grantss
Clearly the main idea behind this movie was to have Robert De Niro and Al Pacino together in the same movie, just to get the movie mentioned in the same breath as "The Godfather 2" and "Heat" (being the only other movies that they have both appeared in). Add in Brian Dennehy and this starts to look like a Hollywood retirement village.Fairly conventional plot, though pretty lame at times. Nothing special, and certainly not deserving of the talents of De Niro and Pacino.De Niro and Pacino put in solid, though unspectacular, performances. Decent supporting cast.
adonis98-743-186503
Two veteran New York City detectives work on a case of serial executions of criminals who escaped justice. Al Pacino and Robert De Niro are terrific talented actors unfortunately this movie isn't it's boring and uses violence in order to do something the same director of this movie also directed 88 Minutes a film starring Pacino again and although it wasn't perfect at least i had fun with it but this one? Not even close the whole ending ruined the movie for me showing who was the killer and it was just laughable i would advice you to skip this and just see something else Heat or Godfather Part II but this one? Not even close they basically ruined 2 great actors with this one..
tavm
While I know Robert De Niro and Al Pacino had previously appeared in The Godfather, Part II in separate scenes, and in Heat only together in a few sequences, I hadn't watched those so this movie truly marked the first time I watched them together in the same film when I stumbled into it after the opening credits when recently watching on TV at a Filipino house. There's some funny pop culture references between them early on (I especially liked the one Pacino said about The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family!) and they chew the scenery admirably around the other players. Perhaps not a great film compared to their previous two I just mentioned but Righteous Kill was entertaining enough nearly from the start of the first scene that I managed to get to watch to the way it ended. So, yeah, that's a recommendation.
lathe-of-heaven
After seeing some of the crap reviews for this film, I HAD to write this one...I just finished watching it and I felt wholeheartedly that it was powerful, engaging, and very entertaining. Just watching these two legendary actors throughout the film was well worth the time. Amazingly, Jon Avnet did an outstanding job directing, and the editing, despite studio meddling, was surprisingly very tight and well done. The inter-cutting of flashbacks and even the minute amounts within scenes were masterfully done (and I am NOT a fan of frenetic editing AT ALL) The reason why I say 'Amazingly' is because another film by Avnet, '88 MINUTES' Also starring Al Pacino, was a rotting, fetid, piece of pure and unadulterated stench that sucked MAJOR camel balls. Gawd, that was awful (Gawd-awful...?) Anyway, by some mysterious alignment of someone's internal (or possibly external) organs, THIS film was extremely well done.I WILL say though, that this was a VERY rare case where I could NOT sit through the commentary; Lord knows I tried, I really did. But, Avnet was such a smug, sucky li'l Pr*ck, that I just couldn't take it. Also, whomever miked his sound should be taken out, dismembered, shot, killed, and then tortured some more. GEEZ!!! I cannot possibly convey how excruciatingly annoying it is to have a microphone shoved SO damn far up in someone's mouth that you hear EVERY friggin lip smack and mouth noise. HORRIBLE! And these are professionals... Uh huh... So, between the two, although I normally LOVE commentaries of films that I enjoyed, this guy I absolutely could NOT take! And the fact that he hasn't really done $h|t before or sense is of NO surprise to me.Anyway, sorry to digress there... Back to the film.Great movie. Very intense. Very intriguing. Very misleading (in a good way) And, MOST satisfying. As I mentioned before, the acting ALONE is reason enough to watch this, especially if you are fans of either guy. I truly have NO bloody idea what film these dickweed reviewers saw or WHAT the heck they can possibly be looking for in a movie, but as far as I'm concerned, it was pure art watching these two legends as they worked together through this amazing story...HIGHLY recommended!
