Righteous Kill

Theatrical Release Date: 2008 09 12 (USA) / 2008 (USA)

UPC: 013138002099

Studio: Starz/Anchor Bay

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drug Content]

Summary: Jon Avnet's thriller Righteous Kill stars Al Pacino and Robert De Niro as a pair of Big Apple police officers investigating a series of murders committed by a serial killer. Carla Gugino co-stars as a crime-scene investigator who has romantic ties to De Niro. 50 Cent, Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Dennehy, and John Leguizamo co-star. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Category: Thriller

Features: An Investigation: an in-depth look at Righteous Kill
Audio commentary with producer/director Jon Avnet
The Thin Blue Line: an exploration of cops & criminals
Theatrical trailer

Righteous Kill

Format: DVD

Release Date: 01/06/2009

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 103 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Righteous Kill
1. Main Titles [3:27]
2. Unacceptable Acquittal [3:23]
3. Club 404 of Harlem [3:15]
4. Skateboard Pimp [3:46]
5. Not Your Average Rat [6:45]
6. "Everybody Respects the Gun" [5:49]
7. The Infield Fly Rule [5:03]
8. In Cold Blood [6:27]
9. Psychology of the Shield [3:58]
10. Martin Baum [6:23]
11. So Many Alter Boys [6:41]
12. The One Percent [5:51]
13. "Who I Was and Where I Stood" [4:16]
14. Suspicions [3:34]
15. Yevgeny Mugalat [3:29]
16. The Unforgivable [:23]
17. Searching for Answers [2:49]
18. A Loss of Faith [5:06]
19. A Brother in Arms [6:20]
20. End Credits [9:02]

Jason Buchanan

Jon Avnet's Righteous Kill is a perfectly polished three-star thriller, a compulsively watchable piece of Hollywood product that's sure to sell popcorn as De Niro and Pacino fans dutifully file in to receive their recommended weekly allowances of badge-flashing testosterone and pistol-whipping machismo. Were it not for the fact that it holds the curious distinction of being the first film that finally affords the two tough-guy icons the opportunity to share some serious screen time together, Righteous Kill may well have been wholly disposable, straight-to-video tripe. As it stands, however, the two actors whose careers have careened perilously close to self-parody in recent years still manage to maintain their spark, playing off of one another in a way that's passably gratifying for the film's 100 brisk minutes -- even if the actual product seems to clock in about a decade too late. Still, better late than never when it comes to a pairing like this, and though it may not achieve -- nor does it seem to aspire to -- the classic status of De Niro's and Pacino's best works, Righteous Kill serves as a more easily digestible version of the richly textured crime dramas on which they both built their sizable reputations. The plot, concerning two NYPD detectives on the trail of a serial killer who may or not be one of their own, isn't likely to hold many surprises for viewers paying close attention in the first 45 minutes or so, though this is most certainly a case of the journey being the destination, and in this instance the journey is something akin to a trip down memory lane after suffering from a mild case of amnesia that leaves the viewer forgetting how groundbreakingly good things were at their best, and how embarrassingly God-awful they were at their worst. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Jon Avnet  Director 
Jon Avnet  Producer 
Boaz Davidson  Executive Producer 
Avi Lerner  Producer 
Rob Cowan  Producer 
Danny Dimbort  Executive Producer 
Ed Shearmur  Composer (Music Score) 
Trevor Short  Executive Producer 
George Furla  Executive Producer 
Alexandra Milchan  Producer 
Daniel M. Rosenberg  Producer 
Lati Grobman  Producer 
Randall Emmett  Producer 
Russell Gewirtz  Screenwriter 
Robert De Niro  Actor 
Al Pacino  Actor 
Curtis Jackson  Actor 
Carla Gugino  Actor 
Donnie Wahlberg  Actor 
Trilby Glover  Actor 
Shirly Brener  Actor 
Melissa Leo  Actor 
Oleg Taktarov  Actor 
Alan Rosenberg  Actor 
Alan Blumenfeld  Actor 
Rob Dyrdek  Actor 
Brian Dennehy  Actor 
John Leguizamo  Actor 
Saidah Aprika  Actor 
Sterling K. Brown  Actor 
Barry Primus  Actor 
Frank John Hughes  Actor 
Terry Serpico  Actor 
Liza Colon-Zayas  Actor 
Malachy McCourt  Actor 
Ajay Naidu  Actor 
Charles F. Krichman, Jr.  Actor 

Country: USA