Killer Elite (2011)

Director:

Gary McKendry

Writers:

Matt Sherring (screenplay)
Ranulph Fiennes (book) (inspiration)

Release Date:

23 September 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

May the Best Man Live

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Mentor | Australia | Assassin | Military | Agent

Awards:

2 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

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
Grant Bowler	...	Cregg
Michael Dorman	...	Jake
Daniel Roberts	...	McCann
Rodney Afif	...	Sheikh Amr
Jamie McDowell	...	Diane
Dion Mills	...	Fiennes
Andrew B. Stehlin	...	Dutchy (as Andrew Stehlin)
Simon Armstrong	...	Gowling
Richard Elfyn	...	Porter
Chris Anderson	...	Finn
Brendan Charleson	...	Bazza
Sandy Greenwood	...	Harris' Girlfriend
Boris Brkic	...	Justice
Riley Evans	...	Joey
Sofia Nikitina	...	Donna
Tim Hughes	...	Major D
Tony Porter	...	Colonel Z
Michael Carman	...	The Don
Jack Llewellyn	...	Soldier #1
Huw Garmon	...	Sergeant #1
Barry Stones	...	Sergeant #2
Salim Fayad	...	Karim Bux
Sharbel Sukkar	...	Bakhait Guard
Melissa Martin	...	Woman in Office
Stephen Phillips	...	Local
Kristy Barnes-Cullen	...	Supply Room Nurse
Kate Neilson	...	Air Hostess
Ray Tiernan	...	Footman
Zane Dirani	...	Hussain
Mohamed Dirani	...	Salim
Michael Dirani	...	Ali
Emily Jordan	...	Exotic Woman
Grahame Mapp	...	Airplane Passenger #1
Sue Mapp	...	Airplane Passenger #2
Blake O'Leary	...	Car Kid #1
Cody Faull	...	Car Kid #2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mo Dirani	...	Cellar Guard (uncredited)
Marcus Herrick	...	Train Driver (uncredited)
Melissa Martin	...	Woman In Office (uncredited)

Directed by
Gary McKendry

Writing credits
Matt Sherring		(screenplay)
Ranulph Fiennes		(book "The Feather Men") (inspiration) (as Sir Ranulph Fiennes)

Produced by
Bénédicte Bellocq	....	producer
Michael Boughen	....	producer
Steve Chasman	....	producer
Peter D. Graves	....	executive producer
Bill Johnson	....	co-executive producer
Christopher Mapp	....	executive producer
Alexander O'Neal	....	line producer: UK & Jordan
David Shojai	....	assistant producer
Sigurjon Sighvatsson	....	producer
Matthew Street	....	executive producer
David Whealy	....	executive producer
Tony Winley	....	producer

Original Music by
Reinhold Heil
Johnny Klimek

Cinematography by
Simon Duggan

Film Editing by
John Gilbert

Casting by
Amine Louadni
Leigh Pickford

Production Design by
Michelle McGahey

Art Direction by
Tim Dickel
Aziz Hamichi
Richard Hobbs
Simon McCutcheon

Set Decoration by
Aziz Hamichi		(Morocco)
Rolland Pike

Costume Design by
Aude Bronson-Howard		(costume designer: Robert De Niro)
Katherine Milne

Makeup Department
Hayley Atherton	....	hair stylist
Hayley Atherton	....	makeup artist
Natalie Burley	....	additional makeup artist
Konnie Daniel	....	make-up and hair assistant
Sean Genders	....	prosthetic lens technician
Richard Glass	....	contact lens optician
Cassie Pollard	....	assistant makeup artist
Sheldon Wade	....	hair and makeup artist

