![]() ![]() Other technical credits are fine, which they should be with 13 credited producers. Righteous Kill was directed by Jon Avnet (Fried Green Tomatoes, Pleading Guilty), written by Russell Gewirtz (Inside Man, Blind Justice), and stars Robert De Niro ( Savage Salvation, Heist), Al Pacino (Paterno, Any Given Sunday), John Leguizamo ( John Wick Violent Night ), Donnie Wahlberg (Blue Bloods, Band of Brothers), Carla Gugino (Even Money. For once, the frequently moving camera (cinematography by Denis Lenoir) works to keep things lively - helpful when much of your cast roster is in the AARP range. All the victims are suspected criminals whose bodies are found accompanied by a four-line poem justifying the killing. Here he delivers an ordinary cop picture boosted by two charismatic superstars but hindered by its dearth of surprises. Summary: A serial murderer walks the streets of Manhattan, targeting violent felons who have fallen through the cracks of the judicial system. MTV’s skateboarder Rob Dyrdek (“Rob & Big”) has a cameo.Īvnet always has seemed more successful as a producer (“Risky Business,” “Men Don’t Leave,” TV’s recent hit miniseries “The Starter Wife,” among many others) than as director (“Fried Green Tomatoes,” “Up Close & Personal”). As forensic crime scene investigator Karen Corelli, and De Niro’s girlfriend, Carla Gugino has a lot of screen time (some of it discussing her penchant for “rough sex”) but seems too glamorous for the part. Sara Bareilles Musical 'Waitress' Acquired By Bleecker Streetīrian Dennehy has the nothing role of the gruff lieutenant, longtime De Niro pal Barry Primus has even less to do as a police psychiatrist, and Melissa Leo (who gave the female performance of the year to date in “Frozen River”), is wasted in one scene. More threatening is the younger cop team of Detectives Riley (Donnie Wahlberg) and Perez (John Leguizamo) who increasingly suspect that De Niro may be the notorious Poetry Killer, a serial murderer who leaves crude rhyming couplets with his corpses. One of their prime suspects is nightclub owner Spider (Curtis Jackson, aka rapper 50 Cent), though he’s offscreen for the bulk of the film. ![]() The Poetry Boy attempts to kill another victim but fails. They visit the scene of a dead body and link it to the Poetry Boy killer because they find a poem on the body. His partner, Rooster (a restrained Pacino), is not thrilled about this new direction, but cop loyalty trumps all. Police detectives Turk and Rooster must catch a the Poetry Boy killer who is killing criminals. In his second feature script, Russell Gewirtz (“Inside Man”) sets up a standard NYPD tale of veteran partners on the force, one of whom (De Niro’s Turk) is starting to get ideas about avenging innocent victims when the courts get it wrong. What seems like a million “Law & Order” episodes may have taken a bit of the luster off this genre, but the star duo should deliver, if not stellar, then OK boxoffice. If it’s also not the operatic crime thriller of the previous Bob & Al effort, Michael Mann’s “Heat,” the new film still gives De Niro a good role, sidekick Pacino an adequate one and looks slick. ![]()
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