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Set in 1980, the film follows Danny Bryce (Statham), a [[ProfessionalKiller hitman]] who [[RetiredBadass left the profession]] after having a crisis of conscience during a mission. A year later, Danny is approached by a mysterious contact named The Agent and is told that his mentor and former associate, Hunter (Creator/RobertDeNiro), has been captured for failing to complete an assassination mission. Hunter will be executed if Danny doesn't complete the job. Danny meets with an [[ArabOilSheikh Arabian sheikh]] who forces him to assassinate three former British SAS agents that killed his three eldest sons during an operation in Oman, and enlists the help of fellow assassins Davies (Dominic Purcell) and Meier (Aden Young). The three men work together to complete the assassinations, although several problems arise along the way. At the same time, The Feathermen, a secret group of former Special Air Service (SAS) operatives, assigns their head enforcer Spike Logan (Owen) to investigate the assassinations.
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Set in 1980, the film follows Danny Bryce (Statham), a [[ProfessionalKiller hitman]] who [[RetiredBadass left the profession]] after having a crisis of conscience during a mission. A year later, Danny is approached by a mysterious contact named The Agent and is told that his mentor and former associate, Hunter (Creator/RobertDeNiro), has been captured for failing to complete an assassination mission. Hunter will be executed if Danny doesn't complete the job. Danny meets with an [[ArabOilSheikh Arabian sheikh]] who forces him to assassinate three former British SAS agents that killed his three eldest sons during an operation in Oman, and enlists the help of fellow assassins Davies (Dominic Purcell) (Creator/DominicPurcell) and Meier (Aden Young). The three men work together to complete the assassinations, although several problems arise along the way. At the same time, The Feathermen, a secret group of former Special Air Service (SAS) operatives, assigns their head enforcer Spike Logan (Owen) to investigate the assassinations.
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* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Friend]]: Danny is sent a photo of a captured Hunter to make him come out of retirement. [[spoiler:Later the Agent suggests that they have Danny's girlfriend, causing him to rush to her bed only to find she's asleep and unharmed. Then he finds a cartridge case tucked into her hair.]]
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The film was adapted from a best-selling book, ''The Feather Men'', which was released in 1991 and was supposedly based on real-life events concerning a secret society of retired SAS members whose job it was to protect other SAS members and avenge them if necessary. The film grossed $55 million at the box office, and garnered a 23% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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--> '''Meier:''' The Boston Brake. Perfect.
--> '''Davies:''' It wasn't perfect in Boston.
--> '''Meier:''' That's because I wasn't at the controls in Boston.
--> '''Meier:''' The Boston Brake. Perfect.
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--> '''Meier:''' That's because I wasn't at the controls in Boston.
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-->'''Spike:''' Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.
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* TheAllegedExpert: Downplayed -- Hunter is highly skilled, but is unable to pull off the assassination because he's ''old''.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/PowerRangersMysticForce The Red Ranger of 2006]] plays as a son of the sheik.
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''Killer Elite'' is an action-thriller film released in 2011 starring JasonStatham and Clive Owen, and follows a professional hitman as he attempts to undertake a highly sensitive assassination mission to save his partner and mentor.
Set in 1980, the film follows Danny Bryce (Statham), a [[ProfessionalKiller hitman]] who [[RetiredBadass left the profession]] after having a crisis of conscience during a mission. A year later, Danny is approached by a mysterious contact named The Agent and is told that his mentor and former associate, Hunter (RobertDeNiro), has been captured for failing to complete an assassination mission. Hunter will be executed if Danny doesn't complete the job. Danny meets with an [[ArabOilSheikh Arabian sheikh]] who forces him to assassinate three former British SAS agents that killed his three eldest sons during an operation in Oman, and enlists the help of fellow assassins Davies (Dominic Purcell) and Meier (Aden Young). The three men work together to complete the assassinations, although several problems arise along the way. At the same time, The Feathermen, a secret group of former Special Air Service (SAS) operatives, assigns their head enforcer Spike Logan (Owen) to investigate the assassinations.
