Righteous Kill - short review
Short movie review: Two veteran cops trail a serial villain killer – Robert De Niro and Al Pacino seem to need money, since they lowered their standards with this movie 
The plot: Turk and Rooster are friends and passionate detectives with three decades of work experience. They get the assignments to find a serial killer responsible for multiple killings, all of which were known criminals. The two follow the leads with little enthusiasm and mixed feelings, since they kinda sympathize with the guy cleaning up the streets of NYC for them. This changes however as they figure out the murderer could be one of their own, another NYPD cop.
Flickcritique says: Predictable Even though I like Robert De Niro and Al Pacino I was disappointed with their latest movie. Once again they are the (obviously aging) cool guys with guns and badges. That’s a role we have seen them playing before, however they usually spiced it up with an interesting script. In the Righteous Kill movie the story is simple and so is the ending. This is one of the few movies with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino that I would not watch again, it was just too boring
My favorite movie quote:
Most people respect the police badge, everyone respects the gun.
Conclusion: Predictable, boring, not really worth your time
Watch it if you liked: Insomnia (2002), The Recruit (2003), 88 Minutes (2007)
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‘Never Back Down’ - crap movie
In a nutshell: Angry over daddy’s tragic death teenager boy solves all his problems and gets the (American) dream girl by beating up another jerk – what a pile of crap
The story: Jake Taylor finds his way to deal with his personal issues by training martial arts sports, keeping in mind his ultimate goal: taking revenge on another high school boy who humiliated him in front of a crowd. Big surprise, he manages to become really good, kicks the shit out of the bad ass, gets his ex-girlfriend and eventually the respect he is seeking for.
Flickcritique says: In my personal opinion if you are pubertal, twelve years old or younger or borderline retarded, maybe because mummy was heavily on crack, when she was pregnant with you and/or cause she dropped you a couple of times when you were a small baby, then you might consider watching this movie. Otherwise just forget about it. It is a mystery to me how a good actor like Djimon Honsu (remember him being brilliant in “Blood Diamond”?) could waste his time and talent on this, playing the part of the martial arts teacher Jean Roqua. My guess is this is the outcome of a lost bet or something like this. Oh, almost forgot to mention, the rest of the actors seem to be people randomly picked from the street, maybe hobby actors at their best.
Conclusion: Karate Kid meets Bloodsport
Watch it if you liked: The Karate Kid (1984), The Karate Kid (1984), Bloodsport (1988)… dammit, you still reading! I guess you are really young and either of these titles rings a bell… ok, watch it if you liked The Fast and the Furious (2001) and/or xXx (2002) but keep in mind it’s not ‘that’ great 