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Thursday
28Aug2008

New 'Righteous Kill' Clip with De Niro and Pacino

DateThursday, August 28, 2008 at 6:36AM
So in a couple of weeks, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino will team up for the first time since Heat back in the mid-1990s, and for the second time ever. You can't really count their first film together, The Godfather: Part II. If you don't know why we can't count that, well, you should have seen that movie by now anyway.

But the difference between Righteous Kill and Heat is that while Heat tantalized us with the prospect of two legends still capable of flamethrowing performances, Michael Mann really cheated the audience and gave us a scene in a diner. This new movie, in which both icons play cops on the trail of a serial killer, appears to have them in the same room all the time.

The only drawback is that Righteous Kill comes maybe a decade or more after each man's best work. I'm not saying they can't step up to the plate again, just that I've seen an awful lot of Hide and Seek and Two for the Money action out of these guys in the last handful of years.

I was not impressed by what I had seen of Righteous Kill until the recent Red Band trailer. Do yourself a favor and check that out if you haven't, or if you just need a refresher course on the many valuable uses for the f-bomb. And now we have a new scene from the film, courtesy of Crave. Oddly enough, it looks remarkably like the only other scene we've ever witnessed between De Niro and Pacino. That's right: They're sitting at a table in a restaurant.

My expectations recently raised, I'm actually quite curious to see this again, which we can all do beginning September 12th.

AuthorColin Boyd | | in , , , | Print ArticlePrint Article | | Comment4 Comments |

Reader Comments (4)

Pacino has kept his form much better than de Niro. Ten years ago I rated de Niro higher while Pacino was an over actor in my book. Somehow, de Niro became a non-actor and Pacino became a master of control. I don't know how, when or why, but they did.

Let's see how they do in the new one.

Thursday, August 28, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterLengthy Johnson

I thought Pacino was superb in Insomnia, but outside of that, I thought his past decade was not terribly remarkable. I will say of that most recent movie of his - which is just above being a pile of shit - at least he was committed. It's still a long way from Glengarry Glen Ross, though.

The one good thing that happened with De Niro is he became more comfortable with comedy. Now, by the time the Fockers rolled around, he had become too comfortable with bad comedy, but I at least thought he was diversifying. What troubled me most about Bobby D were all the lousy cop movies.

Thursday, August 28, 2008 | Registered CommenterColin Boyd

Well, it's not for the lack of leads, in any case ;)

Thursday, August 28, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterLentghy Johnson

I'M JUST GONNA SAY THAT NO MATTER HOW ONE LOOKS UPON THEIR ACTING OR FILM CHOICES, THEY ARE SUPREME ENTERTAINERS WHO HAVE CAPTIVATED AUDIENCES ALMOST FOUR DECADES; AND STILL DO. DENIRO DID NOT ONLY BUILD HIMSELF AN ACTING DYNASTY, BUT A REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS EMPIRE SPANNING MANY CITIES AND STATES, WITH EXPANSION TO AUSTRALIA. THEIR ENERGY AND INGENUITY IS COMMENDABLE. DENIRO FLOORS ME..I REALIZE THAT THEIR WEALTH AFFORDS THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIRE PEOPLE TO PERFORM MANY CHORES FOR THEM,BUT EVEN THAT IS AN OVERWHELMING TASK :>

Saturday, August 30, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterALICESDREAMS

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