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Righteous Kill Recent Fan Reviews

  • More about suspense, less about action
    by Josh2918

    Righteous Kill is an incredibly good movie, but it is probably not what a lot of people are expecting it to be. The trailer comes up, it is dark and suspenseful. The stars come up, Robert De Niro...

  • Waste of time
    by jessie112

    I love Deniro, but I could have done without this movie. It is VERY easy to tell who the killer is, which makes a lot of the movie boring as you wait for them to figure out what you already know....

  • ok
    by bubba10040

    movie was ok...

Five Word Reviews

  • Goodcop Badcop With Grabbing Suspense by misscb

  • keeps you interested throughout movie by USMCCPL049

  • Not good enough for legends. by redyeah

Righteous Kill Critic Reviews

Metascore®36 out of 100 | Generally unfavorable reviews

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 50
    The Hollywood Reporter | Luke Sader

    An ordinary cop picture boosted by two charismatic superstars but hindered by...

  • 50
    ReelViews | James Berardinelli

    Its failure to live up to even modest expectations is a blow. There's nothing...

  • 50
    Los Angeles Times | Gene Seymour

    Righteous Kill's script is credited to "Inside Man's" Russell Gewirtz, and you...

  • 42
    The Onion (A.V. Club) | Keith Phipps

    Trudging through a thriller that would have felt warmed over in 1988, the pair...

Avg. Fan Rating:
Average Rating = 3.6 out of 5
Metascore®:
36 out of 100 Generally unfavorable reviews

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Righteous Kill Movie Photos

  • Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in "Righteous Kill."
  • Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in "Righteous Kill."
  • Al Pacino in "Righteous Kill."
  • Director Jon Avnet on the set of "Righteous Kill."
  • Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in "Righteous Kill."
  • Curtis Jackson and Robert De Niro in "Righteous Kill."