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Righteous Kill offers the kind of mild entertainment youd expect from a straight-to-video crime thriller. You know, its the sort of film that makes for a pleasant enough evening in front of the TV with a six-pack, but you wouldnt really want to plunk down 10 bucks to see it. Normally, you wouldnt expect a movie like this to star Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino. Nonetheless, here they are. DeNiro and Pacino have been in films together before (Heat, The Godfather 2), but this is their first true co-starring vehicle. The supporting cast Carla Gugino, Donnie Wahlberg, John Leguizamo and 50 Cent is good, too. Director/producer John Avnet delivers a polished and professional looking film, but its hard not to feel like youve seen this all before. Written by Russell Gerwitz (Inside Man), Righteous Kill thinks its smarter and cleverer than it really is. As DeNiro and Pacino try to solve a series of vigilante murders, the script works so hard to misdirect the audience that it actually had the opposite effect on me. I still enjoyed the performances, and Gerwitz does give the actors a few good lines, but that doesnt entirely make up for the by-the-numbers plot. HH 1/2