Director:
Jon AvnetWriter (WGA):
Russell Gewirtz (written by)Release Date:
12 September 2008Genre:
Crime / Drama
Plot Outline:
Two veteran New York City detectives (De Niro and Pacino) work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?
Plot Synopsis:
Academy Award winners Robert De Niro (Raging Bull) and Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman) star as a pair of veteran New York City police detectives on the trail of a vigilante serial killer in the adrenaline fueled psychological thriller Righteous Kill, directed by Jon Avnet (Red Corner, Fried Green Tomatoes) and written by Russell Gewirtz (Inside Man). The cast also features hip-hop superstar Curtis Jackson (Get Rich or Die Tryin’). After 30 years as partners in the pressure cooker environment of the NYPD, highly decorated Detectives David Fisk and Thomas Cowan should be ready for retirement, but aren’t. Before they can hang up their badges, they are called in to investigate the murder of a notorious pimp, which appears to have ties to a case they solved years before. Like the original murder, the victim is a suspected criminal whose body is found accompanied by a four line poem justifying the killing. When additional crimes take place, it becomes clear the detectives are looking for a serial killer, one who targets criminals that have fallen through the cracks of the judicial system. His mission is to do what the cops can’t do on their own—take the culprits off the streets for good. The similarities between the recent killings and their earlier case raise a nagging question: Did they put the wrong man behind bars?
Cast(Credited cast)
| Robert De Niro | ... | Turk | |
| Carla Gugino | ... | Karen Kleisner | |
| John Leguizamo | ... | Detective Perez | |
| Donnie Wahlberg | ... | Detective Riley | |
| 50 Cent | ... | Spider | |
| Brian Dennehy | ... | Lieutenant Hingus | |
| Rob Dyrdek | |||
| Frank John Hughes | ... | Randall | |
| Dan Futterman | |||
| Shirly Brener | ... | Natalya | |
| Mark Famiglietti | ... | Carl | |
| Quinton Aaron | ... | Spider's Bodyguard | |
| Liza Colón-Zayas | ... | Judge Angel Rodriguez | |
| Adrian Martinez | ... | Glenn | |
| Trilby Glover | ... | Jessica | |
| Katie Chonacas | ... | Shelly the waitress | |
| Saidah Arrika Ekulona | |||
| Brett Granstaff |