Production Management
Jacques Arhex	....	production manager
Livia Burton	....	production manager: UK & Jordan
Julian Davies	....	unit manager
Dean Hood	....	unit production manager
Fuad Khalil	....	unit production manager
Jalil Lamriki	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Noureddine Aberdine	....	first assistant director
Tarik Afifi	....	third assistant director: third unit
Lofti Aït Jaoui	....	assistant director: Morrocco
Betty Fotofili	....	second assistant director
Joe Geary	....	first assistant director: UK
Damien M. Grant	....	first assistant director: second unit
Ian Hughes	....	key third assistant director: UK
Phil Jones	....	first assistant director
Sid Karne	....	assistant director
Amine Louadni	....	assistant director
Stuart Morrice	....	third assistant director
Tamir Naber	....	second assistant director
Latifah Naouri	....	key second assistant director
Emily Perowne	....	third assistant director: UK
Mohammed Hamza Regragui	....	assistant director: Morocco
Kimble Rendall	....	second unit director
Samantha Smith	....	second assistant director: second unit
Joshua Watkins	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Marko Anttonen	....	assistant art director
Vaso Babic	....	sculptor
Michael Bell	....	assistant art director
Mandi Bialek-Wester	....	casual dresser
Steven Carroll	....	set sculptor
Vanessa Cerne	....	assistant set decorator
Amanda Clarke	....	assistant art director
Ben Corless	....	construction manager
Ben Dillon	....	action vehicle coordinator: UK
Idriss El Gholb	....	standby props
Ben Gill	....	set builder
Rain Hart	....	graphic artist
Justin Hayzelden	....	chargehand stand-by props
Christopher Hutchins	....	action vehicle driver: UK
Paul Jones	....	standby carpenter
Hannah Knowlton	....	production buyer
Drika Raposo Mattos	....	assistant art director: UK unit
Dilara Medin	....	assistant art director: UK unit
Shanthi Nadaraja	....	construction coordinator
Michael Perry	....	visual consultant
Andy Robinson	....	h.o.d. scenic
Scott Rogers	....	prop master: UK
Thomas Salpietro	....	on-set stand-by props assistant
Jeff Sturm	....	swing gang
Courtney J. Webb	....	art department assistant
Vanessa Younger	....	art department coordinator
Samir Zaidan	....	art director: third unit
Rain Hart	....	illustrator: costume (uncredited)

Sound Department
Yulia Akerholt	....	adr editor
Nigel Albermaniche	....	production sound mixer: UK unit
Lucas Bone	....	assistant dialogue editor
Craig Carter	....	sound effects editor
Hayden Collow	....	sound designer
Adam Connelly	....	foley recordist
Carlo Cosentino	....	assistant sound designer
Brendan Croxon	....	additional adr recordist
Bryn Duffy	....	sound assistant
Cam Eason	....	second unit: boom operator
Les Fiddess	....	foley artist
Nicolas Gilou	....	sound preparation
Chris Goodes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Cameron Grant	....	assistant sound editor
James Harvey	....	sound effects editor
Leah Katz	....	dialogue editor
Nick Kray	....	adr mixer
Frank Lipson	....	sound effects editor
Andrew Neil	....	sound re-recording mixer
Glenn Newnham	....	sound editor
Chris O'Shea	....	boom operator
Martin Oswin	....	foley mixer
Paul Pirola	....	sound designer
Paul Pirola	....	supervising effects editor
Andrew Plain	....	supervising sound editor
Andrew Quinney	....	boom operator: UK
Blair Slater	....	foley recordist
Peter D. Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gretchen Thornburn	....	sound recordist: second unit
Brooke Trezise	....	sound effects assistant
Frédéric Ullmann	....	sound recording engineer
Andy Wright	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Sam Abbott	....	special effects technician
Genevieve Bevan-John	....	special effects technician
Brenden Barry Brown	....	special effects technician
Jean-Claude Dauphinot	....	special effects technician
Thomas Eucla Davies	....	special effects technician
Georges Demétrau	....	special effects supervisor
Brian Duff	....	special effects assistant technician
Max Garnier	....	special effects technician
Oliver Gee	....	special effects technician
Danny Hargreaves	....	special effects supervisor
Rob Heggie	....	on set supervisor
Sara Helmlinger	....	special effects technician
Dan MacIntyre	....	special effects technician: UK
Kristyan Mallett	....	prosthetics: clive owen
Tim McGaw	....	special effects senior technician
Jérome Miel	....	special effects technician
Ross Murdoch	....	special effects technician
Melinda Neoh	....	special effects coordinator
Nick Pledge	....	breakaways foreman
Angelo Sahin	....	special effects supervisor
Dave Seaborn	....	special effects technician
Mark Shelley	....	armourer
Taj Trengove	....	unit supervisor

