Righteous Kill

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Cast & Crew

Robert De Niro
Detective Thomas Cowan

Al Pacino
Detective David Fisk

50 Cent
Spider

Carla Gugino
Karen Kleisner

Donnie Wahlberg
Detective Riley

Trilby Glover
Jessica

Shirly Brener
Natalya

Melissa Leo
Cheryl Brooks

Oleg Taktarov
Yevgeny Mugalot

Alan Blumenfeld
Martin Baum

Jon Avnet
Director

Russell Gewirtz
Writer

Boaz Davidson
Executive Producer

George Furla
Executive Producer

Danny Dimbort
Executive Producer

Denis Lenoir
Cinematographer

Trevor Short
Executive Producer

Avi Lerner
Producer

Jon Avnet
Producer

Randall Emmett
Producer

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• Dec 30, 2011

  this is not heat. poor film with a poor story and poor direction
  Brendan N Super Reviewer
• Sep 23, 2011

  Righteous Kill is an average police mystery/thriller, terribly disappointing considering the two acting giants who star in it. I always like Carla Guginio and John Lequizamo too, but they don't add much here. So, all these actors have done impressive work before, but director Jon Avnet doesn't get much done here. There is some intensity, but its all clichéd and formulaic. Really, is this the best everyone could do? I enjoyed watching Pacino and DeNiro (Rooster and Turk?) together, but RK doesn't compare to Heat, much less Godfather II. This is essentially a bigger budget episode of Law and Order.
  Clintus M Super Reviewer
• Jul 21, 2011

  Man, killing this film would be righteous. No, it's not that bad, but lord knows that it's not that good. Why? Because it's the same ol', same ol' and the same ol', same ol' isn't even good enough to begin with. The film also suffers from a lack of development, dialogue that ranges from improvable to terrible, unbelievable character behavior, as well very choppy slow-motion, which is actually a big deal enough when it's not a bit too much. Still, the film remains mostly plagued by its being so generic with little refreshing elements. It's consistently cliched, but that's almost a complement, because that might be the only thing consistent about it, as the storyline - on top of being generic - is a bit thrown-together and rather inconsistent. Still, there's hardly anything in here to warrant hatred. It's just a passable film that has its strengths and its weaknesses, with neither growing too extreme over the other. We've discussed the weaknesses, so how about we get into these strengths I've been talking about? The film is supported by a generic, but decent score, fair sound, fine character chemistry, a progressive increase in pacing smoothness, as well as a twist so good final act, kicked-off by a solid twist and topped-off by a pretty decent ending. Of course, what mainly saves the film are the performances of the two leads. As cliched as the characters played by De Niro and Pacino are, they still retain compellingness. It's not hard to see what's coming, but De Niro and Pacino still keep the film having some type of compellingness, thanks to their solid performances and chemistry. Overall, "Righteous Kill" is a wildly cliched crime thriller, but is made passable by the solid lead performances, satisfying final act and general entertainment value that is never totally destroyed by the film's genericism.
  Cameron J Super Reviewer
• Mar 17, 2011

  ok...a pair of seasoned cops, Turk (Robert De Niro) and Rooster (Al Pacino) are on the case when a serial killer with a vigillante streak starts bumping off bad guys in New York City.They team up with younger detectives Perez and Riley and assisted by crime scene specilist Karen Corelli they work to uncover the killers identity with little more to go on than a poem left as a calling card at the scene of each crime. has an obvious twist~!
  ♥Robyn Super Reviewer

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