By Anna Valmero
Inquirer.net

“Most people respect the badge. Everyone respects the gun.”

This line encapsulates the main theme of the film, Righteous Kill: the gun as the great equalizer among people—civilians and criminals.

Godfather vets Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro team up in the film as NYPD detectives David “Rooster” Fisk and Detective Tom “Turk” Cowan, respectively. They are tasked to work on a murder case and investigate if it is connected to a previous crime involving a serial killer—a crime they perceived to have been already solved.

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