Visual Effects by
Grant Adam	....	lead technical director: Iloura
Ben Alpass	....	designer: Iloura
Edward Andrews	....	digital compositor: Dragon DI
Toby Angwin	....	compositor: Iloura
Kenneth Armstrong	....	compositor: Comen VFX
James Ballard	....	visual effects artist
Nathan Barnes	....	match mover: Iloura
Steve Barnes	....	visual effects artist: Iloura
Joel Behrens	....	compositing supervisor: Digital Domain
Thad Beier	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Domain
Jason Bond	....	roto artist: Comen VFX
Daniel Brimer	....	visual effects producer: Digital Domain
Giada Bruschini	....	visual effects artist: Iloura
Paul Buckley	....	lead effects animator: Iloura
Genevieve Camilleri	....	compositor: Iloura
Eoin Cannon	....	effects artist: Iloura
Eoin Cannon	....	modeler: Iloura
Tim Carras	....	visual effects supervisor: Comen VFX
Tony Cole	....	compositor: Iloura
Joshua D. Comen	....	visual effects producer: Comen VFX
James Cowen	....	designer: Iloura
Brandon Criswell	....	compositor: Comen VFX
Brian Cuartero	....	compositor: Comen VFX
David Dang	....	roto and paint artist
Zelko Dejanovic	....	compositor: Iloura
Jacques Dell	....	matte painter: Iloura
Julian Dimsey	....	visual effects supervisor (Iloura)
Steven Drew	....	visual effects artist: Iloura
Laura Dubsky	....	compositor: Iloura
Chris Dwyer	....	data manager: Iloura
Julia Egerton	....	compositor: Iloura
Alan Fairlie	....	lead compositor: Iloura
Peter Finger	....	accounts: Iloura
Kim Fogelberg	....	compositor: Iloura
Jonathan Freisler	....	effects artist: Iloura
Chris Frey	....	designer: Iloura
Jason Gilholme	....	lead matchmover: Iloura
Melissa Goddard	....	compositor: Iloura
Chris Gray	....	effects animator: Iloura
Pawel Grochola	....	effects animator: Iloura
Kate Guest	....	design producer: Iloura
Jeremy Hampton	....	senior effects artist: Digital Domain
Myfanwy Harris	....	lead visual effects artist: Dragon DI
Dominic Hellier	....	compositor: Iloura
Aeon Henderson	....	compositor: Iloura
Marcus Herrick	....	visual effects editor: Iloura
Patel Irshad	....	visual effects artist
Montu Jariwala	....	digital artist: tracking
Sam Jensen	....	matte artist: Iloura
Morgan Jones	....	compositor: Iloura
Mark Justison	....	roto/paint artist: Comen VFX
Tom Kenneally	....	effects artist: Iloura
Jamy Kim	....	HR support: Iloura
Jun Eun Kim	....	rotoscope artist
Sylvia Kim	....	visual effects coordinator: Comen VFX
Peter Kober	....	digital effects artist
Amit Kumar	....	digital compositor
Alan S.L. Lam	....	visual effects artist: Iloura
Phil Lange	....	compositor: Iloura
Jarett Lee	....	visual effects artist: Iloura
Daniel Loui	....	digital compositor
Demis Lyall-Wilson	....	digital compositor: Iloura
Ineke Majoor	....	visual effects producer: Iloura
Kate McCartney	....	matte painter: Iloura
Glenn Melenhorst	....	visual effects supervisor: Iloura
Keith Meure	....	data wrangler: Iloura
Jay C. Miller	....	visual effects artist: Iloura
Ankit Mishra	....	visual effects artist
Souvik Mitra	....	matchmove artist
Simon Nix	....	data manager: Iloura
De Lellis Octavio	....	effects animator: Iloura
Matt Omond	....	lead compositor: Iloura
Phil Outen	....	compositor: Iloura
Phil Outen	....	digital compositor
Amanda Pamela	....	compositor: Iloura
Shailendra Kumar Pandey	....	digital compositor
Matthew Pascuzzi	....	compositor: Iloura
Noah Pascuzzi	....	visual effects artist: Iloura
Jack Rhys Phillips	....	visual effects artist: Dragon DI
Biki Prasad	....	visual effects artist
Rob Price	....	digital compositor: Comen VFX
Emily Probert	....	digital compositor: Digital Pictures Iloura
Jeremy Pronk	....	lighting technical director: Iloura
Thomas Pullar	....	graphics designer: Iloura
Marc Purnell	....	matchmover: Iloura
Michael Queen	....	compositor: Iloura
Tony Ray	....	production executive: Dragon DI
James Robison	....	technical director: Iloura
Simon Rosenthal	....	executive effects producer
Simon Ross	....	effects animator: Iloura
Elsa Santos	....	digital matte painter
Ben Seager	....	digital effects artist
Richard Servello	....	digital compositor
Pippa Sheen	....	visual effects production coordinator: Iloura
Kelly Sheeran	....	data wrangler: Iloura
Josh Simmonds	....	lighting technical director: Iloura
Georgia Smith	....	visual effects coordinator: Iloura
R. Matt Smith	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain
Nick Tabet	....	compositor: Iloura
Ferry Taswin	....	visual effects artist
Chonnanit Na Thalang	....	compositor: Comen VFX
Tamsie Thomas	....	compositor: Dragon DI
Gerald Thompson	....	on-set supervisor: Iloura
Daniel C.J. Todd	....	matchmove artist
Sujit Tone	....	compositor
Nicholas Tripodi	....	lead animator: Iloura (as Nick Tripodi)
Stephen Van Elst	....	lead designer: Iloura
Sandeep Vengsarkar	....	compositor: Iloura
Elinor Villaflor	....	accounting: Comen VFX
Marion Voignier	....	compositor: Iloura
Marion Voignier	....	digital compositor
Kinjal Vora	....	visual effects artist
Jordan Walsh	....	effects animator: Iloura
Ian Watson	....	it support: The LaB Sydney
Peter Webb	....	lead compositor: Iloura
Adrian White	....	compositor
Tom Wild	....	visual effects production manager: Iloura
