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Righteous Kill (2008)

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Reviews Counted:138

Fresh:27

Rotten:111

Average Rating:4.1/10

Consensus: Al Pacino and Robert De Niro do their best to elevate this dowdy genre exercise, but even these two greats can't resuscitate the film's hackneyed script.

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Rated: R [See Full Rating] for violence, pervasive language, some sexuality and brief drug use

Runtime: 1 hr. 40 min.

Genre: Drama, Mystery & Suspense

Theatrical Release: Sep 10, 2008 Wide

Box Office: $40.0M

Synopsis: Two Veteran New York City Detectives hunt a vigilante who may be one of their own. Two Veteran New York City Detectives hunt a vigilante who may be one of their own. [More]

Starring: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Curtis Jackson, Carla Gugino

Starring: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Curtis Jackson, Carla Gugino, Donnie Wahlberg, Trilby Glover, Shirly Brener, Melissa Leo, Oleg Taktarov, Alan Rosenberg, Alan Blumenfeld, Rob Dyrdek, Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo, Saidah Aprika, Sterling K. Brown, Barry Primus, Frank John Hughes, Terry Serpico, Liza Colon-Zayas, Malachy McCourt, Ajay Naidu, Charles F. Krichman Jr., 50 Cent

Director: Jon Avnet

Director: Jon Avnet
Screenwriter: Russell Gerwitz
Producer: Alexandra Milchan , Daniel Rosenberg , Randall Emmett , Rob Cowan , Avi Lerner
Studio: Overture Films

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The worst about Righteous Kill is that there's probably a perfectly acceptable procedural thriller somewhere in the mountain of cliches and stupidity that riddle the film.

Full Review Source: Washington Times | comment Comment
Aug 30, 2009
Sonny Bunch
Sonny Bunch
Washington Times
N/R

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Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
Feb 27, 2009
Chris Bumbray
Chris Bumbray
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

Imagine this conversation: A phone call between actor Bob De Niro and director Marty Scorsese. Bobby: Hello, Marty. I've been calling and texting, but you never answer. (Silence) Bobby: I'm talking to you. Are you talkin' to me? Are you talkin' to me?

Full Review Source: Fayetteville Free Weekly | comment 4 Comments
Feb 1, 2009
Tony Macklin
Tony Macklin
Fayetteville Free Weekly

An overly decorated pinata afraid to expose the vacuum inside.

Full Review Source: Projection Booth | comment Comment
Jan 20, 2009
Rob Humanick
Rob Humanick
Projection Booth

Pacino. DeNiro. Armed and dangerous. In a cop drama. In NYC. Together. Written by the writer of Inside Man. Sounds great, doesn't it? Well, what could've gone so wrong?

Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com | comment 1 Comment
Jan 11, 2009
Brian Holcomb
Brian Holcomb
CinemaBlend.com

This thriller by Jon Avnet is mostly by the numbers, and its surprise ending, though effective, feels somewhat forced.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
Dec 9, 2008
Joshua Katzman
Joshua Katzman
Chicago Reader
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...the phrase phoning-it-in was practically invented for Pacino and De Niro's work here...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
Nov 26, 2008
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

Russell Gewirtz's script is built around a trick, one that is simultaneously too clever by half and not clever at all (which itself is quite a trick).

Full Review Source: Los Angeles CityBeat | comment Comment
Nov 12, 2008
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

Nearly everything about this film is a cliché.

Full Review Source: At the Movies | comment Comment
Nov 5, 2008
Ben Mankiewicz
Ben Mankiewicz
At the Movies
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Say it ain't so, Bobby and Al.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Jason Matloff
Jason Matloff
Boston Globe
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There's nothing righteous about this tired and tiresome good cop/bad cop NYPD procedural from Avnet; in fact, it's pretty much an abomination from the get-go.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

So somebody finally got De Niro and Pacino to co-star in a movie together and this is the best they could come up with?

Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs | comment 2 Comments
Oct 18, 2008
Scott Nash
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs

A derivative and increasingly silly crime thriller.

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

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Full Review Source: Bullz-Eye.com | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
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Full Review Source: Boston Herald | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
James Verniere
James Verniere
Boston Herald

The movie, which has more than 10 credited producers, feels like one of those slick, for-the-money projects Hollywood studios cook up via graph charts and marketing surveys.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Rene Rodriguez
Rene Rodriguez
Miami Herald

There's nothing righteous to be found here.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Seeing Robert De Niro and Al Pacino circling the thin line between cop and criminal paints a giant grin on the face.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Stina Chyn
Stina Chyn
Film Threat

Direct Avnet is just plain terrible, and screenwriter Russell Gewirtz (Inside Man) should be ashamed of himself.

Full Review Source: The Cinema Source | comment Comment
Oct 12, 2008
Michael Dance
Michael Dance
The Cinema Source

Teria sido melhor se eles tivessem seguido o exemplo de Paul Newman e Robert Redford e interrompido a parceria enquanto esta ainda era trazia um histórico impecável.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
Oct 10, 2008
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
 
 
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