Killer Elite (2011)
Killer Elite Is a 2011 action thriller film starring Jason Statham, Clive Owen and Robert De Niro. The film is based on the 1991 novel The Feather Men by Sir Ranulph Fiennes and is directed by Gary McKendry.
Plot
In 1980, mercenaries Danny Bryce, Hunter, Davies and Meier are in Mexico to assassinate a man. Danny is shot when he becomes distracted after realising he has killed the man in front of the target’s young child. Affected by this, Danny retires and returns to his native Australia. The following year, Danny is summoned to Oman to meet a handler known as The Agent. He learns that Hunter failed a $6 million job. If Danny does not complete Hunter’s mission, Hunter will be executed. Sheikh Amr, a Sheikh and deposed king of a small region of Oman, wants
Danny to kill three former SAS troopers—Steven Harris, Warwick Cregg, and Simon McCann —for killing his three eldest sons during the Dhofar Rebellion. Danny must videotape their confessions and make their deaths look like accidents, all before the terminally ill sheikh dies. This will allow the sheikh’s fourth son, Bakhait, to regain control of his father’s desert region. Danny approaches Davies and Meier and entitling them to help in exchange for 3 millions each for two of them while Danny will not receive anything since he just wants to free Hunter.
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Cast:
- Jason Stathamas Danny Bryce
- Clive Owenas Spike Logan
- Yvonne Strahovskias Anne Frazier
- Robert De Niroas Hunter
- Lachy Hulmeas Steven Harris
- Dominic Purcellas Davies
- Aden Youngas Meier
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbajeas The Agent
- Ben Mendelsohnas Martin
- Grant Bowleras Warwick Cregg
- Matt Nableas Pennock
- Michael Dormanas Jake
- Daniel Robertsas Simon McCann
- Firass Diranias Bakhait
- Nick Tateas Commander B