Ben Wilson	....	compositor: Iloura
Benjamin Wilson	....	digital compositor
Bernard Winter	....	designer: Iloura
Bernard Winter	....	visual effects artist: Iloura
Drew Wood-Davies	....	lighting technical director: Iloura
Kamlesh Yadav	....	visual effects artist
Peter W. Allen	....	visual effects artist: Iloura (uncredited)
Samapika Karmakar	....	roto/paint lead: Prana Studio (uncredited)
Yateen Mahambrey	....	lead visual effects (uncredited)
Ravi Shekhar	....	paint supervisor: Prana Studio (uncredited)
Aditya Talwar	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
Lee Adamson	....	stunts
Jade Amantea	....	stunt driver
Richard Anastasios	....	stunt performer
Chris Anderson	....	stunt coordinator
Yasushi Asaya	....	stunt performer
Francis Bataille	....	stunt driver
Keir Beck	....	key stunt rigger
Matthew Campbell	....	stunts
Robbie Clissold	....	stunt performer
Ben Cooke	....	stunt double: Jason Statham
Ray De-Haan	....	stunt coordinator: UK
Philippe Deseck	....	stunts
Harley Durst	....	stunts
Zev Eleftheriou	....	stunt driver
James Embree	....	stunt double: Jason Statham
Morgan Evans	....	stunts
Michael M. Foster	....	stunt double: Clive Owen
Michael M. Foster	....	stunt double: Lachy Hulme
Russell Frost	....	stunt driver: second unit
Kyle Gardiner	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Jacqueline Geelan	....	stunts
Joss Gower	....	stunt fighter
Brendan Guerin	....	stunt performer
Brendan Guerin	....	stunts
Bryce Hardy	....	stunts
Othman Ilyassa	....	stunt performer
Othman Ilyassa	....	stunts
Nathan James	....	stunt double: Dominic Purcell
Greg Jones	....	stunt driver
Sid Karne	....	stunt driver
Adrian Kortus	....	safety supervisor
Jean-Claude Lagniez	....	stunt driver
Sébastien Lagniez	....	stunt driver
Philippe Losson	....	stunt performer
Jeremy Marinas	....	assistant fight coordinator
Scott McLean	....	stunt double: Clive Owen
Siros Niaros	....	stunts
Gulliver Page	....	stunt double: aden young
Joe Pampanella	....	stunt risk assessments
Puven Pather	....	stunt performer
Allan Poppleton	....	stunt double: Jason Statham
Cedric Proust	....	stunt coordinator: Morocco
Cedric Proust	....	stunts
Mark Rayner	....	stunts
Pascal Roblin	....	stunt driver
Paul Rochford	....	stunts
Warwick Sadler	....	stunt double: Ben Mendelsohn
Brett Sheerin	....	stunt performer
Yasca Sinigaglia	....	stunt double: Robert De Niro
Brit Sooby	....	stunt double: Yvonne Strahovski
Jacques Soufflard	....	stunt driver
Chad Stahelski	....	action coordinator
Chad Stahelski	....	fight coordinator
Mark Tearle	....	stunt driving double
Mark Tearle	....	utility stunts
Mustapha Touki	....	stunts
Jon Valera	....	assistant fight coordinator
Chris Weir	....	stunt performer
Mark Wickham	....	stunt double
Mark Wickham	....	stunt driver
Mark Wickham	....	stunt rigger
Mark Wickham	....	utility stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
El Mokhtar Aboukal	....	video assist playback operator
Youssef Ahbid	....	grip: film segments
Jacob Barrie	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera, UK
Marie-Julie Besse	....	first assistant camera
Travis Bigg	....	set grip
Robbie Bryant	....	camera trainee
Rachel Clark	....	central loader: UK
Shaun Conway	....	gaffer
Toby Copping	....	key grip
Tim Cousins	....	libra aerials
Hayden Crowther	....	additional grip
Nic Cupac	....	grip
Simon Currie	....	key video assist operator: second unit
Marine Delcourt	....	assistant camera: specific segment
Nicolas Dollander	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Nicolas Dollander	....	steadicam operator
Jason Dully	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera: UK
Alain Duplantier	....	cinematographer: new scenes
Ilham El Abdi	....	assistant camera (as Ilham El Abid)
Steve Ellingworth	....	key grip
David Elmes	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Ross Emery	....	director of photography: second unit
Jack English	....	still photographer
Elliot Hale	....	video assist
Robert Hamilton	....	video operator
Chris Hansford	....	dolly grip: "a" camera, second unit
Simon Harding	....	Steadicam operator
Simon Harding	....	camera operator
Emile Henny	....	data wrangler
Steve Hopkins	....	electrician
Frank Hruby	....	first assistant camera
Aaron Jones	....	video assist operator: main unit
Zane Kamat	....	film loader: main unit
Dora Krolikowska	....	additional second assistant camera
Brendan Madden	....	rigging electric best boy
Michelle Marchant	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Lee Mariano	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit
Calum McFarlane	....	camera operator
David Nichols	....	key grip
Jem Rayner	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Leanne René	....	camera trainee
Brook Rushton	....	digital stills assistant
Antoine Sanier	....	first assistant camera
Angelo Sartore	....	first assistant camera: "c" camera, second unit
Chris Shanahan	....	rigging assistant lighting technician
Daniel Smith	....	still photographer
David Thomson	....	rigging hod
Anthony Tulloch	....	key rigging gaffer
Michael Vivian	....	a dolly grip: a camera
Grant Wilson	....	electrician

