Righteous Kill

Righteous Kill

2008 · 101 min · EN · R · 5.9 (1,412 votes)
Dir. Jon Avnet · Starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, 50 Cent, Carla Gugino, John Leguizamo, Donnie Wahlberg · Music Edward Shearmur

“Most people respect the badge. Everybody respects the gun.”

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Two veteran New York City detectives 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?

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This is a dark, morally complex dive into the shadowed corners of justice. It feels like a weighty, character-driven police procedural, steeped in gritty realism and a pervasive sense of dread. The atmosphere is thick with suspicion and the heavy burden of past choices, making for a tense, somber experience.

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