Righteous Kill(2008)- Production Details

Poster of Righteous Kill

Synopsis

A pair of veteran New York City police detectives are on the trail of a vigilante serial killer. After 30 years as partners in the pressure cooker environment of the NYPD, highly decorated Detectives David Fisk and Thomas Cowan should be ready for retirement, but aren't. Before they can hang up their badges, they are called in to investigate the murder of a notorious pimp, which appears to have ties to a case they solved years before. Like the original murder, the victim is a suspected criminal whose body is found accompanied by a four line poem justifying the killing. When additional crimes take place, it becomes clear the detectives are looking for a serial killer, one who targets criminals that have fallen through the cracks of the judicial system. His mission is to do what the cops can't do on their own--take the culprits off the streets for good. The similarities between the recent killings and their earlier case raise a nagging question: Did they put the wrong man behind bars?

Production Details

In Theaters

  • September 12, 2008

MPAA Rating

R (for violence, pervasive language, some sexuality and brief drug use)

Genres

Crime, Action/Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Run Time

1 hour 40 minutes

Distributors

Relativity Media Distribution Group

Box Office

$40,076,440

Production Status

Released

Filming Locations

  • New York, USA
  • Connecticut, USA

Produced In

United States

Directors

Jon Avnet

Director

CAST

Robert De Niro

Turk

Al Pacino

Rooster

50 Cent

Spider

Donnie Wahlberg

Det. Ted Riley

Carla Gugino

Karen Corelli

John Leguizamo

Det. Simon Perez