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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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