adonis98-743-186503 When his mentor is taken captive by a disgraced Arab sheik, a killer-for-hire is forced into action. His mission: kill three members of Britain's elite Special Air Service responsible for the death of his sons. Killer Elite was better the 2nd time around i saw it, Jason Statham was amazing and there's some terrific fight scenes with him and one in particular involving a chair, Clive Owen was also a great opponent for him and he suprised me alot in that role. Robert De Niro was also excellent as Jason's mentor. Lot's of action, punching, kicking and guns make Killer Elite a dazzling action thriller and one that fans of the genre and Jason Statham will like for the most part if not love it. (10/10)

Marthian80 It's common knowledge that most movies featuring Statham are not much more then a bad-ass ex-something (Cop, Military, Marine, etc..) beating up dudes for revenge/money/saving family. But with a big name like DeNiro co-starring and the promising story, maybe this one is different? Well not much..The movie starts with Danny (Statham) and his old friend and mentor Hunter (DeNiro) in action as hired hit men for a mysterious Agent. The job goes reasonably well but Danny almost kills a kid which is the final straw for him to get out of the hit men business and settle down for a easy life. A year later Danny learns that Hunter is held hostage in Oman by the old Sheikh Amr, who summons Danny to talk to him. Once there Danny is given the task by the Sheikh to kill three former SAS agents who killed three of the Sheikh's sons. Danny reluctantly agrees and reunites with his old mates Davies and Meier to help him in exchange for a large sum of money. However, Danny and his friends soon find out that killing former SAS agents also means making new enemies and opening more cans of worms that they can handle.. If you watch this movie as a simple action flick with cool car chases, dirty fighting, shoot-outs and one-liners you will be satisfied. All these elements are there and they look good, although I didn't like the shaky cam during the fight scenes. However the movie also tries to tell some mysterious story about a secret organization and double agents but it fails badly here. The motivations of the characters are unclear, it's hard to follow what each person's role is in this and the ending is very unsatisfying. There is also a romance in the story for Danny's character which is told in annoying flashbacks that adds absolutely nothing to the plot. My final complain is that this movies is supposed to take place in 1980 but it doesn't look like 1980 at all. Sure they tried here and there by using older cars but there are to many mistakes that become to obvious. The movie 'Argo' did a much better job at how this time period is supposed to look. So if you watch Killer Elite with the mindset that it is a movie about bad-ass Statham beating up dudes for revenge\money\whatever, you will be entertained. If you want an interesting story with interesting character you will be disappointed.

Johan Dondokambey The movie presents a really nice story that nicely populates the entire movie's two hour duration. The focus shift from the hunter into becoming the hunted makes the movie feel dense story-wise. The added romance angle also feels just enough, without being overburdening or looking forceful. The action sequences real do justice to the big names of the cast included and the weight of the story's background base. The action build up sequences contains enough thrill and suspense to make the real action scenes top them as climactic move. The acting overall is nicely as what is expected from such a movie. Jason Statham played his role very well, reprising his all to comfortable character he built on all those action movies. Clive Owen stand as a worthy opponent story-wise and action-wise to Statham, adding the good sentiment for this movie even more. Even Robert De Niro played well with the not so significant action scenes.

Mischief810 Killer Elite gets an 8/10 because while it is high entertainment for a macho thriller, the plot twists can be puzzling at times. When you get Jason Statham and Clive Owen on the same screen, and throw in an aging badass like Robert DeNiro, you just know that it's going to be one heck of a ride.This film is such a heck of a ride, it almost makes you want to get off at the end, turn right around to get back in line and do it again. In fact, that's exactly what I did because the first time through there was stuff I missed or didn't pay enough attention to.It's fast paced, reasonably well acted and reasonably well written. Killer Elite is a known quantity. This ain't no chick flick.