The film opens with De Niro and Pacino shooting targets with pistols and machine guns while cracking jokes to one another. De Niro's character is a hothead nicknamed "Turk" while Pacino is his cooler partner "Rooster." De Niro is shown getting into an argument with an umpire during a children's baseball game and threatening suspects. At the same time, Pacino is seen defeating multiple opponents in chess.
The movie cuts to Turk staring into the camera confessing to the murders of 14 people. Turk's "confessions" narrate the story.
Turk and Rooster are working on taking down a drug-dealing club owner called Spider (50 Cent). They plant a wire on a female lawyer caught using drugs, purchased from Spider; wanting to catch him in the act. Spider becomes suspicious and finds the wire. Turk and Rooster rush into Spider's office and get her out, but not before Spider's bodyguard aims a gun at them and a shootout begins. Spider's man is killed and the lawyer gets shot as well. Turk handcuffs Spider and beats him until being pulled away by Rooster.
Turk and Rooster are working on taking down a drug-dealing club owner called Spider (50 Cent). They plant a wire on a female lawyer caught using drugs, purchased from Spider; wanting to catch him in the act. Spider becomes suspicious and finds the wire. Turk and Rooster rush into Spider's office and get her out, but not before Spider's bodyguard aims a gun at them and a shootout begins. Spider's man is killed and the lawyer gets shot as well. Turk handcuffs Spider and beats him until being pulled away by Rooster.
Turk and Rooster are ordered by their lieutenant (Brian Dennehy) to begin sessions with a therapist. The doctor gives the cops little notebooks to write down whatever feelings they have.
In court, a rapist is set free. Turk is furious and threatens the suspect. The next scene shows the rape suspect being shot to death in his apartment by an unseen assailant. The killer leaves behind a poem for the detectives to read as a clue. He is just the latest in a line of criminals who have been murdered with a poem left at the scene.
Also investigating the murders are Detectives Perez (John Leguizamo) and Riley (Donnie Wahlberg). There is tension due to Turk currently dating Perez's ex-girlfriend, Detective Karen Corelli (Carla Gugino).
Rooster concludes that due to the lack of struggle in all the recent murders, the killer could be a cop. Perez and Riley become receptive to the idea while Turk becomes upset.
Rooster and Turk look at a convict they had put away for similar murders, Charles Randall (Frank John Hughes), but it doesn't appear to be him. A flashback reveals that Randall was falsely convicted on a murder charge because Turk, despite Rooster's attempts to stop him, had planted evidence. He did so after Randall was acquitted of a murder that Turk was convinced Randall had actually committed.
Corelli realizes that Randall's conviction doesn't match up and takes it to Perez and Riley, who begin to suspect that Turk is the murderer. Turk suggests a possible suspect could be a former cop who was fired for corruption on the job. Perez and Riley investigate it but the man has an alibi. Perez and Riley take it to the Lieutenant, who shares their suspicions of Turk. Rooster is told to keep his eyes open and not to mention anything to Turk.
Rooster secretly invites Perez and Riley to a bar for a meeting. He brings along a woman who confesses to lying on the stand to protect Randall during his first trial. Randall had threatened to kill her if she did not. After she leaves, Rooster confesses to his own role in planting evidence against Randall, but he does not implicate Turk. Rooster agrees to work with Perez and Riley in investigating Turk, but is adamant that they will not find a thing.
Someone shows up at Perez's house and tries to shoot him. He suspects it was Turk, who is a crack shot. Tensions rise since Turk begins to suspect that Perez and Corelli have resumed their affair.
Turk and Rooster talk about their therapy sessions and notebooks. Turk admits that he has never even written a word, thinking of the entire thing as a joke. Rooster pulls his out and shows that he has been writing in the notebook all along, but refuses to show it to his partner. While at the bar, they see a Russian gangster named Yevgeny Mugalat (MMA fighter Oleg Taktarov) talking to associates.
Corelli heads home but is followed. She goes upstairs and calls Turk. Moments later there is a knock on the door and Turk is already there. Turk takes her gun away and asks her if she trusts him. She says yes. Turk demands that she get him information on everything Perez and Riley have on him.
Mugalat is shot and a poem is left behind. But when he survives, a guard is placed for protection outside of his door 24 hours a day because Mugalat has seen the killer's face.
Turk is called by Spider, who is out of jail. He tells Turk that he has information on the murder weapons no one else has. Turk agrees to meet up with Spider at his club. Spider is working as a mole for Perez and Riley and they are hoping to catch Turk in the act.
Corelli is beaten up and apparently raped by the killer. She goes to Mugalat, who is now awake, and shows him a picture of the man who assaulted her. Mugalat positively identifies him as the one who shot him.
Turk is meeting with Spider while Perez, Riley and Rooster watch everything on camera. Rooster still does not believe Turk is the serial killer and even bets the other cops money on it. Turk appears about to kill Spider, pulling out his gun and a special poem for him. The other detectives bust in. Rooster grabs Turk's poem and reads it aloud. It says he knew that the entire operation was a sting and laughs at Perez and Riley's obvious attempt.
A dejected Perez and Riley tell Turk that they are not done investigating him. Spider makes a phone call while Turk rests in a chair. Rooster briefly leaves the room, leaving his notebook on the chair (the same one that he wouldn't let Turk read earlier). Turk begins to read while in the background Rooster sneaks up behind Spider and shoots him in the head.