Casting Department
Taoufik El Jannani	....	casting assistant
Kate Leonard	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kate Abercromby	....	costume assistant: extras standby
Mark Campbell	....	extras costume coordinator
Amanda Enders	....	set costumer
Jane Hyland	....	costume buyer
Elle Kent	....	costume assistant: UK
Alison Parker	....	costume coordinator
Barbara Pinn	....	key costumer
Polly Smyth	....	set costumer
Christina Validakis	....	second unit standby
Victoria Keon-Cohen	....	costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
George Awburn	....	mastering & opticals
Jason Ballantine	....	additional film editor
Mark Bankhead	....	dailies assistant
Andrew Chaplin	....	third assistant editor
Amelia Ford	....	first assistant editor
Carol Johnston	....	digital intermediate producer
Brett Manson	....	digital intermediate colorist
Dee McClelland	....	colorist: dailies: Australia
Laurie Meade	....	digital intermediate on-line editor
Nuala Sheridan	....	colorist: dailies: UK
Neil Wood	....	colorist
Irena Zilberman	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Daniel Baker	....	orchestrator
Jordan Balagot	....	composer: additional music
Jordan Balagot	....	music arranger
Jordan Balagot	....	music programmer
Craig Beckett	....	music editor
Matt Biffa	....	music supervisor
Laura Bishop	....	orchestrator
Daniel Brown	....	score engineer & mixer
John Coyne	....	music supervisor
James Ezra	....	score recordist
Geri Green	....	orchestrator
Alex Henery	....	music contractor
James K. Lee	....	orchestrator
Gabriel Isaac Mounsey	....	composer: additional music
Gabriel Isaac Mounsey	....	music arranger
Gabriel Isaac Mounsey	....	music programmer
Nicolas Neidhardt	....	composer: additional music
Angus O'Sullivan	....	orchestrator
Gene Pritsker	....	orchestrator
Tim Ryan	....	music editor
Jonathan Levi Shanes	....	composer: additional music
Jonathan Levi Shanes	....	music arranger
Jonathan Levi Shanes	....	music programmer
Jessica Wells	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Tony Arvanitis	....	driver
Tony Arvanitis	....	unit driver
Steven Day	....	transportation captain
Russell Frost	....	tracking vehicle driver
Jessica Holburn	....	driver: cast
Clare Hollins	....	driver: cast
Simon Jones	....	transport captain: UK
James McCready	....	driver: cast
Thomas McSweeney	....	driver: cast
David O'Donoghue	....	driver to Jason Statham
Nick Reid	....	driver: cast
Michael Sanderson	....	driver: cast
Ben Selleck	....	driver: director
Hans Van Beuge	....	driver: cast
Paul Wambach	....	transportation coordinator
Phil Watt	....	driver: cast
Dave Williams	....	additional truck driver

