Hattie I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Wyatt There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

joesingleton-18071 Jason Statham, Clive Owen and Robert Deniro where great. An good film over all. But, base on a true story the aurther keeps changing his mind if it is or isn't. Half the weapons and vehicles don't fit the time line. Way to many film errors for my taste. The story is interesting and the acting is great. It's movie you should see once but don't ever have to see again.

Richie-67-485852 When I saw Jason and Robert as the stars with Colin thrown in, how in the world can you not buy a ticket to this? I saw the DVD and said I have to have it based on the names alone. These boys are killers in the film and know their stuff. This keeps you glued to the screen to watch them come out and get to work. Well they come out but don't quite rise to the occasion as one may expect. However you keep wanting them to so there is your entertainment. Waiting to see them hit their peaks. Jason does some impressive work but doesn't leave you with a lasting impression of it. Perhaps part of the movie plot is to prove his heart is not in it anymore? As for Deniro, he is there but he isn't there. Watch to see what I mean. Colin makes for a delicious don't mess with me guy and the results are to watch this but I must say it doesn't have memorable scenes making it a comeback experience. The DVD came with deleted scenes which they should have left in and made it a 2.5 hour release. It would have helped the picture some. I don't like it when Hollywood or whoever the powers are when they take name brands and give the impression of a block-buster a callin when it is not. You can only fool people once and shame on them. Fool me twice, shame on me. I will not be shamed. Lets make quality the standard over paychecks boys and we all go home a winner. In your case, your win goes on and on. Keep this in mind on the next flick you boys do.

Marthian80 It's common knowledge that most movies featuring Statham are not much more then a bad-ass ex-something (Cop, Military, Marine, etc..) beating up dudes for revenge/money/saving family. But with a big name like DeNiro co-starring and the promising story, maybe this one is different? Well not much..The movie starts with Danny (Statham) and his old friend and mentor Hunter (DeNiro) in action as hired hit men for a mysterious Agent. The job goes reasonably well but Danny almost kills a kid which is the final straw for him to get out of the hit men business and settle down for a easy life. A year later Danny learns that Hunter is held hostage in Oman by the old Sheikh Amr, who summons Danny to talk to him. Once there Danny is given the task by the Sheikh to kill three former SAS agents who killed three of the Sheikh's sons. Danny reluctantly agrees and reunites with his old mates Davies and Meier to help him in exchange for a large sum of money. However, Danny and his friends soon find out that killing former SAS agents also means making new enemies and opening more cans of worms that they can handle.. If you watch this movie as a simple action flick with cool car chases, dirty fighting, shoot-outs and one-liners you will be satisfied. All these elements are there and they look good, although I didn't like the shaky cam during the fight scenes. However the movie also tries to tell some mysterious story about a secret organization and double agents but it fails badly here. The motivations of the characters are unclear, it's hard to follow what each person's role is in this and the ending is very unsatisfying. There is also a romance in the story for Danny's character which is told in annoying flashbacks that adds absolutely nothing to the plot. My final complain is that this movies is supposed to take place in 1980 but it doesn't look like 1980 at all. Sure they tried here and there by using older cars but there are to many mistakes that become to obvious. The movie 'Argo' did a much better job at how this time period is supposed to look. So if you watch Killer Elite with the mindset that it is a movie about bad-ass Statham beating up dudes for revenge\money\whatever, you will be entertained. If you want an interesting story with interesting character you will be disappointed.

Python Hyena Killer Elite (2011): Dir: Gary McKendry / Cast: Jason Statham, Robert De Niro, Clive Owen, Dominic Purcell, Aden Young: Exhilarating action film about professional assassins poised against each other. Jason Statham plays a professional assassin and Robert De Niro plays his mentor and after an opening scene where Statham makes a kill but unable to kill the victim's son. He ends this line of work and goes back to Australia to live with his girlfriend. Statham is summoned to another job after his mentor is taken prisoner. To bargain for his life Statham is assigned by an ill sheik to kill the four men responsible for the death of his three sons. His remaining son will execute Statham's mentor if he fails. Directional debut for Gary McKendry with much well crafted yet totally implausible action scenes that still rank this as one of Statham's best films. Statham pulls off one of his best roles as he attempts to rendering these kills to appear as an accident. De Niro does well as the mentor whose success with Statham leads to a rescue mission. De Niro will eventually be assigned to watch his girlfriend when Statham is assigned one last job. Clive Owen leads a team sent to prevent the four kills from happening. He is skilled at his job and becomes a great counter to Statham including their satisfying send off. Dominic Purcell and Aden Young steal scenes as members of Statham's team who take risks that turn out costly when a hotel clerk betrays his placement. While the action is silly and over the top, it is entertaining and intelligent right up to the final departure. Score: 9 / 10