Review: Righteous Kill

The Screening Log found this 9/12/2008 on www.cinematical.com [flag]

Whatever you do, don't throw Michael Mann's Heat (or God forbid, The Godfather II ) into the DVD player prior to venturing off to your local theater to see Righteous Kill . Part of you might want to watch the film that last featured Robert De Niro and Al Pacino opposite one another to get you ... [link]

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'Righteous Kill' web reviews
Published 9/12/2008 by Franck Tabouring at The Screening Log
... • Erik Davis at Cinematical: "That's because Righteous Kill is a predictable pile of pass me the paycheck, with both De Niro and Pacino phoning in a combination of past performances -- of men with tough, no-nonsense New York City exteriors and sly, slickly-delivered one-liners." ...

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