Dir. Jon Avnet
Writ. Russel Gewirtz
Act. Robert De Niro, Al Pacino

As a thriller, this movie may actually keep some people guessing, so I won't give away anything. As for me, you can see who is doing what early in the movie.

After that, it was just about watching Pacino and DeNiro be badass old men for two hours, which was cool.

Turk, played by Robert DeNiro (The Good Shepherd), and Rooster, played by Al Pacino (88 Minutes), are NYPD homicide detectives with 30 years of service are investigating a series of murders. The hunt leads to a serial killer whom they suspect may be a fellow cop since he or she is targeting acquitted felons.

After joining forces with a couple of detectives from another precinct, played by Donnie Wahlberg (New Kids on the Block-hahahahahahahahaha!) and John Leguizamo, the spotlight of suspicion beams brightest on Turk.

Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro are awesome together. I loved watching them rib each other while on the job and they were totally believable as having this 30-year bond between them.

That being said, the story was beyond predictable. They start giving you clues as to what's going on from the very first line of the movie. By half way through I knew what the score was and who was behind it.

It is just as predictable and filled with red herrings as any crime drama ever to be forgotten in the last 25 years of modern cinema. Really, I think the only reason this script was developed was for Pacino and DeNiro to have a movie to star in together before either or both of them retired.

Let's face it. This movie was about THEM. Not anything else. Or even being a good movie. Just THEM.

SO, If you like Pacino and DeNiro, you want to check this picture out, cause they are fun in it.

I'm also tired of these cop dramas without a decent female character. Apparently women who are involved in police work or related fields in the northeast areas of the U.S. are worthless bitches with no decency. Women are about as well represented in this film as they were in "The Departed."

That's about it. Yay, Pacino and DeNiro! Boo, everything else. Wait for DVD.

Benn - Where's the Humanity?