Killer Elite
Dir: Gary McKendry
2011
***
Lovers of Jason Statham action films may feel a little let down by Killer Elite but people, like me, who are usually put off by mindless action films may want to rethink as this is actually quite an intelligent thriller. The casting is pretty good too, you're never too sure of Robert De Niro's character or Clive Owen's for that matter which adds to the curiosity and intrigue this film excellently creates. It's not a masterpiece by any stretch but it is a pleasant surprise, some scenes just do not work and when Sir Ranulph Fiennes turned up I wondered if it was some kind of bizarre comedy (I've not read his books and didn't realise this was based on one of them) but it all made sense in the end. A very clever way of bringing The Feather Men to the big screen, imaginative if not a little odd but original all the same. Certainly worth a go.