History Film / RighteousKill

Directed by Jon Avnet (''Film/88Minutes'') 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.

Directed by Jon Avnet 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.

%%* {{Asshole Victim}}s

[[Creator/AlPacino Pacino]]. [[Creator/RobertDeNiro DeNiro]]. NYPD.

Pre-release it was hoped that the film would revive its stars' faltering credibility, as the last time they teamed up the world was gifted with the modern classic ''Film/{{Heat}}''. Alas, it did terribly both critically and commercially.

* 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, leaving the force trying to catch them. The movie is certainly not ''that''.

* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer gives the movie a much different feel for the story than what actually transpires.

* DuelingStarsMovie: Pacino/[=DeNiro=] are the [[Literature/MobyDick White Whale]] of this trope. They were in ''Film/TheGodfatherPartII''... but not face-to-face. They were in ''Film/{{Heat}}''... and shared a single ActionFilmQuietDramaScene. This film gives them something of the HamToHamCombat everyone was waiting for.

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, the chase is on for a vigilante serial killer with a thirst for righteousness.

* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Rooster has lost his faith in justice all thanks to Turk planting a gun at the child killer's house]], resulting in him becoming a vigilante serial killer.

* OffOnATechnicality: What leads to the killer's StartOfDarkness

* PoeticSerialKiller: Leaving a hand-written poem at the scene is actually part of the killer's modus operandi.

%%* ReturningToTheScene: [[spoiler: the killer]]

* SmartPeoplePlayChess: "Rooster", [[spoiler: TheChessmaster]]

%%* SuicideByCop: [[spoiler: the killer]]
* SympatheticMurderer: For the most-part, at least.

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* DuelingStarsMovie: Pacino/[=DeNiro=] are the [[Literature/MobyDick White Whale]] of this trope. They were in ''TheGodfather Part 2''... but not face-to-face. They were in ''Film/{{Heat}}''... and shared a single ActionFilmQuietDramaScene. This film gives them something of the HamToHamCombat everyone was waiting for.

* DuelingStarsMovie: Pacino/[=DeNiro=] are the [[MobyDick White Whale]] of this trope. They were in ''TheGodfather Part 2''... but not face-to-face. They were in ''Film/{{Heat}}''... and shared a single ActionFilmQuietDramaScene. This film gives them something of the HamToHamCombat everyone was waiting for.

* StayWithMeUntilIDie: [[spoiler: the killer asks this moment.]]

[[AlPacino Pacino]]. [[RobertDeNiro DeNiro]]. NYPD.

Pre-release it was hoped that the film would revive its stars' faltering credibility, as the last time they teamed up the world was gifted with the modern classic ''{{Heat}}''. Alas, it did terribly both critically and commercially.

* {{Asshole Victim}}s

* ClusterFBomb
* DetectiveDrama
* DiagonalBilling
* DirtyCop: Both characters.

* DuelingStarsMovie: Pacino/[=DeNiro=] are the [[MobyDick White Whale]] of this trope. They were in ''TheGodfather Part 2''... but not face-to-face. They were in ''{{Heat}}''... and shared a single ActionFilmQuietDramaScene. This film gives them something of the HamToHamCombat everyone was waiting for.
* EveryoneIsASuspect
* FramingTheGuiltyParty
* GoodIsNotNice: Both Turk and Rooster.
* HandOfDeath

* MurdererPOV
* NecroCam

* OnceMoreWithClarity

* PoliceBrutality

* ReturningToTheScene: [[spoiler: the killer]]

* SuicideByCop: [[spoiler: the killer]]

* VigilanteExecution/[[VigilanteMan Man]]

* ItNeverGetsAnyEasier: Mentioned, with a "You get numb to it."