Righteous Kill, the new flick starring film legends Robert Deniro (Raging Bull, Good Fellas) and Al Pacino (Dog day afternoon, The Godfather) had me so excited I worked my magic and managed to get a sneak preview of it. Let me just say I feel like I wasted 2 hrs of my life and desperately want it back. The film has a great supporting cast of John Leguizemo (The Pest), Donnie Wahlberg (New Kids on the Block), Brian Dennehy (FX) and Carla Gugino (Spin city) although with the exception of Box office cancer "Curtis Jackson" A.K.A 50 Cent. The film has great acting which was to be expected but I have not seen a story line as weak as this since the O.J Simpson trial. The story revolves around two 1st grade NYPD detectives Turk (Deniro) and Rooster (Pacino) who are long time partners that are after Spider (50 Cent) and in the process take down a number of other villians for miscellaneous reasons. The WHOLE film is a build up to a very simple twist which you figure out about 10 minutes before it actually happens. I love watching movies such as the Usual Suspects (1994) or Memento (2000) where you have no idea that there is even going to be a twist. That is what a thriller really is, a movie that leaves you walking away thinking what the hell just happened. To be honest, I turned this off before the end it was so deplorable. What stumps me the most is how Russell Gerwitz who wrote Inside Man (2006) which I loved, could follow up with such crap. If Inside Man 2 is anything like this movie, I think Spike Lee will be quickly booted out of main stream movies and back to making hood flicks. Lastly, I raise the question as to WHY would you get Jon Avnet who directed the Mighty Ducks (1992) - which I loved, to direct a suspense film?On a lighter note, I love Deniro and Pacino although if they were not in this movie it would have been a straight to Dvd movie that would have been more suited to say Steven Segal! Magic Rating: 3.9/10
2 comments:
I love your comment, "the box office cancer Curtis Jackson." What's the deal with Deniro and Pachino being in weak movies when the two of them get together. I love heat, I think it's a great movie, but the story could have been so much stronger.
Great job bro, I love it. I really am going to check for your opinions before I go see movies.
Jo Jo - Man he is box office cancer just like Timberlake!
Hey fact you may not know is Heat is actually a remake of a movie Michael Mann did in 1988 i think called L.A Takedown! the storyline in that was weak so he re did it over again. I think Heat was pure gold - so many good supporting characters.
I have 5 movies lined up this week I am PUMPED for Frost/Nixon and Vicky Christina Barcelona (woody allen movie) so will keep you posted (Literally haha)
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