Godfather Trilogy," or "Heat."
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This film is a bit of a turkey, if I'm honest. How De Niro and Pacino signed up for it I don't know, but the writing, characterisation, direction, and - above all - editing are fairly dismal. I'm not sure how much you can blame the two screen legends (both apparently running on auto-pilot throughout) for their unispiring performances, but the whole thing seemed rushed and sketchy. Director Jon Avnet commits the very basic error of telling, rather than showing, the story through lots of flashbacks. Given that the movie only weighs in at a brisk 101 minutes, it would have been vastly improved by letting the story unfold at a more natural pace, and giving it room to breathe. As it is, Righteous Kill achieves the level of no more than a stock thriller, with an incredibly obvious climax (you'll probably work out who the bad guy is within 20 minutes). A real wasted opportunity.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Dont listen to the bad reviews
Not as bad as everyone is saying. The two best actors of our generation combine in a psychological thriller with supporting actor 50 Cent. Brilliant twist.
Published 2 months ago by Mel Santino
De Niro droops...Pacino pouts...
Okay, I think the problem here is not that its the worst film on record, just that with these two major iconic actors, it coulda been a little...better? Read more
Published 4 months ago by TSM
Overall disappointing
Having watched a trailer and being a big fan of Heat I expected Pacino and de Niro sharing (almost) 100% screen time to be a treat. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Spazmo
Righteous Kill....lame
I had put off seeing this movie for a long time-the last teaming of Jon Avnet and Al Pacino had been in the dreadful "88 Minutes", this it is fair to say as wasteful of talent on... Read more
Published 8 months ago by sam lowry
Righteous Kill
Good to have such great actors together...disappointingly a predictable end though I was intrigues by the beginning and the development of the story. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Kerryloura
Righteous Kill
Dreadful , words fail me, De Niro , Pacino, along with Brian Dennighy, RIP.
Published 12 months ago by Film Critic 9Riddick)
Can't see why is bad
I read some reviews saying that it is a very lame movie, but I don't agree. The plot is great and the actors do not dissappoint, I really can't see either De Niro or Al Pacino... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Juliana Apopei
Righteous Killer, No Filler
I can't believe how many lukewarm reviews this film is getting. As a massive fan of De Niro and Pacino I think this is a worthy addition to anyones dvd collection who likes these... Read more
Published 12 months ago by D. LAZAR
Pathetic
Pacino should retire because he hasn't made a good film since the 1980s while deniro should consider his options. Read more
Published 13 months ago by ekb
Enjoyable killer thriller
Magazine reviews led me to expect very little from this thriller. As a result I was pleasantly surprised when I eventually watched it and found it to be extremely enjoyable. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Benminx
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