De Niro and Pacino... Bogie and Cagney for our generation

Righteous Kill ( ***) Robert DeNiro Al Pacino directed by John Avnet 2008 ..I have never seen a package do more damage to a film than the horrid photo of these two icons on the cover of this dvd. I put it down 6 times in a month finally saying.."how can a DeNiro / Pacino film that's only a year old be selling for $3.99?." I was relieved to find out..it was not that bad. ... Deftly directed by John Avnet a gritty NYC cop pot boiler that "seems" obvious:... gets a Hitchcockian twist reminiscent of Coppolla's The Conversation with Gene Hackman. The film is a great lesson in really listening. You keep believing you've seen this one before until that twist comes. Who can resist these two together ..kind of like Bogie and Cagney.