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Academy Award® winners Robert De Niro (Raging Bull, GoodFellas) and AlPacino (Scarface, the Godfather trilogy) star as a pair of veteran New York City policedetectives on the trail of a vigilante serial killer in the adrenaline-fueled psychologicalthriller Righteous Kill.An intricately plotted mystery that will keep audiences guessing until the dramaticending, Righteous Kill also features hip-hop superstar Curtis Jackson (Get Rich or DieTryin'), Carla Gugino (Night at the Museum), John Leguizamo (Moulin Rouge!) andDonnie Wahlberg (The Sixth Sense). Veteran stage actor Brian Dennehy ("Death of aSalesman") joins Trilby Glover ("The Starter Wife"), and Rob Dyrdek of MTV's hit show"Rob & Big" makes a cameo appearance.The film is directed by Jon Avnet (Fried Green Tomatoes, Red Corner) andwritten by Russell Gewirtz (Inside Man). The cinematographer is Denis Lenoir, ASC,AFC ("Uprising"). Production designer is Emmy®-nominated Tracey Gallacher ("TheStarter Wife"), costume designer is Debra McGuire (Superbad) and editor is Paul Hirsch(Ray). The movie is produced by Avi Lerner and Boaz Davidson of Millennium/Nu ImageFilms with Randall Emmett, Daniel M. Rosenberg, Alexandra Milchan, Rob Cowan andLati Grobman. Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short and George Furla are executive producerswith Marsha Oglesby serving as co-producer.A serial murderer walks the streets of Manhattan, targeting violent felons whohave fallen through the cracks of the judicial system. All the victims are suspectedcriminals whose bodies are found accompanied by a four line poem justifying the killing.The killer's mission is to do what the cops can't do on their own—take the bad guys offthe streets for good.When a notorious pimp becomes one of the killer's victims, highly decorateddetectives Turk (Robert De Niro) and Rooster (Al Pacino) are called in to investigate.This case could easily be the biggest one in their 30 years on the force.With the unwitting help of a local drug dealer (played by Curtis Jackson) thedetectives follow what few clues they have, but their search soon turns inward,eventually leading them full circle as they realize the killer may be one of their own. |
