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They're not exactly The Expendables, but the idea of gathering Jason Statham, Clive Owen, and Robert De Niro for special ops duty in Killer Elite gives rise to some basic expectations: and sure enough, there's Statham as the cool, compact trained killer, and De Niro as the grizzled seen-it-all-veteran of some very off-the-record assassinations, and Owen as the smooth-talking (and curiously mustachioed) insider with a mess to clean up. These three fellows might indeed make for a badass team in some international thriller, but this particular international thriller is so ham-handed and breathlessly "stylish" that the actors are stranded amidst the relentless noise. De Niro's character gets kidnapped early in the proceedings (and spends most of the movie off-screen), so Statham must come back on the job and rescue his old killer-in-arms. But there's a bigger plot a-turning, based on Ranulph Fiennes's novel, which was allegedly a real tale of espionage, although this claim has been disputed. (This film is not related to Sam Peckinpah's 1975 film The Killer Elite). Director Gary McKendry serves up some bone-crunching moments, which almost drown out the sound of the tin-ear dialogue, and Owen manages to emerge with dignity intact. That will have to suffice as a recommendation for hard-core action fans. --Robert Horton
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A match-up made in tough-guy heaven -- Jason Statham, Clive Owen and Robert De Niro star in Killer Elite. Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world's most elite operatives - Danny, an ex-special ops agent (Jason Statham) and Hunter, his longtime mentor (Robert De Niro) - against the cunning leader of a secret military society (Clive Owen). Covering the globe from Australia to Paris, London and the Middle East, Danny and Hunter are plunged into a highly dangerous game of cat and mouse - where the predators become the prey.
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Basée sur des faits réels, l'histoire suit un groupe d'anciens membres des forces spéciales britanniques, pourchassés par des assassins. Afin de sauver son meilleur ami, un ancien de la navy est contraint de prendre sa retraite. Inspiré du bestseller «The Feathermen» de l'auteur Ranulph Fiennes.
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Basée sur des faits réels, l'histoire suit un groupe d'anciens membres des forces spéciales britanniques, pourchassés par des assassins. Afin de sauver son meilleur ami, un ancien de la navy est contraint de prendre sa retraite. Inspiré du bestseller «The Feathermen» de l'auteur Ranulph Fiennes.
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By spigomars
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
With a cast like this it is very hard to go wrong and this does not fail to please. Excellent adventure, action, and non stop plot twists.
By Bullwinkle
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Terrible movie. Slow moving, bad acting, DeNiro sleepwalking again. He needs to stop just collecting paycheck and do some decent work.
By HB
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
The Killer-Elite is a fun movie if you like the action genre. Jason Statham is in fine form and the action sequences are well done, lots of bang for your buck.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
So So
Here we have a movie with lots of star power so it's almost impossible to determine who the bad guy is. In the end, there isn't one. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Raedwulf
4.0 out of 5 stars
It was OK
Again....not his best movie, though he is getting better at acting (Statham) that is!
I hope they don't do a sequel.
I hope they don't do a sequel.
Published 13 months ago by Dave
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