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Righteous Kill (2008)
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Academy Award winners Robert De Niro and Al Pacino star in this taut thriller as a pair of New York City detectives tasked with investigating a rash of vigilante killings linked to a case years ago, suggesting they may have put an innocent man behind bars. John Leguizamo, Carla Gugino, Brian Dennehy, Donnie Wahlberg and rapper-turned-actor 50 Cent also star in this crime drama penned by Russel Gerwitz (Inside Man) and directed by Jon Avnet.
| Release Date: | September 12th, 2008 |
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Righteous Kill Movie Review by Veronica  (1/15/2009) |
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Ok, so this may be just another cop movie...but it was a damn good one. I have been cinematically deprived (i.e. never saw Heat) so the shock of seeing the two greats face to face wasn't a great pull for me. The movie, although it didn't necessarily keep me riveted was entertaining and I was actually caught off guard by...
(complete Righteous Kill review by Veronica)
| Righteous Kill Movie Review by Tim (1/11/2009) |
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Lots of haters expecting another classic film like Heat. I mean what else would you expect out of a Pacino and DeNiro film? I knew going in that this was not Heat but yet I would watch a live action film of Barney if these two great actors graced the screen together.
.50 Cent aka Curtis Jackson really turned me off...
(complete Righteous Kill review by Tim)
| Righteous Kill Movie Review by E (9/18/2008) |
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Despite a respectable $60 million budget, Righteous Kill works like a film made on the cheap, a B movie masquerading as an A production. The combination of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino sounds intriguing, the two teaming up for the first time since Heat (1995), but their latest collaboration results in one of the dullest...
(complete Righteous Kill review by E)
| Righteous Kill Movie Review by Jarrod (9/14/2008) |
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I thought that any movie with Al Pacino and Robert De Niro simply could not be bad; Heat, after all, was terrific, and they both appeared together in The Godfather Part II, though never sharing scenes. In Heat, Michael Mann allowed them one climactic confrontation and placed them on opposite sides of the law. Here, in...
(complete Righteous Kill review by Jarrod)
| Righteous Kill Movie Review by Ben (9/13/2008) |
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DeNiro and Pacino play veteran detectives of the NYPD who are investigating the murders of various criminals ranging from a pimp to a rapist, and it soon becomes clear (you think?) that this is the work of a serial killer who leaves behind notes of rhyming phrases as to why he kills who he kills. DeNiro plays Turk who, as...
(complete Righteous Kill review by Ben)
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