Other crew
Robert Abboud	....	additional grip second unit
Thomas Alcott	....	production runner: Wales
Thomas Alcott	....	production runner: wales
Louise Arhex	....	continuity
Novenka Bailey	....	assistant production accountant: UK
Reem Bandak	....	fixer
Anneka Boughen	....	production assistant
David Broder	....	location manager
Manuel Caracciolo	....	production secretary
Tim Clemente	....	consultant
Graham Connolly	....	swing captain
Toby Crocker	....	body double: Jason Statham
Steve Cronick	....	uk production accountant
Sean Roe Curran	....	on-set production assistant: second unit
Jessica Dart	....	location manager
Max Davine	....	picture double
Rabii Elbakki	....	assistant location manager
Rabii Elbakki	....	location scout
Fatim-Zohra Essouci	....	personal assistant to Mr Robert De Niro
Aditya Ezhuthachan	....	development executive: Palomar Pictures
John Fairhead	....	safety report
John Fairhead	....	safety supervisor: second unit
Georgie Fallon	....	production coordinator: UK & Jordan
Bobby Finn	....	assistant: Clive Owen
Aaron Fisher	....	runner
Jane Forbes	....	script supervisor
John Fox	....	armorer
Owain Gillard	....	liaison: film commission
Janine Gray	....	assistant: Clive Owen
Victoria Harris	....	production assistant: UK
Matthew Logan Hood	....	training instructor
Miles Howitt	....	floor runner: UK
Christine Hutchins	....	production coordinator: second unit
Nathan James	....	safety supervisor: pickup shots
John Jeanes	....	production assistant
Eddie Khalil	....	adr voice artist
Rachel Knowles	....	head of post production
Wade Krawczyk	....	history advisor
Jacob Kyriakidis	....	production assistant
Jalil Lamriki	....	production cashier: Morocco
Melanie Lawrence	....	assistant accountant
Mark Lehmann	....	assistant armourer
Ben Lowe	....	assistant to producer
Lynnette Lai Suet Lynn	....	assistant to director
Julien Madon	....	french production unit
Christophe Maratier	....	armorer
Phoebe Vale Markham	....	key floor runner
Louise McNicholl	....	assistant location manager
Sara Moroney	....	payroll accountant
Greg Mothersdale	....	assistant to director: UK
George A. Murphy	....	adr voice
Tran Nguyen	....	optometrist
Rebecca Pearson	....	location assistant: UK
Rebecca Pearson	....	location assistant: uk
Ben Piltz	....	assistant location manager
Mohammed Hamza Regragui	....	production assistant: Morocco
John Rhodes	....	acquisitions assistant
Rachel Steele	....	production secretary: second unit
Philip J. Strina	....	business affairs: Inferno
Annalee Tennant	....	production assistant: UK
Rob Umney	....	unit medic
Kirsty Vogel	....	clearance coordinator

