---
title: 'Righteous Kill (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jon Avnet'
released: '2008-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/righteous-kill-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034331/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Righteous Kill (2008)

2008 · 100 min · Drama, Crime, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Righteous Kill is a 2008 American crime thriller film directed by Jon Avnet and written by Russell Gewirtz. The film stars Robert De Niro and Al Pacino as New York City Police Department detectives on the hunt for a serial killer who hunts and kills criminals who evaded justice, and is known by the moniker "Poet". It is the third film in which both De Niro and Pacino appear in starring roles, and also stars John Leguizamo, Carla Gugino, Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Dennehy and Curtis Jackson.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jon Avnet](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-avnet)
- **Screenplay:** [Russell Gewirtz](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-gewirtz)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Edward Shearmur](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-shearmur)
- **Producer:** [Avi Lerner](https://cinepixo.com/people/avi-lerner), [Boaz Davidson](https://cinepixo.com/people/boaz-davidson), [Jon Avnet](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-avnet), [Lati Grobman](https://cinepixo.com/people/lati-grobman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Denis Lenoir](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-lenoir)
- **Editor:** [Paul Hirsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-hirsch)

## Cast

- [Melissa Leo](https://cinepixo.com/people/melissa-leo)
- [Carla Gugino](https://cinepixo.com/people/carla-gugino)
- [50 Cent](https://cinepixo.com/people/50-cent)
- [Ajay Naidu](https://cinepixo.com/people/ajay-naidu)
- [Robert De Niro](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-de-niro)
- [Barry Primus](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-primus)
- [Al Pacino](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-pacino)
- [Dan Futterman](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-futterman)
- [Brian Dennehy](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-dennehy)
- [Donnie Wahlberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/donnie-wahlberg)
- [Sterling K. Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/sterling-k-brown)
- [Alan Rosenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-rosenberg)
- [John Leguizamo](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-leguizamo)
- [Shirly Brener](https://cinepixo.com/people/shirly-brener)
- [Alan Blumenfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-blumenfeld)

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Official site: http://www.righteouskill-themovie.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/righteous-kill-2008
Film facts: Wikidata (Q477624); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.