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.
CommentAug 30, 2009
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.
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. [More]
Starring: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Curtis Jackson, Carla Gugino
Director: Jon Avnet
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REVIEWS FOR RIGHTEOUS KILL
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Feb 27, 2009
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?
Feb 1, 2009
An overly decorated pinata afraid to expose the vacuum inside.
Jan 20, 2009
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?
Jan 11, 2009
This thriller by Jon Avnet is mostly by the numbers, and its surprise ending, though effective, feels somewhat forced.
Dec 9, 2008
Top Critic...the phrase phoning-it-in was practically invented for Pacino and De Niro's work here...
Nov 26, 2008
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).
Nov 12, 2008
Nearly everything about this film is a cliché.
Nov 5, 2008
Top CriticSay it ain't so, Bobby and Al.
Oct 18, 2008
Top CriticThere'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.
Oct 18, 2008
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?
Oct 18, 2008
A derivative and increasingly silly crime thriller.
Oct 18, 2008
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Oct 18, 2008
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.
Oct 18, 2008
There's nothing righteous to be found here.
Oct 18, 2008
Top CriticSeeing Robert De Niro and Al Pacino circling the thin line between cop and criminal paints a giant grin on the face.
Oct 18, 2008
Direct Avnet is just plain terrible, and screenwriter Russell Gewirtz (Inside Man) should be ashamed of himself.
Oct 12, 2008
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.
Oct 10, 2008
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September 22, 2008:
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September 15, 2008:
Box Office Guru Wrapup: Coen Brothers Ring in a New Weekend at the Box Office
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September 11, 2008:
Critics Consensus: Kill Isn't Righteous; Burn Is Hot
This week at the movies, we've got tough cops (Righteous Kill, starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino), bumbling gymrats (Burn After Reading, starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney), gossip girls (The...
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September 11, 2008:
Box Office Guru Preview: Pacino and De Niro Team Up For Action
Screen legends Robert De Niro and Al Pacino reunite almost 13 years after Heat and share significant screen time together this time around in Righteous Kill which leads a pack of four new releases on...
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