Killer Elite

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When two of the world's most elite operatives -- Danny, a retired contract killer (Jason Statham), and Hunter, his longtime mentor (Robert De Niro) -- go up against the cunning leader of a secret military society (Clive Owen), their hunt takes them around the globe from Australia to Paris, London, ... and the Middle East.
  • Starring: Jason Statham, Clive Owen
  • Directed by: Gary McKendry
  • Runtime: 1 hour 57 minutes
  • Release year: 2011
  • Studio: Universal Pictures
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Synopsis: When two of the world's most elite operatives -- Danny, a retired contract killer (Jason Statham), and Hunter, his longtime mentor (Robert De Niro) -- go up against the cunning leader of a secret military society (Clive Owen), their hunt takes them around the globe from Australia to Paris, London, and the Middle East.
Starring: Jason Statham, Clive Owen
Supporting actors: Robert De Niro, Dominic Purcell, Aden Young, Yvonne Strahovski, Ben Mendelsohn, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Directed by: Gary McKendry
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Runtime: 1 hour 57 minutes
Release year: 2011
Studio: Universal Pictures
MPAA Rating: Rated R for strong violence, language and some sexuality/nudity
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Killer Elite DVD ~ Jason Statham

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Theatrical Release Information
  • US Theatrical Release Date: September 23, 2011
  • MPAA: Rated R for strong violence, language and some sexuality/nudity
  • Production Company: Omnilab Media, Ambience Entertainment, Current Entertainment, Sighvatsson Films, Film Victoria, Wales Creative IP Fund, International Traders, Palomar Pictures (II)
  • Filming Locations: Australia | Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales, UK | Central City Studios, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Dandenong, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Footscray, Victoria, Australia | Frankston, Victoria, Australia | Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Healesville, Victoria, Australia | Jordan | London, England, UK | Marrakech, Morocco | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | The Blue Anchor Inn, South Glamorgan, Wales, UK | Wales, UK | Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia | You Yangs, Little River, Victoria, Australia
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, November 29, 2011
This review is from: Killer Elite (DVD)
In 1980, a wealthy Omani business man in exile hires retired contract killer Danny, played by Janson Statham, to kill the SAS soldiers who killed his sons. A private organization of ex SAS men tasks Spike, played by Clive Owen, with protecting them. Unlike most action movies this one has a good plot, and is perfectly cast. It also contains one of the best fight scenes on film.
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21 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars boom boom boom, November 26, 2011
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This review is from: Killer Elite [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
don't know what the bad reviewers are talking about, this, in my opinion, is a 5 star movie. action packed from the beggining to the end, plus it's in the 80's. i liked it

UPDATE : after watching it for the second time, it's a 4 star movie
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18 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Better than the original but not quite "elite"., December 10, 2011
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Within two weeks of September 2011 we had as many remakes of Peckinpah's weakest era of movies - "Straw Dogs" and then "Killer Elite". At least this pretty much just takes the title and runs with it. It mixes in a bit of history from the late 70's and early 80's (this movie takes place in 1980) involving "The Feather Men" an organization within the British government that, using their "light touch" on geopolitics, were involved in the killing of a shiek's sons in Oman. In this version Jason Statham is a mercenary hired by a dying shiek to kill the British SAS guys who killed his sons. This way the family honor will be returned and his one living son can take his place in the hierarchy and the British government will ultimately reap the political and economic rewards for helping to bring all this about. He accomplishes these tasks but now, Clive Owen, playing the SAS guy employed by "Feather Men", wants to get back at Statham's character for killing three of his SAS guys. The movie's a pretty good mix of more believable "spy stuff" and action that's still pretty hyper-stylized. I kept thinking about movies like "The Wild Geese" and "Dogs of War" which came out about the same time this movie takes place and it struck me how this IS kind of like those movies but with the hand-held camera "this is happening right now" Jason Bourne type action, from this current era. All in all I don't come away with an overall strong impression of what makes this movie stand out from the other action movies this year. "Hanna" was sort of an "art action movie" and "Colombiana" was a slicked-up, modern grindhouse movie. This has some great sequences like Statham fighting off two guys while cuffed to a chair, but this mix of Bourne era movie action and post-Watergate/pre Iran Contra conspiracy stuff ultimately just all blurs together. The parts are greater than the whole. Still though as remakes of 70's Peckinpah go, this one could be seen, as the more elite compared to it's original, but then even that wasn't quite at the top its form.
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