It's gotta be a cop!
The Story:
Veteran New York detectives Turk (Robert De Niro) and Rooster (Al Pacino) are on the trail of a serial killer who is offing scumbags. Now, while killing scumbags wouldn't seem like such a bad thing, when several of the other detectives, including Corelli (Carla Gugino), Perez (John Leguizamo) and Riley (Donnie Wahlberg) all begin to think it's a cop, naturally tensions start to rise. But when they accuse Turk of being the killer...
Well things are going to get ugly.
Remember back when the movie "Heat" came out, and it was the first time that DeNiro and Pacino had ever worked together onscreen? People were wild for that film...
Meh, I didn't much care for that one either.
: )
I mean, there's nothing inherently wrong with this movie, it just never kicks it up to that next level of thriller/drama/cop movie that a cast like this deserves.
First you have the serial killer, and the cops are hot on the trail. He leaves poems explaining that these victims are bad people that somehow escaped justice, so now they face vengeance.
Cool. I get it, and I'm with you.
Then all signs seem to point to one suspect, and so you know it can't be that guy... right?
So yes, it almost becomes a paint-by-numbers exercise in who-really-dunnit?
However, you probably figured that all out about 10 minutes after the movie started and know who the killer really is...and isn't.
But coming nearly 13 years after Heat, well, Pacino and DeNiro aren't exactly at the top of their games anymore. Don't get me wrong, they're still good, but maybe no longer great.
So now it isn't about how great it is to have these 2 actors together, it's a nostalgia trip down memory lane because these two can play hard-nosed cops in their sleep.
Don't believe me, watch the movie.
; )
Final Grade: C+... maybe a B- if I'm being generous.
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: Nope, I'll be passing.
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