Rooster then points his gun at Turk and tells him to read the notebook out loud and look into the camera in Spider's office while doing it, which is where the footage of Turk confessing to the murders comes from; he is reading Rooster's confession into the camera. He says when Turk planted evidence to convict a suspect, Rooster lost faith in the system and in his partner. Rooster's name is also revealed to be "David Fisk" at this point; as the name is used in the video confession shown at the beginning (and during one of the murders), Turk and Rooster are always referred to by their nicknames up to this point.
Rooster tries to escape. Turk, who is unarmed, catches up and begs him to stop. Corelli arrives and wants to kill Rooster for raping her. Rooster taunts Corelli and then runs off. Turk takes her gun and begins to chase Rooster through the club, a mostly vacant warehouse. Rooster begins to fire at Turk, intentionally missing so Turk will have no choice but to fire back. Rooster recites a poem about his righteous kills and then says that they are going to need a 10/13 (officer down call) and points his gun at Turk, leaving him no choice but to shoot his partner several times.
In court, a rapist is set free. Turk is furious and threatens the suspect. The next scene shows the rape suspect being shot to death in his apartment by an unseen assailant. The killer leaves behind a poem for the detectives to read as a clue. He is just the latest in a line of criminals who have been murdered with a poem left at the scene.
Also investigating the murders are Detectives Perez (John Leguizamo) and Riley (Donnie Wahlberg). There is tension due to Turk currently dating Perez's ex-girlfriend, Detective Karen Corelli (Carla Gugino).
Rooster concludes that due to the lack of struggle in all the recent murders, the killer could be a cop. Perez and Riley become receptive to the idea while Turk becomes upset.
Rooster and Turk look at a convict they had put away for similar murders, Charles Randall (Frank John Hughes), but it doesn't appear to be him. A flashback reveals that Randall was falsely convicted on a murder charge because Turk, despite Rooster's attempts to stop him, had planted evidence. He did so after Randall was acquitted of a murder that Turk was convinced Randall had actually committed.
Corelli realizes that Randall's conviction doesn't match up and takes it to Perez and Riley, who begin to suspect that Turk is the murderer. Turk suggests a possible suspect could be a former cop who was fired for corruption on the job. Perez and Riley investigate it but the man has an alibi. Perez and Riley take it to the Lieutenant, who shares their suspicions of Turk. Rooster is told to keep his eyes open and not to mention anything to Turk.
Rooster secretly invites Perez and Riley to a bar for a meeting. He brings along a woman who confesses to lying on the stand to protect Randall during his first trial. Randall had threatened to kill her if she did not. After she leaves, Rooster confesses to his own role in planting evidence against Randall, but he does not implicate Turk. Rooster agrees to work with Perez and Riley in investigating Turk, but is adamant that they will not find a thing.
Someone shows up at Perez's house and tries to shoot him. He suspects it was Turk, who is a crack shot. Tensions rise since Turk begins to suspect that Perez and Corelli have resumed their affair.
Turk and Rooster talk about their therapy sessions and notebooks. Turk admits that he has never even written a word, thinking of the entire thing as a joke. Rooster pulls his out and shows that he has been writing in the notebook all along, but refuses to show it to his partner. While at the bar, they see a Russian gangster named Yevgeny Mugalat (MMA fighter Oleg Taktarov) talking to associates.
Corelli heads home but is followed. She goes upstairs and calls Turk. Moments later there is a knock on the door and Turk is already there. Turk takes her gun away and asks her if she trusts him. She says yes. Turk demands that she get him information on everything Perez and Riley have on him.
Mugalat is shot and a poem is left behind. But when he survives, a guard is placed for protection outside of his door 24 hours a day because Mugalat has seen the killer's face.
Turk is called by Spider, who is out of jail. He tells Turk that he has information on the murder weapons no one else has. Turk agrees to meet up with Spider at his club. Spider is working as a mole for Perez and Riley and they are hoping to catch Turk in the act.
Corelli is beaten up and apparently raped by the killer. She goes to Mugalat, who is now awake, and shows him a picture of the man who assaulted her. Mugalat positively identifies him as the one who shot him.
Turk is meeting with Spider while Perez, Riley and Rooster watch everything on camera. Rooster still does not believe Turk is the serial killer and even bets the other cops money on it. Turk appears about to kill Spider, pulling out his gun and a special poem for him. The other detectives bust in. Rooster grabs Turk's poem and reads it aloud. It says he knew that the entire operation was a sting and laughs at Perez and Riley's obvious attempt.
A dejected Perez and Riley tell Turk that they are not done investigating him. Spider makes a phone call while Turk rests in a chair. Rooster briefly leaves the room, leaving his notebook on the chair (the same one that he wouldn't let Turk read earlier). Turk begins to read while in the background Rooster sneaks up behind Spider and shoots him in the head.
Rooster then points his gun at Turk and tells him to read the notebook out loud and look into the camera in Spider's office while doing it, which is where the footage of Turk confessing to the murders comes from; he is reading Rooster's confession into the camera. He says when Turk planted evidence to convict a suspect, Rooster lost faith in the system and in his partner. Rooster's name is also revealed to be "David Fisk" at this point; as the name is used in the video confession shown at the beginning (and during one of the murders), Turk and Rooster are always referred to by their nicknames up to this point.
Rooster tries to escape. Turk, who is unarmed, catches up and begs him to stop. Corelli arrives and wants to kill Rooster for raping her. Rooster taunts Corelli and then runs off. Turk takes her gun and begins to chase Rooster through the club, a mostly vacant warehouse. Rooster begins to fire at Turk, intentionally missing so Turk will have no choice but to fire back. Rooster recites a poem about his righteous kills and then says that they are going to need a 10/13 (officer down call) and points his gun at Turk, leaving him no choice but to shoot his partner several times.
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