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Righteous Kill is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jon Avnet released in USA on 12 september 2008 with Robert De Niro
Righteous Kill (2008)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 12 september 2008
Length 1h41
Directed by Jon Avnet
OriginUSA
Themes Serial killer films
Rating59%
Righteous Kill is a 2008 American crime thriller film with elements of a buddy cop film directed by Jon Avnet, and starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. It is one of only two movies (the other is Heat) in which De Niro and Pacino appear together in the same scenes (both De Niro and Pacino starred in The Godfather Part II, but did not appear in any of the same scenes). Righteous Kill also features John Leguizamo, Carla Gugino, Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Dennehy, and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson. The film was released in the United States on September 12, 2008.
Synopsis
Police psychologists review recordings of a man (Robert De Niro), who states his name as Detective David Fisk, the "Poetry Boy" killer. The Poetry Boy earned the moniker for his modus operandi of murdering criminals and leaving short poems with their bodies. Fisk reveals that he looks up to his partner of almost 30 years, Tom Cowan (who the audience is led to believe is the character portrayed by Al Pacino), and considers him to be his role model of how a cop should be. Pacino's character is known by the nickname "Rooster" and De Niro's by "Turk," and they are referred as such outside of the recordings.Actors
Robert De Niro
(Detective Tom 'Turk' Cowan)
Al Pacino
(Detective Dave 'Rooster' Fisk)
Donnie Wahlberg
(Detective Ted Riley)
John Leguizamo
(Detective Simon Perez)
50 Cent
(Spider)
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