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Killer Elite
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Killer Elite is a 2011 action, drama, and vigilante film directed and written by Gary McKendry. The cast includes Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Yvonne Strahovski, and Dominic Purcell. The movie is based on a work by Ranulph Fiennes and features music composed by Reinhold Heil. It was produced in Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom, with filming taking place in Melbourne, Cardiff, and the Brecon Beacons.
The narrative is set in the 1980s and takes place in locations including Australia, Wales, London, and Oman. Simon Duggan served as director of photography, while John Gilbert was the film editor. The film has a runtime of 116 minutes and was released in English. Distribution was handled by Open Road Films, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, and Netflix, with availability on DVD and video on demand.
Financial records indicate a budget of 66,000,000 and a box office revenue of 57,777,106. The film received a rating of 6.4 on IMDb based on 141,260 votes, and a vote average of 6.269 from 2,310 users on TMDb. Its tagline is "May the best man live."
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Film · TMDB
6.3Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret military society. 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.
Cast
- Jason Statham as Danny Bryce
- Clive Owen as Spike
- Robert De Niro as Hunter
- Dominic Purcell as Davies
- Aden Young as Meier
- Yvonne Strahovski as Anne
Themes
- rescue
- assassin
- mexico
- based on novel or book
- hostage
- mentor
- secret society
- secret agent
- beating
- revenge
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Gary McKendry
- Screenplay by
- Matt Sherring
- Based on
- The Feather Men , by Sir Ranulph Fiennes
- Produced by
- Michael Boughen Steve Chasman Sigurjón Sighvatsson Tony Winley
- Starring
- Jason Statham Clive Owen Robert De Niro Dominic Purcell Aden Young Yvonne Strahovski Ben Mendelsohn
- Cinematography
- Simon Duggan
- Edited by
- John Gilbert
- Music by
- Reinhold Heil Johnny Klimek
- Production companies
- Omnilab Media Ambience Entertainment Film Victoria Wales Creative IP Fund
- Distributed by
- Entertainment Film Distributors (United Kingdom) , Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Australia) , Open Road Films (United States)
- Release dates
- 10 September 2011 ( 2011-09-10 ) ( TIFF ) 23 September 2011 ( 2011-09-23 ) (United States) 23 February 2012 ( 2012-02-23 ) (Australia)
- Running time
- 116 minutes
- Countries
- Australia United Kingdom United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $70 million
- Box office
- $56.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Gary McKendry
- Screenwriter
- Gary McKendry
- Cast member
- Simon Armstrong
- Composer
- Reinhold Heil
- Cinematographer
- Simon Duggan
- Narrative location
- Paris
- Duration
- 116
- FilmAffinity ID
- 698570
- Distribution format
- DVD
- Official website
- killerelite.com
- Image
- Killer Elite cast at Edwards Air Force Base.jpg
Show 11 more facts
- publication date
- 2011-10-27
- title
- Killer Elite
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- Ranulph Fiennes
- film editor
- John Gilbert
- capital cost
- 70000000
- box office
- 56383756
- set in period
- 1980s
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 44/100
- different from
- The Killer Elite
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Encyclopedic overview
Killer Elite is a 2011 action thriller film directed by Gary McKendry and starring Jason Statham, Clive Owen and Robert De Niro. The film is based on the 1991 novel The Feather Men by Ranulph Fiennes. The film marked the debut of Open Road Films. It was released in the United States on 23 September 2011 and received mixed reviews from critics.
Plot
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