# "Righteous Kill" (De Niro-Pacino) -- spoilers boxed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 13, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righteous-kill-de-niro-pacino-spoilers-boxed/463440 "2008-09-13T14:52:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righteous-kill-de-niro-pacino-spoilers-boxed/463440/1 "2008-09-13T14:52:37Z")
I’m not usually one to rush out and see a film on its opening weekend, but a friend and I felt like seeing a movie last night, and this is one we both wanted to see. I was a little nervous about it, because the makers declined to let _Entertainment Weekly_ see it in advance so they could review it, which generally isn’t a good sign – but I enjoyed it. It wasn’t the best freakin’ film ever, but it was solid, and watching these two guys share the screen was indeed a treat. They’re both grizzled old cops – Pacino, at 68, revelling in his crags and sags more than De Niro, a young pup of 65 – and someone is killing a slew of bad guys, one at a time. I hate spoilers, so I won’t even get into the basic premise – just say that it all seems very cut and dried, and was totally absorbing even at the cut and dried level. Carla Gugino is good as a crime tech, and John Leguziamo and Donnie Wahlberg both completely hold their own as another pair of cops. Overall, worth seeing, though you don’t need to rush out and see it in the theater. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righteous-kill-de-niro-pacino-spoilers-boxed/463440/2 "2008-09-13T18:13:26Z")
As expected, [EW hated it](http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20225652,00.html) – I didn’t think it was that bad. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righteous-kill-de-niro-pacino-spoilers-boxed/463440/3 "2008-09-13T21:25:32Z")
I haven’t seen it yet, however one review that I read for the movie said you basically know what the entire plot is within the first 10 minutes. Does that match your experience? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righteous-kill-de-niro-pacino-spoilers-boxed/463440/4 "2008-09-13T21:46:54Z")
Nope. But I’m not one who needs to feel smarter than the filmmaker, so I don’t make any particular effort to anticipate where a movie is going. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/righteous-kill-de-niro-pacino-spoilers-boxed/463440/5 "2008-09-14T01:01:40Z")
Pacino is an old man and looks it. He shouldn’t be playing even cops about to retire. Same for Brian Dennehy. De Niro has a couple more years left of this, but he is getting there too. That said, they did a fine job in a standard pot boiler. Interesting editing.