Alli and I used our free Monday Redbox rental to pick up Righteous Kill, a cop movie starring cop movie stalwarts Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino. DeNiro and Pacino are Hollywood heavyweights who’ve only appeared together onscreen one other time in Michael Mann’s totally underrated 1995 cop movie Heat.

Righteous Kill focuses on long-time partners Turk (DeNiro) and Rooster (Pacino) as they investigate a series of killings in New York City that involve low-life scum who’ve been knocked off with very little evidence.

It’s a pretty straightforward cop movie with decent supporting roles for John Leguizamo, Donnie Wahlberg, Carla Gugino and 50 Cent. Both DeNiro and Pacino are starting to look a little old to be chasing bad guys, but they’re still great actors. 

Righteous Kill didn’t get great reviews. I thought it was just OK. It certainly wasn’t the worst thing I’ve seen, but it wasn’t the best. Comparing it to some other cop movies out there, it certainly can’t hold a candle to some of it’s competition. But for a free rental, it was just fine.