I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t thinking about this comic from the old days of my buddy Mitch Clem’s strip, San Antonio Rock City. Whenever I think of Al Pacino doing his thing from Scent of a Woman, that’s the visual I imagine.

I’m not really as critical of Righteous Kill as I depict myself to be in this comic. In fact, I’m kind of excited to see it and will probably sneak out of the house Saturday night to catch a late showing (Cami has no interest in seeing it).

But one can’t help but feel that at the age of 65 and 68 respectively, Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino might be a little long in the tooth for this kind of gritty crime drama. I mean, this movie co-stars 50 Cent. What’s up with that? Was DMX busy, or something?

I need to admit to the resentment I feel after watching Heat, which promised great things from the duo in their first on-screen meeting. I’m sorry, but a five minute exchange in a diner is not the great meeting of the minds I had hoped for. Heat’s a great movie, though. So you can’t be too mad.

My friend Joe Dunn had a good point about DeNiro and Pacino. They should have been making movies together every 5 years since 1977. But he also reserves judgment and points out the reason DeNiro and Pacino have managed to stay relevant is because they’re damn good actors.

Righteous Kill probably won’t be the movie we want it to be and it certainly won’t tarnish the careers of either actor. But it’s frustrating that the stars didn’t align earlier so audiences could enjoy these two bouncing off of each other in more movies. It’s not right that DeNiro has shared the screen with Pacino the same number of times as he has with Billy Crystal. It’s just not right.

Short blog post from me today, guys. Have a good weekend and I’ll see you here on Monday!