Production Companies

• Omnilab Media (presents)
• Ambience Entertainment
• Current Entertainment (in association with)
• Sighvatsson Films (in association with)
• Film Victoria (in association with)
• Wales Creative IP Fund (as The Wales Creative IP Fund) (in association with)
• International Traders
• Palomar Pictures (II)

Distributors

• Acme Film (2011) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Alfa Films (2011) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2011) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Audio Visual Entertainment (2011) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2011) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Concorde Filmverleih (2011) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Constantin-Filmverleih (2011) (Austria) (theatrical)
• DeA Planeta Home Entertainment (2011) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Entertainment Film Distributors (2011) (UK) (theatrical)
• Entertainment One Benelux (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Entertainment One (2011) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Imagem Filmes (2011) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• Innoform Media (2011) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Open Road Films (II) (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Showgate (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Starway Film Distribution (2011) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• TF1 (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• UGC Distribution (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Viva International Pictures (2011) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2011) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Ablo (2011) (Russia) (all media)
• Amero PT (2011) (Indonesia) (all media)
• Concorde Home Entertainment (2012) (Germany) (DVD)
• Concorde Home Entertainment (2012) (Germany) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• DeA Planeta Home Entertainment (2012) (Spain) (DVD)
• Entertainment One Benelux (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Entertainment One Benelux (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Entertainment in Video (2012) (UK) (DVD)
• Entertainment in Video (2012) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Fundamental Films (2011) (China) (all media)
• Media Pro Film Distribution (2011) (Thailand) (all media)
• Myndform (2011) (Iceland) (all media)
• Noori Pictures (2011) (South Korea) (all media)
• TF1 Vidéo (2012) (France) (DVD)
• TF1 Vidéo (2012) (France) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2012) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Umut Sanat (2011) (Turkey) (all media)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2012) (Australia) (DVD)
• Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2011) (Portugal) (all media)

