out of a questionable sense of what is right. But that's what made it interesting to me.The film is at it's best when Owen and Statham are on screen together either coming after each other, fighting or staring each other down. Add a gun wielding, ass kicking De Niro into the mix and I'm happy sitting in a dark theater and munching popcorn.

film.There are many memorable moments, none of which I'm going to tell you.One of two issues I had with the film is the distance I felt with the characters. They felt close to each other on screen, but not close to me if that makes any sense . I could've used 5 or 10 minutes getting to know the characters a bit better. Halfway through the film I realized I had forgotten all the character's names, and it was all facial recognition. Secondly, I could have used a bit more humor. I guess when making movies on real events it's hard to get a good laugh without coming off corny. I think they missed an opportunity there with Yvonne Strahovski's character.I would've given this movie 7 stars, but it didn't seem right considering just how much enjoyment I got out of it and such a solid performance of the actors.

disappoint. Their scenes together, especially when they are trying to out do one another are awesome. Their fight scene looked really genuine. Knowing Statham does a lot of his own stunts and Clive Owen is no push over either, it was just great! Add more GREAT actors in none other then the man himself, New Yorker Robert De Niro, who shines just as bright in what scenes he has, he may not have as much screen time as Jason & Clive, but he steals its, and wow : Dominic Purcell Prison Break, Equilibrium and Blade 3 is a good looking dude, but in this film he looks very much the part of a grungie 80's man lol. Adewale is perfect, the ppl they got to play the supporting cast and the feather men are great, and Yvonne Strahovski Chuck & Heartland is a site for sore eyes. Totally worth the money theaters charge. I very much recommend this movie and i cant wait till it comes out to DVD, and hopefully ill see it again soon.Killer Elite is not a remake of the James Caan movie. FYI. We are introduced to Danny Statham and Hunter De Niro on a assassination assignment in Mexico. They are mercs. Hunter is the voice of experience and Danny is perhaps the best he has seen. The action is great, they take out a two car convoy and take out the bodyguards and as Danny opens the door to take out the main target, which he does, he is shocked to see the targets son, he freezes and gets shot by a policeman, Hunter gets him out of there and they escape, but Danny says he is finished, he's getting out. Two years later he is trying to settle down with a childhood friend Anne Strahovski . But it all comes to a halt when he receives a package with Hunters picture in it, he's been captured. His handler, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, who plays his part SOOOO well tells him that Sheikh Amr has him. He want Danny to do a 6 million dollar job. Kill 3 former SAS agents, agents who killed his first 3 sons. But he must get their confessions on tape and make their deaths look like an accident, only after that would he get his friend and mentor Hunter back. He enlists the help of Davies Dominic Purcell and Meier Aden Young who are more then happy to kick some SAS ass. On the other end is Spike Clive Owen , whose name says it all, he is the lead attack dog for the 'Feather men'. A group of old men and former SAS, who are now businessmen. But they keep an eye on all former SAS agents. Spike catches wind of Davies through contacts and puts together his own team to check it out. As the movie progresses its Team Statham vs Team Owen. And it is one hell of a ride. The fight seen between those too is perhaps the best I've ever seen, even better then Mathew McConaughey vs Christian Bale on Reign of Fire, where McConaughey told Bale it would make the scene better if they REALLY fought...Bale thought he was kidding...and Matt knocked him out with a head butt. The hospital fight scene makes it look like a Sean Connery fight ; But as Danny and Spike are about to find out as they try to kill each other, nothing is what seams. This is a must see, Gary McKendry does a kickass job in his directorial debut. I see great movies in this mans future. Matt Sherring also makes his writing debut and does it just as good if not better then anyone, he adapted Ranulph Fiennes much controversial book. Even though Fiennes later denounced his book as anymore then fiction, the whole cast makes you start to believe that this is nothing but the truth.

question is still unanswered but by then it really doesn't matter because the story is more than just about good versus bad.

what was depicted in Statham's first "Transporter" movie which was the best out of the series IMO in this regard. I mean I kept asking during the "Killer Elite" fight sequences..."What did he just do to that guy? I couldn't see it! Dang it!" instead of "Did you see what he did?! That's amazing!" Oh well, at least I enjoyed this one more than "MoneyBall".

and Dominic Purcell are in his team, while Clive Owen plays for the others. But who are the others? What exactly is going on? What happened with the British SAS in the Oman war?Bottom line: a political thriller this is not, but there is enough intrigue to make it all interesting. The action sequences are well done and realistic. The fact that it all happens in the 80's gives it even more grit. What I found even nicer is that both de Niro and Statham act better than they did in a long time. Good job!

somewhat better than you usually find in this particular kind of film.Don't know that Jason Statham's a great actor, exactly, but he's definitely a presence and he's got others to do the acting around him, and he performs in a several action scenes that come right up to the edge without getting silly. And I liked the basic plausibility in most of the scenes.I'm a guy, and Killer Elite is a pretty decent "guy" movie. You could do worse.

happens in the movie fights, deaths, kidnappings, etc. .The story is complicated, involving at least 5 separately motivated factions, but at no time was it confusing so there was no need for an "aha!" moment .The fight scenes were all exceedingly well choreographed and fit the story so well that there was never a time when 2 people were facing off just so we could see them fight; I really appreciated that.All in all, a very satisfying film: lots of action, lots of very good acting, and lots of attention to detail it really looked like it was the early 1980s .I was going to give this a 7/10, but as I was writing and thinking about it, I upped it to 8/10.

thrill ride that apologizes for nothing. I really liked that about this movie. There's not a lot of depth but gorgeous Yvonne Stahovski and Robert DeNiro are much needed supporting characters that define Statham's character motivation and that really is enough for this type of tale.