Al Pacino- Heat, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Scarface, Insomnia, Donnie Brasco.
Anthony Hopkins- Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Meet Joe Black, Red Dragon, The Elephant Man.
Both are two supremely gifted actors who have had incredible careers and the Academy Awards to affirm that statement.
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So if both of these two icons of film come together, the result should be a smash. However, that has definitely not been the case with their latest outing in Misconduct.
The film's plot follows the story of a lawyer, played by Josh Duhamel, caught up in a deceit involving kidnap and murder. Hopkins and Pacino are at the centre of this, playing a pharmaceutical executive and the firm's partner respectively, though I'm not sure why I'm telling you, because the film is clearly shit.
Despite the strong cast, the movie has been panned by just about everyone. Its metascore from Metacritic is a shambolic 24%.
According to The Guardian, the film has made just shy of £100 at the UK box office in its opening weekend. £97 to be precise.
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The $11m-budget film was showing on just five screens nationwide and working out the figures, an estimated 15 people bought tickets to watch it. Didn't even need to get the calculator out.
Bleak. Very bleak.
Locations in which the film was played include Kidderminster and Burnley, and the opening coincided with a digital release, making the film simultaneously available to stream at home.
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It very rarely spells good times for a film if it is available to own at the same time that it can be viewed in cinemas.
It was originally titled Beyond Deceit but people thought it sounded too much like Beyond Da Sea, which, by the sounds of it, would have been a much more enjoyable movie. It may have made over £100 over the weekend, too.
Words by Matthew Cooper
Lead Image Credit: Lionsgate Premiere
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Topics: Al Pacino