Trailer here:
Yep, that's right. Two old guys that could still kick your ass teaming up to go off and kick other people's asses - maybe even including 50 Cent! It doesn't get crazier than that.
When Fitty told off DeNiro in the trailer I awaited swift retaliation in the form of senseless and merciless death. I guess I'll just have to wait until the movie comes out. But come on Fitty... you can't tell off DeNiro. Everyone knows his actor persona has killed more people than your little rapper persona.
Sure it seems a little silly to go to the DeNiro/Pacino ass-kicking-fest so many years after the two stars' primes, but the campiness and novelty of the whole thing might work in its favor. Still, you can't help but think that these two legends of the silver screen have resorted to playing caricatures of themselves.
Pacino has gone that route, thanks mostly to this. Little Al has played the same character over and over again since (and come to think of it, the diminutive Mr. Pacino had been ridiculous and over-the-top even before then). He just ain't Michael Corleone anymore.
As for DeNiro, he's taken the high road and, despite a few setbacks, hasn't made himself too ridiculous. Robbie's finest performance wasn't in Taxi Driver or Raging Bull. It was here:
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Flabby. *cringes*
Why are the Heat boys back in front of the camera? Don't they both have uber cool Soho restaurants to attend to?
I love Robert DeNiro. He is truly the Laurence Olivier of my lifetime. Al Pacino? Not so much. He was a great young Michael Corleone. I remember him as Serpico. He was fun to watch. Anymore though? Al is like a SNL spoof of himself. A caricature. It's not pretty.
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