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Righteous Kill

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Pacino. DeNiro. NYPD.Detectives "Turk" and "Rooster" are two of the best detectives on the force. "Turk" coaches softball, "Rooster" is a chess genius. Both are good cops.But after "Turk" plants evidence that lands a child killer in jail, suspects they've had run-ins with start winding up dead with mysterious poems nearby, and soon the chase is on for a vigilante serial killer with a thirst for righteousness.Directed by Jon Avnet (88 Minutes) and released in 2008, Righteous Kill co-stars 50 Cent, John Leguizamo, Carla Gugino, Donnie Wahlberg, and Brian Dennehy. Pre-release it was hoped that this film would revive the faltering credibility of Pacino and DeNiro, as the last time they'd teamed up the world was gifted with the modern classic Heat. Alas, it did terribly both critically and commercially.
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Never Trust a Trailer
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Never Trust a Trailer: The trailer gives the movie a much different feel for the story than what actually transpires, implying that Turk and Rooster are quietly carrying out vigilante justice together and covering it up as a team, with the force trying to find a way to catch them with proof, but neither willing to roll over on the other. The movie is certainly not that.
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Calling Card
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Calling Card: The little poems left by the killer.
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All Crimes Are Equal
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All Crimes Are Equal: To the killer.
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It Never Gets Any Easier
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It Never Gets Any Easier: Mentioned, with a "You get numb to it."
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Off on a Technicality
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Off on a Technicality: What leads to the killer's Start of Darkness.
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Poetic Serial Killer
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Poetic Serial Killer: Leaving a hand-written poem at the scene is actually part of the killer's modus operandi.
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Stay with Me Until I Die
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Stay with Me Until I Die: The killer requests it.
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Smart People Play Chess
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Smart People Play Chess: "Rooster", The Chessmaster.
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How We Got Here
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How We Got Here: The film opens with the killer's confession being read. It then shows everything leading up to that moment.
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Sympathetic Murderer
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Sympathetic Murderer: For the most part, at least.
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Broken Pedestal
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Broken Pedestal: Rooster has lost his faith in legal justice thanks to Turk planting a gun at the child killer's house, resulting in him becoming a vigilante serial killer.
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Let Me at Him!
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Let Me at Him!: The first attempt to arrest "Spider".
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Shoot Out the Lock
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Shoot Out the Lock: Attempted by one of the characters, but subverted.
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Mind Screw
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Mind Screw: The story does this to the audience to keep the killer's identity secret.
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Rabid Cop
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Rabid Cop: Both the main characters.
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Miscarriage of Justice
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Miscarriage of Justice: The killer's reason for his actions.
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