I do my best not to go into movies with expectations anymore.  This way, if the movie sucks, I’m not too sorely disappointed, and if it rocks, then I’m super satisfied.

So my brosef, Lenny, and I decide to catch “Righteous Kill” today – the new movie with Al Pacino and Robert De Niro.  It is hard to not go into a movie with these big names and have zero expectations, but as mentioned above, I still did my best not to.

But I mean…how could you go wrong with casting 50 Cent, right?  Right?  RIGHT?  Fucking idiots.

I do not plan on going into too much detail, because I am definitely not that guy when it comes to giving a review; not to say this is a review, but you catch my drift.  In any case, I will give a brief synopsis of the flick now.

As as the trailer suggests, Pacino and De Niro are these two bad ass detectives, who are partners in the NYPD homicide unit.  We do not really get to know the characters too well, as it is irrelevant to the plot.  What we do know is that Pacino is the good cop, and De Niro is the hard ass / bad cop.  They have been partners for awhile, yadda yadda.  The main thing driving the movie is that there is this “poet killer” (because he leaves poems on his victims) that is killing criminals that have either gotten off from charges, or who the police cannot pin anything on.  That is fair.

What I hated more than John Leguizamo’s acting was the fact that the movie heavily relied on music to set the dramatic tones.  To me, the plot/dialogue needs to do the “talking,” if you will, and let the music add to it.  At least we get to see a good amount of the scrumptious Carla Gugino, albeit her titties were not unfettered as they were in “Sin City.”

Anyhow…after little difficulty do another pair of detectives, Leguizamo and Donnie Wahlberg, start snooping around the case, and decide that the “poet killer” is an inside man (i.e.: a cop – possibly retired, possibly still on the force).  Well, these four knuckleheads (Pacino, De Niro, Leguizamo & Wahlberg) are now looking for who it could be.  Blah this happens, blah that happens.

Some very shitty and obvious twist occurs, we get a complete rip-off scene from ““Heat” and everything gets resolved.  Blah blah…where is my fucking $12 dollars?

The plot was about as simple as getting a hard-on, the acting was pretty smeh, and the forced drama/suspense was too over-the-top.  Not to mention it was pretty hokey in several scenes, which really does not mesh for me when you got dudes being capped every 5 minutes.

Do not waste your money on this horse shit; watch “The Dark Knight” again instead.  Have not seen “The Dark Knight” yet?  Well – A.) Go watch it, and B.) Go fuck yourself.

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