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.
After taking a bullet during a mission in Mexico, the Stath swears off Mercenary work. He soon receives a package in the mail with a plane ticket and an Al Queda-like picture of a captured Deniro. He has six months to kill the men who killed a wealthy sheikh's children. Turns out those men were British S.A.S. A Highly elite, well trained branch of the British Armed Forces. Along the way, he eventually runs afoul of the Pornstache who is assigned to kill him and protect the S.A.S. After a botched assassination, Stath pulls the plug, but when one of his friends it's kidnapped and killed, he has a face to face with Pornstache where they have the tough guy talk and reaffirm each others toughness.
Doesn't he just look...rapey?
The Stath vs. The Stache picks up once it's revealed that they were both being double crossed by their handlers. Stath wants to finish his mission so he can be left alone, 'Stache just wants to kill Stath. By the end though, the Stath walks away from the mercenary life. The 'Stache says he may show up to finish their battle, and the Stath says, "I'll be ready."
Killer Elite is actually kinda, boring.
When they aren't fighting or shooting, the movie is quite slow. When Owen and Statham actually faced off, The Stath was busy getting his ass handed to him. Apparently mustaches really do make one better at hand to hand combat. How much better? The Stath had to resort to a nutshot to win.
A Fuckin' Nutshot?! Shit, This 'Stache whips ass.
Outside of that, I lost interest in this film pretty early. Was just going through the motions until the end, but Yvonne Strahotsky offers one of the few redeeming qualities of this film. She's just relegated to an eye candy role, but that works as she didn't have much to say anyway.
Ladies, surprisingly, there aren't any shirtless scenes, but there is a wifebeater.
Fellas:
Yvonne Strahovsky:
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Out of Ten? 6
Although I like the idea of Deniro as a gun toting mercenary, I'm definitely turned off by Clive Owens porn 'stache.Violence? Yes
Explosions? Probably. I stopped paying attention after a while
Nudity? No.
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