Special Effects

• Comen VFX (visual effects)
• Dragon Digital Intermediate
• Global Special Effects
• Iloura (visual effects)
• ReelEye Company (special effects contact lenses)
• Senate Visual Effects, The (additional VFX)

Other Companies

• Buzzy's Recording  post-production sound services
• Cinecascade  vehicle stunts
• Cutting Edge Group  music services
• De Lane Lea  ADR recording
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Huzzah Sound  sound post-production
• Kodak  motion picture film supplier
• Marshall/Plumb Research Associates  script research
• Mascot Pictures Limited  production services (UK)
• Mediacom 24-7  accommodation agent
• Mode HQ  post-production facilities (Los Angeles)
• Pale Blue  soundtrack
• VisionsMCP  extras
• VisionsMCP  stand-ins

Also Known As:

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

116 min

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | Datasat | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #47018) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | South Korea:18 | Ireland:16 | Portugal:M/12 | UK:15 | Singapore:M18 | Malaysia:18 (edited version) | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Norway:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Germany:16 | Australia:MA15+ | Canada:13+ | Argentina:13 | Hong Kong:IIB | Mexico:B15 | Japan:PG12 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Australia

Company:

Omnilab Media

Trivia:

The first film distributed by Open Road Films.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In the opening scenes Jason Stratham is using the Beretta 92F handgun first manufactured in 1992 and the film is set in 1980. However, the Beretta 92S was available in 1980 and is visually almost indistinguishable from the 92F.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Hunter:Hey, Danny, what are you doing? I buy you a fancy Mexican meal and you're feeding it to a mutt.
Danny:Real fancy. You have any idea what that is?
Hunter:What?
Danny:Tree chicken.
Hunter:What?
Danny:That's what the locals call it. Colds, headaches, hangovers - cures anything. Iguana. That's what they say.
Hunter:What about indigestion?

Movie Connections:

References The Godfather (1972)

Soundtrack:

Love Sensation

Decent enough spy/espionage action thriller

STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning

Set in 1980, Killer Elite is based on a true story, revolving around SAS agent Danny (Jason Statham) who owes everything to his friend and mentor Hunter (Robert De Niro.) So when he is taken hostage in Oman, Danny is forced to co-operate with the kidnappers demands: that the three soldiers responsible for the death of his son are hunted down around the globe and killed. But even when he goes through with the mission, he finds, as well as having to contend with the relentless Agent Spike (Clive Owen) that not everything is as it seems.

Holding true to it's claim of being a story spinning all round the globe, Killer Elite literally dashes with hyperactive energy from the deserts of the Middle East to the Australian outback, to European cities like Paris and London, all the while holding it's accolade of being a true story. But then fact is often stranger than fiction, and the exploits of Britain's elite special forces could no doubt throw up even stranger tales.

This is a slick, stylish enough film, that carries off it's various action sequences and tense moments with the requisite style and aplomb, even if it doesn't generate the amount of suspense it could have and the whole thing does feel a tad disjointed and sporadic.

Performances wise, Statham is simply the reliable sturdy action hero, while De Niro in support commandeers another generic performance and Owen as the adversary can resort back to his old wooden ways. Not a lot to write home about on that front, then, but thankfully it's not a film driven by this aspect and so the more superficial stuff that carries it through.

It's a messy, chaotic, sketchy and unbelievable (even for something based on a true story) film, but entertaining and enthralling enough to be well worth a watch. ***