Line #43 Film/RighteousKill


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5	[[caption-width-right:300:Stand aside, ''Film/{{Heat}}''.]]
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7	[[Creator/AlPacino Pacino]]. [[Creator/RobertDeNiro DeNiro]]. [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCityCops NYPD]].
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9	Detectives "Turk" and "Rooster" are two of the best detectives on the force. "Turk" coaches softball, "Rooster" is a chess genius. Both are good cops.
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11	But after "Turk" plants evidence that lands a child killer in jail, suspects they've had run-ins with start winding up dead with mysterious poems nearby, and soon the chase is on for a vigilante serial killer with a thirst for righteousness.
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13	Directed by Jon Avnet (''Film/EightyEightMinutes'') and released in 2008, ''Righteous Kill'' co-stars Music/FiftyCent, Creator/JohnLeguizamo, Creator/CarlaGugino, Creator/DonnieWahlberg, and Creator/BrianDennehy. Pre-release it was hoped that this film would revive the faltering credibility of Pacino and [=DeNiro=], as the last time they'd teamed up the world was gifted with the modern classic ''Film/{{Heat}}''. Alas, it did terribly both critically and commercially.
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16	!!This film provides examples of:
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18	%%* {{Asshole Victim}}s: Father Connell, the child molesting priest.
19	* AllCrimesAreEqual: To the killer.
20	* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Rooster has lost his faith in legal justice thanks to Turk planting a gun at the child killer's house]], resulting in him becoming a vigilante serial killer.
21	* CallingCard: The little poems left by the killer.
22	%%* ClusterFBomb
23	%%* DetectiveDrama
24	%%* DiagonalBilling
25	%%* DirtyCop: Both characters.
26	* DoubleEntendre:
27	--> [[spoiler:'''Karen''']]: Put the gun down!\
28	[[spoiler:'''David''']]: And if I don't?\
29	[[spoiler:'''Karen''']]: I'll blow your brains out!\
30	[[spoiler:'''David''']]: Oh, I like the sound of that!
31	%%* EveryoneIsASuspect
32	%%* FramingTheGuiltyParty
33	%%* GoodIsNotNice: Both Turk and Rooster.
34	%%* HandOfDeath
35	* HowWeGotHere: The film opens with the killer's confession being read. It then shows everything leading up to that moment.
36	* ItNeverGetsAnyEasier: Mentioned, with a "You get numb to it."
37	* LetMeAtHim: The first attempt to arrest "Spider".
38	* MindScrew: The story does this to the audience to keep the killer's identity secret.
39	* MiscarriageOfJustice: The killer's reason for his actions.
40	%%* MurdererPOV
41	%%* NecroCam
42	* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer gives the movie a much different feel for the story than what actually transpires, implying that Turk and Rooster are quietly carrying out vigilante justice together and covering it up as a team, with the force trying to find a way to catch them with proof, but neither willing to roll over on the other. The movie is certainly not ''that''.
43	* OffOnATechnicality: What leads to the killer's StartOfDarkness.
44	%%* OnceMoreWithClarity
45	* PoeticSerialKiller: Leaving a hand-written poem at the scene is actually part of the killer's ''modus operandi''.
46	%%* PoliceBrutality
47	* RabidCop: Both the main characters.
48	%%* ReturningToTheScene: [[spoiler: The killer]].
49	* ShootOutTheLock: Attempted by one of the characters, but subverted.
50	-->"These old locks... I mean they're ''good.''"
51	* SmartPeoplePlayChess: "Rooster", [[spoiler: TheChessmaster]].
52	* StayWithMeUntilIDie: [[spoiler: The killer requests it.]]
53	%%* SuicideByCop: [[spoiler: The killer]].
54	* SympatheticMurderer: For the most part, at least.
55	%%* VigilanteExecution
56	%%* VigilanteMan

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