Righteous Kill

I remember the time when one, finally, got to watch the much awaited De Niro vs Al Pacino on screen face off - brilliantly captured by Michael Mann in the Heat. There was much brouhaha around it then and rightly so. So when there arises another such opportunity, one would have expected similar hype - but there wasn't. Did you notice? No? And rightly so. The 2 heroes play police officers attempting to unlock some major crime syndicate - at least that's what I think it was about. I don't quite remember. And rightly so. 

Incidentally, made by the same fellow who made this disaster as well. 

Rating: *

88 minutes

Al Pacino playss a forensic pyschiatrist + prof. He has put away some really bad people - including serial killers. One of them serial killers is suddenly back, though he is physically still in jail. To put further pressure on the prof, he is told he has only 88 minutes to live. Along with his lady assistants, friends and students, he gets cracking on the case. All the excitement goes in vain as far as the viewer is concerned, as fatigue sets in after 30 odd minutes.

Rating: * +