Killer Elite (2011) 5/10

Starring : Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro, Dominic Purcell, Aden Young, Yvonne Strahovski
Director : Gary McKendry
Running Time : 117 mins

Ex-special ops agent Danny Bryce (Statham) retired from his line of work after killing a man in front of his son, but a year later is called back into action when his mentor Hunter (De Niro) is reported to have been held hostage in Oman, where he is coerced into targeting three former SAS agents in an act of vengeance, but hot on his trail is Spike Logan (Owen) a former agent assigned to protect his own men from attack.

Apparently based on a true story, though made fantastical by the very presence of action star Jason Statham and his ridiculously gravelly voice, this story of one man’s revenge for the death of his sons is blown out of all proportion. The sheikh who requested this act of vengeance is about as convincing as a Pakistan Pete Postlethwaite in The usual Suspects, and from that point on even De Niro has trouble in keeping this movie on the straight and narrow.

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