Set in 1980, the film follows Danny Bryce (Statham), a [[ProfessionalKiller hitman]] who [[RetiredBadass left the profession]] after having a crisis of conscience during a mission. A year later, Danny is approached by a mysterious contact named The Agent and is told that his mentor and former associate, Hunter (RobertDeNiro), has been captured for failing to complete an assassination mission. Hunter will be executed if Danny doesn't complete the job. Danny meets with an [[ArabOilSheikh Arabian sheikh]] who forces him to assassinate three former British SAS agents that killed his three eldest sons during an operation in Oman, and enlists the help of fellow assassins Davies (Dominic Purcell) and Meier (Aden Young). The three men work together to complete the assassinations, although several problems arise along the way. At the same time, The Feathermen, a secret group of former Special Air Service (SAS) operatives, assigns their head enforcer Spike Logan (Owen) to investigate the assassinations.
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''Killer Elite'' is an action-thriller film released in 2011 starring JasonStatham and Clive Owen, Creator/CliveOwen, and follows a professional hitman as he attempts to undertake a highly sensitive assassination mission to save his partner and mentor.
Set in 1980, the film follows Danny Bryce (Statham), a [[ProfessionalKiller hitman]] who [[RetiredBadass left the profession]] after having a crisis of conscience during a mission. A year later, Danny is approached by a mysterious contact named The Agent and is told that his mentor and former associate, Hunter(RobertDeNiro), (Creator/RobertDeNiro), has been captured for failing to complete an assassination mission. Hunter will be executed if Danny doesn't complete the job. Danny meets with an [[ArabOilSheikh Arabian sheikh]] who forces him to assassinate three former British SAS agents that killed his three eldest sons during an operation in Oman, and enlists the help of fellow assassins Davies (Dominic Purcell) and Meier (Aden Young). The three men work together to complete the assassinations, although several problems arise along the way. At the same time, The Feathermen, a secret group of former Special Air Service (SAS) operatives, assigns their head enforcer Spike Logan (Owen) to investigate the assassinations.
Set in 1980, the film follows Danny Bryce (Statham), a [[ProfessionalKiller hitman]] who [[RetiredBadass left the profession]] after having a crisis of conscience during a mission. A year later, Danny is approached by a mysterious contact named The Agent and is told that his mentor and former associate, Hunter
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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Danny's team use this method to dispose of all three of their targets at the Sheik's request, via a head injury caused by a bathroom accident, hypothermia and a car accident. The only problem is that the Sheik insists on tape-recorded 'confession's from the targets to prove that he's taken revenge.
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* LookBothWays: Davies death; he's standing in the middle of the road trying to flag down a car to escape from the Feathermen, only to be hit by a truck.
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* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Friend]]: Danny is sent a photo of a captured Hunter to make him come out of retirement. [[spoiler:Later the Agent suggests that they have Danny's girlfriend, causing him to rush to her bed only to find she's asleep and unharmed. Then he finds a cartridge case tucked into her hair.]]
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* CycleOfRevenge: The sheik was exiled from his country because he refused to carry on the tradition of vengeance for his third son's death, and must do so if his fourth son is to return to his country. Logan wants revenge on Danny for killing his friends, and while Danny gives him a chance to walk away, the end is ambiguous as to whether Logan will do so.
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''Killer Elite'' is an action-thriller film released in 2011 starring JasonStatham and Clive Owen, and follows a professional hitman as he attempts to undertake a highly sensitive assassination mission to save his partner and mentor.
Set in 1980, the film follows Danny Bryce (Statham), a [[ProfessionalKiller hitman]] who [[RetiredBadass left the profession]] after having a crisis of conscience during a mission. A year later, Danny is approached by a mysterious contact named The Agent and is told that his mentor and former associate, Hunter (RobertDeNiro), has been captured for failing to complete an assassination mission. Hunter will be executed if Danny doesn't complete the job. Danny meets with an [[ArabOilSheikh Arabian sheikh]] who forces him to assassinate three former British SAS agents that killed his three eldest sons during an operation in Oman, and enlists the help of fellow assassins Davies (Dominic Purcell) and Meier (Aden Young). The three men work together to complete the assassinations, although several problems arise along the way. At the same time, The Feathermen, a secret group of former Special Air Service (SAS) operatives, assigns their head enforcer Spike Logan (Owen) to investigate the assassinations.
