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Killer Elite

2011

Gary McKendry

Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro, Dominic Purcell ...

5.5

13,034

Thriller. Action When his mentor (Robert De Niro) is taken captive, a retired member of Britain's Elite Special Air Service (Jason Statham) is forced into action. His mission: kill three assassins dispatched by their cunning leader (Clive Owen).

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"The fun of Killer Elite, such as it is, is all in the hardass action. But there's nothing elite about this disposable time-killer (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEU
United States	Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly	"The glossy topcoat provided by the paycheck participation of De Niro and Owen can't cover up the essential emptiness of the project"	NEG
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"With no connection to the Sam Peckinpah film of the same name, "Killer Elite" instead mirrors the earnest approach to genre storytelling seen in 'The Bank Job"'	POS
United States	Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News	"When Robert De Niro, Clive Owen and Jason Statham unite for an action thriller, we should be able to expect something special. Or at least memorable. Instead, "Killer Elite" gives us ordinary (...) Rating: ★★ (out of five)"	NEG
United States	Colin Covert Minneapolis Star Tribune	"f there's anything sadder than a routine bad film, it's an ambitious bad film (...) With a B+ cast and a script full of pseudo-profound moral complexities, its aspirations are lofty and its achievements are trifling"	NEG

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