April 12, 2008
Movie Trailer: Righteous Kill
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino team up once again to show that just because someone is beyond their prime, it doesn't mean they can't make a buck. The two star in this tedious looking flick about two investigators tracking a serial killer who is killing criminals who have fallen through the cracks of the judicial system.
Yawn.
There has to be more serial killers in the movies than there have been in real life. It's never enough that someone is a murderer, they have to be a serial killer. I know, they must have the villain be a serial killer because it sets up a trail the cops can follow and provides a more demonic presence than just some jerk bumping people off.
Back in the old days (the seventies - man, it hurts to call those the "old days") they'd just label the bad guy a "psychotic" and leave it at that. Now they all have themes and plots they're unfurling. It's like all of the cinematic killers are working through grudges they built up while getting their masters degrees.
Yawn.
There has to be more serial killers in the movies than there have been in real life. It's never enough that someone is a murderer, they have to be a serial killer. I know, they must have the villain be a serial killer because it sets up a trail the cops can follow and provides a more demonic presence than just some jerk bumping people off.
Back in the old days (the seventies - man, it hurts to call those the "old days") they'd just label the bad guy a "psychotic" and leave it at that. Now they all have themes and plots they're unfurling. It's like all of the cinematic killers are working through grudges they built up while getting their masters degrees.
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Let me call this one: De Niro will be the cop who is single and involved with a woman at least twenty years his junior and their relationship is rocky at best. He is also the "cop on the edge". Pacino will be more stable but broken down after years of labor. He may be a family man but will most certainly be divorced. His family life will most likely be represented by a relationship with his estranged daughter. Pacino will be the one who gets killed by the serial killer who will most likely be a former cop from their past who's just sick of seeing the bad guys get away.
This is obviously targeted towards the older audience set, given the presence of De Niro and Pacino and the inclusion of the Stones' tune in the trailer, but I have to imagine that anyone old enough to be lured by these things is probably old enough to feel like they've seen this movie a thousand times before.
This is obviously targeted towards the older audience set, given the presence of De Niro and Pacino and the inclusion of the Stones' tune in the trailer, but I have to imagine that anyone old enough to be lured by these things is probably old enough to feel like they've seen this movie a thousand times before.
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Screenwriters: Russell Gewirtz (Inside Man)
Director: Jon Avnet (Red Corner)
Actor: Robert De Niro (Raging Bull), Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman), Donnie Wahlberg (Saw II), Carla Gugino (American Gangster), John Leguizamo (Empire) and 50 Cent
Director: Jon Avnet (Red Corner)
Actor: Robert De Niro (Raging Bull), Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman), Donnie Wahlberg (Saw II), Carla Gugino (American Gangster), John Leguizamo (Empire) and 50 Cent
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Labels: Al Pacino, cops, film, movie trailer, Robert De Niro
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