Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in Jon Avnet’s Righteous Kill. Watch the trailer: http://www.moviefone.com/movie/righteous-kill/30163/main
The reviews have been mixed, mostly disappointing for this second pairing of De Niro and Pacino. The story has a gimmick that I guessed about a half hour into the story but it's cleverly done when you think it over. These seasoned actors star as cops on the trail of a serial killer who disposes of criminals who were freed in court and found with poems on their bodies. After a while, a cop is suspected of performing his own brand of justice and it's up our leads to find him.
The trailer hides an important fact that I won't reveal here. I will only say that a cop does the killing but you have to see the movie to learn his identity. There's plenty of red herrings to lead you astray so pay attention.
It's always good to see two of our finest actors working together again and they didn't try to upstage each other. In the early 80's I saw Pacino onstage in American Buffalo and he's actually short but stands tall in any medium.
Righteous Kill needs to be seen a second time to savor their performances as well as the rest of the cast but to examine the plot twists & turns that are tied up perhaps too neatly at the end.
And Mom, a 90 year-old Italian, was happy to see her boys in action.
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