Synopsis
Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret military society. 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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Cast
- Jason StathamDanny
- Clive OwenSpike
- Robert De NiroHunter
- Dominic PurcellDavies
- Aden YoungMeier
- Yvonne StrahovskiAnne
- Ben MendelsohnMartin
- Adewale Akinnuoye-AgbajeAgent
- David WhiteleyM16 Man
- Matt NablePennock
Recommendations
- 80
Variety
A macho, adrenaline-fix suspenser that plays like the bigscreen equivalent of those pulpy spy novels that once clogged grocery-store checkouts. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
This is actually a pretty good thriller, based more on character and plot than on action for its own sake. The need to construct killings that look like accidents adds to the interest. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
This muscular thriller--led by Jason Statham, Clive Owen and Robert De Niro--strives to be a genuinely good film, but unwilling to let go of proven formulas, it falls short. - 63
Orlando Sentinel
Best of all, the filmmakers took the time to give these hard men just the right things to say - not catchphrases, just lines that smell of blood and gunpowder every time Statham, Owen or DeNiro utter them. - 60
Arizona Republic
If you're willing to accept Killer Elite as a shoot-'em-up action movie with good actors taking the spots of the usual lunk heads (but spouting the usual nonsense), you'll be pleased with the film. - 50
Rolling Stone
Killer Elite pretends to be fact-based and true to its 1980s period. Just know it's all baloney. - 40
Time Out
A few awesome firefights does not an action film make, and even De Niro's Ronin-esque interlude can't shake the feeling that the thrill, like the '80s, is gone. - 40
Village Voice
Killer Elite is distinguished by one no-mercy, eye-gouging, testicle-punching brawl, and one whoppingly indifferent screenplay.
