5 reasons I’m psyched for ‘Righteous Kill’
All this week! 5 movies I’m psyched for in September, and 5 reasons why. No. 2: Righteous Kill [opens wide September 12].
1. Pacino! DeNiro! They’re cops!
2. In the trailer, DeNiro suggests the scumbag they’re trying to find is a “cop serial killer.” Which means we’re gonna spend the whole movie wondering whether Al or Bobby is the cop serial killer. Which is gonna be whole tons of fun.
3. There’s an awesome amount of swearing just in the redband trailer alone. Not that we shouldn’t be expecting that from Pacino and DeNiro.
4. Carla Gugino. She’s badass. Ditto John Leguizamo. But Gugino could probably kick his ass.
5. There hasn’t been a decent cop movie since Street Kings way back in the spring. Which doesn’t mean this will be a decent cop movie, merely that I’m ready for one. So I’ll be looking for this one to tide me over till Pride & Glory lands on October 24, assuming that that Edward Norton/Colin Farrell NYPD thriller, which has been bumping back and forth from this fall to 2009 and back again, actually stays put.
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posted by Hdj (Tue Aug 26 08, 11:20PM)
For this one, all I gota say is, Finally, I felt jiped by Heat so hopefully this is the Pacino/DeNiro team up that most Italian Americans like my self have been waiting for.
posted by Rykker (Wed Aug 27 08, 5:44AM)
Sweet -- I didn't realize that Carla was included.
I was already stoked to see this; that just makes it all the better.
Two for two, MaryAnn.
posted by JT (Wed Aug 27 08, 11:05AM)
Looks extremely generic to me, despite the presence of Deniro and Pacino.
posted by Tonio Kruger (Wed Aug 27 08, 11:26PM)
Five reasons I'm not psyched:
1. 88 Minutes
2. Analyze That
3. Any Given Sunday
4. Rocky and Bullwinkle
5. S1m0ne
posted by Hdj (Thu Aug 28 08, 11:14PM)
Kruger non of those movies where cops movies. Second, this could be "The Departed" of Pacino and Deniros career, not saying it is, but a could be. third, its Scarface and Taxi driver ok, I heard things, ok I heard they'd make a movie together like this. I really doubt, the two of them would agree to be in the same movie on a weak script, especially after a wait this long and do some run of the mill good cop,bad cop routine. That would be a disappointment.
posted by Pen Dragon (Fri Aug 29 08, 3:23PM)
Couldn't "cop serial killer" mean a non-cop who serially kills cops, rather than a serial killer who is a cop?
(Yes, I am an English major.)
The first trailer I saw made the movie look formulaic and awful; the second (much longer) one made it look like both cops were whacking bad guys without telling the other, and trying to set themselves up to take the fall in case the other guy got caught...an interesting idea, at least.
Kruger makes a good point, though: when was the last time either of these great actors made a movie that was even watchable? Bobby's was probably Ronin, in 98, and Pacino...uh...Heat, maybe?
posted by Hdj (Sat Aug 30 08, 12:03AM)
Bumfp.
Pacino was good in "Two for the Money" then before that he did "The Devils Advocate" and " Donnie Brasco" ,all which were after "Heat" , their great actors , not bums.
posted by MaryAnn (Sat Aug 30 08, 9:33AM)
It could, but it's pretty clear from the trailers that that's not what they mean.
posted by Tonio Kruger (Sat Aug 30 08, 10:25AM)
their great actors , not bums.
--Hdj
Indeed. Pacino and DeNiro are great actors. Which is exactly why so many of their most recent films have been disappointing; we expect a lot more from Pacino and DeNiro than we would, say, Rob Schneider.
Kruger makes a good point, though: when was the last time either of these great actors made a movie that was even watchable? Bobby's was probably Ronin, in 98, and Pacino...uh...Heat, maybe?
--Pen Dragon
What Pen Dragon said.
And being one of the few people here who was unfortunate enough to actually have seen the godawful mess that was 88 Minutes, I don't exactly consider it a good sign that Righteous Kill is being directed by the same guy who directed 88 Minutes.
But like most people here, I hope I'm wrong. For MaryAnn's sake, at least.