RIGHTEOUS KILL

Author's product rating: 4 out of 10 stars

Righteous Kill - rated by infinitiwellt

Advantages: superb cast

Disadvantages: poor storyline, typical plot, very predictable ending

Recommend to potential buyers: no

FULL REVIEW
RIGHTEOUS KILL

STARRING
* Robert De Niro - Turk
* Al Pacino - Rooster
* Carla Gugino - Karen Corelli
* Donnie Wahlberg - Detective Riley
* Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson - Marcus "Spider" Smith
* Brian Dennehy - Lieutenant Hingus
* Frank John Hughes - Charles Randall
* Rob Dyrdek - Robert Bradley
* John Leguizamo - Detective Perez
* Papoose - club rapper
* Jim Jones - club rapper

BRIEF INTRODUCTION:
Turk (Robert De Niro) and Rooster (Al Pacino) were long time partners as homicide detective. For almost 20 years in the service, they treated each other as brothers. But their territory has been invaded by a series of killings. And the evidence says: "IT'S A DIRTY POLICE WORK".

PLOT
Turk and Rooster have been in the department for a long time. They are one of the veteran homicide investigators in town. They see a lot of cases in their whole police life, but sometimes they get emotionally connected with it. The duo has been following the cases of some of their previous suspects. But when some of them were acquitted by the court due to the following reasons: lack of evidence, bribery, influence, harassment or whatsoever. The serial killings started. Their target: ACQUITTED CRIMINALS.

One by one, every known guilty criminal who has been acquitted were summarily executed using a caliber 45 pistol with silencer. No forced entry, no robbery on the scene.

Turk and Rooster started their investigation regarding the series of killings with the help of CSI operative Karen Corelli (Carla Gugino). Evidences were now ready and the direction is pointing to a : POLICE OFFICER.

Their in-depth investigation will go deeper in the system of street justice, obsession and murder.

IMPRESSIONS:
Positive:Righteous Kill is top billed by two of Hollywood's Greatest Actors of our time, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. I saw the trailer and I love it.

Negative:But when I watch the movie, I was frustrated that the storyline is not what I have been expected. Almost from the start I can guess who will be the final suspect is, and I was right. Storyline goes this way: There's a serial killer on the loose. Killing suspects that have been previously acquitted of their crimes due to lack of merits, influence or money.

The writer failed to add some spice to the movie. They also failed to add other possible suspects to make more twist on the story. There is no problem with the actors, they performed well and they give their best. I was expecting to have a storyline like "The Heat" but to my dismay, Righteous Kill is a worse movie. If it is not with De Niro and Pacino, i would not watch this.

OVER-ALL RATING:
4 out of 10 stars - Average

DIRECTED BY:
John Avnet

DISTRIBUTED BY:
Lions Gate Entertainment

RELEASED ON:
September 12, 2008

RUNNING TIME:
1 hr and 40 min

BUDGET:
$60, 000, 000.00

GROSS:
$ 70,753,580