Logan attempts to stop Danny and his crew by any means necessary, while both of them find out they're both being played by several other people at the highest levels of power.
The film was adapted from a best-selling book, ''The Feather Men'', which was released in 1991 and was supposedly based on real-life events concerning a secret society of retired SAS members whose job it was to protect other SAS members and avenge them if necessary. The film grossed $55 million at the box office, and garnered a 23% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Not to be confused with the 1975 SamPeckinpah spy thriller ''The Killer Elite''.
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This film features the following tropes:
* AdaptationDistillation: The film alters and streamlines many elements from the source material, including the identity and purpose of the assassination squad (called "the Clinic") and author Ranulph Fiennes' more prominent role in the book.
* ArabOilSheikh: Sheikh Amr, to a T. Notably, the British government is overlooking the assassinations he had carried out because he has access to big oil contracts in the neighbouring region.
* BadassGrandpa: Hunter, who thanks Danny after being rescued, because his family will have their father back. This doesn't stop him from opening a world of hurt on anyone who tries to go after Danny or Anne.
* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: The $6 million payout that Danny and Hunter (and, eventually, Logan) receive for the assassinations. The briefcase in question isn't half-full and the money appears to have been thrown in haphazardly, indicating that there's not nearly the amount of money the Sheik promised to them.
* CareerKillers
* ChekhovsSkill: Or, more accurately, ''lack'' of skills. Before their third assassination mission, Danny's team recruits Jake, a young man who is noted to have next to no experience firing weapons or killing discreetly. After the assassination is carried out, the team fights with Logan's men at the docks, and Jake accidentally kills [[spoiler:Meier]] by shooting his weapon through the target.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Danny and Anne knew each other from childhood, and end up finally settling down at the end of the film once he finishes the job.
* ContractOnTheHitman: Subverted and played straight. Hunter has been captured by the Sheik for failing to complete his assassination mission, but he will not be killed unless Danny doesn't complete the job. Later on, Logan learns that [[spoiler:the British government has been pressuring the Feathermen to stop him from investigating the case because they're influencing the Sheik's oil reserves, and the government attempts to kill both Logan and Danny at a warehouse]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Although Danny is a hitman, he will not hurt civilians or children.
* FakingTheDead: Danny shoots the fourth target, Ranulph Fiennes, in the leg and takes photographs to trick the Sheik into believing he died. Subverted in that Logan (who delivers the photos to the Sheik) immediately tells him the photos are fake [[spoiler:just before he stabs him]].
* {{Fanservice}}: Subverted. The hooker having sex with Davies barely has time to get her bra strap down before she gets pulled off by one of Logan's associates. Likewise, Yvonne Strahovski is conservatively dressed through the entire film - the closest she gets to anything suggestive is wearing a negligee during a conversation with Danny.
* GroinAttack: Danny does this to disable Logan during their fight at the hospital.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: When Hunter shoots the Agent that was about to kidnap Anne at the Paris subway station, he fires a bullet that passes through three separate objects (including a messenger bag and a newspaper) before it hits his leg.
* KarmaHoudini: The Feathermen escape karmic justice for betraying Logan and sweeping the assassinations under the rug by the film's end, and it's implied Logan will have to change his identity to keep them from coming after him.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Danny's team use this method to dispose of all three of their targets, via a head injury caused by a bathroom accident, hypothermia and a car accident.
* MandatoryUnretirement: Danny.
* MotiveRant: The British government spook who holds Danny and Logan at gunpoint proceeds to tell them all about his plans to ensure that the government receives the oil contracts from the Sheik, just before he tries to kill Danny.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Danny, when he learns that the first SAS target the group killed was an innocent man who was bluffing when they asked him if he was involved with the death of the sheikh's sons.
* TheNameless: The Agent, the man who gives Danny and the rest of his crew the names and locations of their assassination targets.
* NothingPersonal: The Agent says this to Hunter while attempting to justify why he attempted to kidnap Anne.
