Killer Elite (2011)

When his mentor is taken captive, a retired member of Britain's Elite Special Air Service is forced into action. His mission: kill three assassins dispatched by their cunning leader.

Director:

Gary McKendry

Writers:

Matt Sherring (screenplay), Ranulph Fiennes (book)

Stars:

Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro

2 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jason Statham	...	Danny
Clive Owen	...	Spike
Robert De Niro	...	Hunter
Dominic Purcell	...	Davies
Aden Young	...	Meier
Yvonne Strahovski	...	Anne
Ben Mendelsohn	...	Martin
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	...	Agent
David Whiteley	...	MI6 Man
Matt Nable	...	Pennock (as Matthew Nable)
Lachy Hulme	...	Harris
Firass Dirani	...	Bakhait
Nick Tate	...	Commander B
Bille Brown	...	Colonel Fitz
Stewart Morritt	...	Campbell

Storyline

Based on a true story, Killer Elite pits two of the worlds' 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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Plot Keywords:

mentor | australia | assassin | military | agent | 

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Taglines:

May the Best Man Live

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence, language and some sexuality/nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [jp] Open Road Films [us]

Country:

USA Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 September 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Asesinos de elite

Filming Locations:

Australia

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$9,300,000 (USA) (23 September 2011)

Gross:

$25,093,607 (USA) (11 November 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Omnilab Media, Ambience Entertainment, Current Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sir Ranulph Fiennes, an English adventurer, polar explorer and former SAS man is the author of The Feather Men, the novel from which this film is adapted. Although he has often claimed the novel was a true story, the families of the real dead SAS men named in the novel who died on SAS exercises and the SAS themselves publicly attacked it as sick exploitation and complete fiction. The SAS even went on the record to disown both Fiennes and the book, with Lt-Col Ian Smith telling the Daily Mail 'It was utter b****, the figment of a fertile imagination. What was really upsetting was that it was making a story out of a tragedy.' Maggie Denaro, the widow of one of the dead SAS men said of Fiennes 'It's time he grew up. He's made his money out of the book. He should come clean. When the book came out saying Mike had been murdered, we knew it wasn't true. But that didn't stop our children from being upset when other people believed it.' Although Fiennes claims he sent a manuscript of the book to both the SAS and the families of the dead men, who gave their approval, they have all unequivocally denied his claim.

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Goofs

In the opening sequence in Mexico Danny is wounded in the right shoulder by a gunshot. In the subsequent sequence at home in Australia he is seen wearing a tank top and his right shoulder is completely unmarked.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Title Card: The world is in chaos. The economic crisis continues as an oil crises looms. War rages everywhere. It is a time of revolution, assassination and covert operations.
Title Card: It is 1980.

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Connections

Featured in Great Movie Mistakes IV (2012)

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Soundtracks

"Love Sensation"
Performed by Loleatta Holloway
Written by Dan Hartman
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI)
Sound recording courtesy of Verse Music Group LLC ©2011
Originally released on Salsoul Records

User Reviews

OK..but

OK movie in a cut-out type of entertainment. YEs, lots of car crashes, violence and convoluted plot lines. Nothing new...just like WHERE ARE THE POLICE? Out door fights, fast cars on streets and highways, violence all over the place...and no cops ANYWHERE to be seen. A big fight occurs in a lab room of a Hospital. Lasts for about five minutes. Lots of yelling, items falling on the floor and breaking, noise galore and NO ONE NOTICES OR COMES IN TO FIND OUT WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON? Give me a break!!!! These movies are so unrealistic it makes me wonder what the producers, actors and directors are thinking!!! Despite these criticisms, it's an OK way to spend a couple of hours...IF ONE HAS NOTHING ELSE TO DO. Casting is not good and De Niro doesn't belong in garbage like this. Ending is ludicrous. Hope there are no plans for a sequel.