Righteous Kill

Jon Avnet's thriller Righteous Kill stars Al Pacino and Robert De Niro as a pair of Big Apple police officers investigating a series of murders committed by a serial killer. Carla Gugino co-stars as a crime-scene investigator who has romantic ties to De Niro. 50 Cent, Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Dennehy, ...more

At the beginning of Righteous Kill, Robert De Niro's grizzled, semi-psychotic Detective Turk asks, "How do these things start?" He's referring to the heinous murder of a child, and his charred delivery thinly veils an underlying rage. De Niro's performance is chilling because he references outbursts from his impressive list of career characters. Propelled by two of the greatest actors ever, De Niro and Al Pacino, Righteous Kill has the trappings of a great thriller, but it never transcends the ...more

Jon Avnet's Righteous Kill is a perfectly polished three-star thriller, a compulsively watchable piece of Hollywood product that's sure to sell popcorn as De Niro and Pacino fans dutifully file in to receive their recommended weekly allowances of badge-flashing testosterone and pistol-whipping machismo. Were it not for the fact that it holds the curious distinction of being the first film that finally affords the two tough-guy icons the opportunity to share some serious screen time together, ...more