Killer Elite

Get Showtimes + Tickets

  • Opened September 23, 2011 
  • 1 hr 40 min
  • R | Strong violence, language and some sexuality/nudity
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. More on child suitability

  • Danny Bryce (Jason Statham), one of the world's deadliest special-ops agents, returns from self-imposed exile after his mentor, Hunter (Robert De Niro) is captured. Danny reassembles his former team of skilled commandos to launch a rescue mission, and also to infiltrate the highly feared military unit, the British Special Air Service. The mission will not be easy, for Danny and his team must cut their way through Spike (Clive Owen) and a team of assassins known as the Feather Men. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro, Dominic Purcell, Aden Young, Yvonne Strahovski
  • Director: Gary McKendry
  • Genres: Action/Adventure, Suspense/Thriller

What's the Buzz?

Go
Fans say Go
507 fans
Read fan reviews
So-so
Critics say So-So
44 out of 100
Read critic reviews

Fan Reviews

Oh No!
Total fraud!!!

by myloveskac

Having such good actor we're expecting a great movie but it turns out being the opposite. what a boring movie not to mention long. was a waste of money and time i wish i rather have chosen 50/50 or...

So-so
Killer Elite Review

by ngsandwich

I think that this film had a little too much action in it. It would have been better if it wasn't so gory. But the story was ok....

Go
Twisty but worth it

by joncjt

There are some flashbacks that happen for no other reason but seemingly to make Statham's character appear more human. The way the "Feathermen" are explained/revealed is pretty cheesy. The accents...

Read more fan reviews

Critic Reviews

75
Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

This is actually a pretty good thriller, based more on character and plot than on action for its own sake. The need to construct killings that look like accidents adds to the interest. Read full review

70
The Hollywood Reporter
| Todd McCarthy

This muscular thriller--led by Jason Statham, Clive Owen and Robert De Niro--strives to be a genuinely good film, but unwilling to let go of proven formulas, it falls short. Read full review

63
New York Post
| Kyle Smith

A snarly Euro-thriller with crust under its fingernails and bad breath. It doesn't care if you like it, which is why I kind of do. Read full review

55
Movieline
| Stephanie Zacharek

The picture, the debut feature of Irish director Gary McKendry, is rote and joyless, an exercise in disposability. Read full review

Read more critic reviews

Offers

Photos

Robert De Niro and Jason Statham in "Killer Elite."