It's another Jason Statham action flick, Killer Elite. This time they try to dress it up with a nice cast. But in the end, it's more of the same.
But that's alright for now. Statham is very popular for now, with a young set of young movie goers. And overall his movies, are violent, ut I've seen more intense, by a long shot. Killer Elite is based on a supposed true story, and on a 1990 book called The Featherman. The story this time is airing the dirty laundry of the secret SAS branch of British Intelligence.
Meet Danny (Statham). He is a rogue agent who is sort of hired, and sort of blackmailed into a killing contract by an Arabian Sheik. The contract is to kill three other British agents who killed the Sheiks sons a few years earlier. So Danny brings his team together to do the killings. But they soon learn that they may be being played for fools, and are being set up by someone. But who?
KE, also stars Clive Owen, Robert De Niro and a decent supporting cast that elevate this Statham flick a bit as compared to others. But I feel the clock is ticking. He needs a reinvention soon, because all of these action flicks are really starting to blend together big time. They all look the same, sound the same and are filmed he same. And the interest is starting to dry up.
KE really stumbles at times, and breaks a cardinal rule of these kinds of movies. It seems like it will never end. In fact, it kind of does a time or two, only to start back up in a new direction. Much seat fidgeting, and clock watching near the end. There is plenty of action. In fact, maybe too much, and it is fatiguing. Statham flicks can have a video game feel to them, and this one does. Lots of action scenes, both long and short. Long on action, short on interesting story.
Killer Elite. OK we get it. You're an action star. Now let's go in a new direction, before the jokes start flying. Just ask Stallone, Van Damme and Seagal.
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