...the phrase phoning-it-in was practically invented for Pacino and De Niro's work here...
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11/26/08
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Righteous Kill (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 131
Fresh: 28
Rotten:103
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 12, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $39,811,690
Synopsis: Academy Award® winners Robert De Niro (Raging Bull) and Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman) star as a pair of veteran New York City police detectives on the trail of a vigilante serial killer in the adrenaline fueled psychological thriller... [More]
Starring: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Curtis Jackson, Brian Dennehy
Director: Jon Avnet
Reviews for Righteous Kill
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).
11/12/08
Top Critic
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.
10/18/08
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?
10/18/08
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.
10/18/08
Top Critic
Seeing Robert De Niro and Al Pacino circling the thin line between cop and criminal paints a giant grin on the face.
10/18/08
Direct Avnet is just plain terrible, and screenwriter Russell Gewirtz (Inside Man) should be ashamed of himself.
10/12/08
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.
10/10/08
Moviegoers that haven't seen alot of cop mysteries will probably like it. I have seen too many of them so it was very unoriginal and just silly.
10/08/08
It's good to see the two great actors of their generation back together in Righteous Kill. Frankly, though, although a few sparks of fire at times, the heat has subsided significantly.
09/29/08
Why on earth did these legends sign on board? Surely better scripts must get passed along the golf course?
09/28/08
How sad that this summit of acting titans is in the service of a police-procedural drama that is at once convoluted, stupidly illogical and easily predictable.
09/26/08
Predictable, badly written and ultimately disappointing, this distinctly below-average thriller would have gone straight to DVD if it weren't for De Niro and Pacino.
09/26/08
Instead, it's a rather pompous, disappointing one, and a squandered opportunity to boot.
09/26/08
The movie goes nowhere and takes 100 minutes to do so. It should have cut its losses, gone for comedy and called itself Grumpy Old Cops.
09/26/08
Despite those major reservations, watching De Niro and Pacino is still an event.
09/26/08
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