* NotSoDifferent: Danny says that he and Logan are much alike, in that they were both being used by higher powers and were both given a job to take out three targets.
* OneHitPolykill: What occurs when Jake accidentally shoots Meier.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: The U.K.-born, Australia-raised Purcell plays a Welshman, but his accent constantly lapses into a voice that sounds Australian.
* ProfessionalKiller: Almost every character of importance is either SAS, ex-SAS or a hitman.
* RetiredBadass: Danny left the ProfessionalKiller business after a job that made him re-evaluate what he was doing (although he comes back to the business for OneLastJob when the film begins proper), while Hunter says midway through the film that he's out of the business for good - not that it diminishes his skills any, as seen when he saves Anne at the Paris subway station.
* SuperWindowJump: Danny leaps out of a window (while tied to a chair) in order to escape Danny near the end of the film. [[TheTransporter This isn't the first time he's done such a thing]].
* TemptingFate: Danny holds up Logan in his house after [[spoiler:Davies']] death, and tells him at the end of their conversation not to follow him. He tries to trick Logan the next time they meet (when he fakes Fiennes' death), but he doesn't realize that Logan brought in a team of ex-SAS friends to draw him out.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory
* VigilanteMan: Logan becomes this, once he realizes he's been screwed over by the British government. He takes matters into his own hands, and [[spoiler:locates and kills the Sheik before stealing the payment Danny and Hunter were planning to collect]].
* VomitIndiscretionShot: New team member Jake after [[spoiler:Meier's]] death at the shipping yard. PlayedWith; although we see him vomiting, the shot is just distant enough to avoid too much detail.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Logan captures Danny and takes him to a warehouse, where he plans to interrogate him. A British government agent shows up and tries to kill both of them to keep his activities safe, but the whole thing spirals into a three-way fight just before Danny escapes.
* WithMyHandsTied: Danny disables both Logan and the government spook, and later jumps out a window (while still tied to the chair) to prevent Logan from shooting him.
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''Killer Elite'' is an action-thriller film released in 2011 starring JasonStatham and Clive Owen, and follows a professional hitman as he attempts to undertake a highly sensitive assassination mission to save his partner and mentor.
Set in 1980, the film follows Danny Bryce (Statham), a [[ProfessionalKiller hitman]] who [[RetiredBadass left the profession]] after having a crisis of conscience during a mission. A year later, Danny is approached by a mysterious contact named The Agent and is told that his mentor and former associate, Hunter (RobertDeNiro), has been captured for failing to complete an assassination mission. Hunter will be executed if Danny doesn't complete the job. Danny meets with an [[ArabOilSheikh Arabian sheikh]] who forces him to assassinate three former British SAS agents that killed his three eldest sons during an operation in Oman, and enlists the help of fellow assassins Davies (Dominic Purcell) and Meier (Aden Young). The three men work together to complete the assassinations, although several problems arise along the way. At the same time, The Feathermen, a secret group of former Special Air Service (SAS) operatives, assigns their head enforcer Spike Logan (Owen) to investigate the assassinations.
Logan attempts to stop Danny and his crew by any means necessary, while both of them find out they're both being played by several other people at the highest levels of power.
The film was adapted from a best-selling book, ''The Feather Men'', which was released in 1991 and was supposedly based on real-life events concerning a secret society of retired SAS members whose job it was to protect other SAS members and avenge them if necessary. The film grossed $55 million at the box office, and garnered a 23% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Not to be confused with the 1975 SamPeckinpah spy thriller ''The Killer Elite''.
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This film features the following tropes:
* AdaptationDistillation: The film alters and streamlines many elements from the source material, including the identity and purpose of the assassination squad (called "the Clinic") and author Ranulph Fiennes' more prominent role in the book.
* ArabOilSheikh: Sheikh Amr, to a T. Notably, the British government is overlooking the assassinations he had carried out because he has access to big oil contracts in the neighbouring region.
* BadassGrandpa: Hunter, who thanks Danny after being rescued, because his family will have their father back. This doesn't stop him from opening a world of hurt on anyone who tries to go after Danny or Anne.
* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: The $6 million payout that Danny and Hunter (and, eventually, Logan) receive for the assassinations. The briefcase in question isn't half-full and the money appears to have been thrown in haphazardly, indicating that there's not nearly the amount of money the Sheik promised to them.
* CareerKillers
* ChekhovsSkill: Or, more accurately, ''lack'' of skills. Before their third assassination mission, Danny's team recruits Jake, a young man who is noted to have next to no experience firing weapons or killing discreetly. After the assassination is carried out, the team fights with Logan's men at the docks, and Jake accidentally kills [[spoiler:Meier]] by shooting his weapon through the target.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Danny and Anne knew each other from childhood, and end up finally settling down at the end of the film once he finishes the job.
* ContractOnTheHitman: Subverted and played straight. Hunter has been captured by the Sheik for failing to complete his assassination mission, but he will not be killed unless Danny doesn't complete the job. Later on, Logan learns that [[spoiler:the British government has been pressuring the Feathermen to stop him from investigating the case because they're influencing the Sheik's oil reserves, and the government attempts to kill both Logan and Danny at a warehouse]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Although Danny is a hitman, he will not hurt civilians or children.
* FakingTheDead: Danny shoots the fourth target, Ranulph Fiennes, in the leg and takes photographs to trick the Sheik into believing he died. Subverted in that Logan (who delivers the photos to the Sheik) immediately tells him the photos are fake [[spoiler:just before he stabs him]].
* {{Fanservice}}: Subverted. The hooker having sex with Davies barely has time to get her bra strap down before she gets pulled off by one of Logan's associates. Likewise, Yvonne Strahovski is conservatively dressed through the entire film - the closest she gets to anything suggestive is wearing a negligee during a conversation with Danny.
* GroinAttack: Danny does this to disable Logan during their fight at the hospital.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: When Hunter shoots the Agent that was about to kidnap Anne at the Paris subway station, he fires a bullet that passes through three separate objects (including a messenger bag and a newspaper) before it hits his leg.
* KarmaHoudini: The Feathermen escape karmic justice for betraying Logan and sweeping the assassinations under the rug by the film's end, and it's implied Logan will have to change his identity to keep them from coming after him.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Danny's team use this method to dispose of all three of their targets, via a head injury caused by a bathroom accident, hypothermia and a car accident.
* MandatoryUnretirement: Danny.
* MotiveRant: The British government spook who holds Danny and Logan at gunpoint proceeds to tell them all about his plans to ensure that the government receives the oil contracts from the Sheik, just before he tries to kill Danny.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Danny, when he learns that the first SAS target the group killed was an innocent man who was bluffing when they asked him if he was involved with the death of the sheikh's sons.
* TheNameless: The Agent, the man who gives Danny and the rest of his crew the names and locations of their assassination targets.
* NothingPersonal: The Agent says this to Hunter while attempting to justify why he attempted to kidnap Anne.
* NotSoDifferent: Danny says that he and Logan are much alike, in that they were both being used by higher powers and were both given a job to take out three targets.
* OneHitPolykill: What occurs when Jake accidentally shoots Meier.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: The U.K.-born, Australia-raised Purcell plays a Welshman, but his accent constantly lapses into a voice that sounds Australian.
* ProfessionalKiller: Almost every character of importance is either SAS, ex-SAS or a hitman.
* RetiredBadass: Danny left the ProfessionalKiller business after a job that made him re-evaluate what he was doing (although he comes back to the business for OneLastJob when the film begins proper), while Hunter says midway through the film that he's out of the business for good - not that it diminishes his skills any, as seen when he saves Anne at the Paris subway station.
* SuperWindowJump: Danny leaps out of a window (while tied to a chair) in order to escape Danny near the end of the film. [[TheTransporter This isn't the first time he's done such a thing]].
* TemptingFate: Danny holds up Logan in his house after [[spoiler:Davies']] death, and tells him at the end of their conversation not to follow him. He tries to trick Logan the next time they meet (when he fakes Fiennes' death), but he doesn't realize that Logan brought in a team of ex-SAS friends to draw him out.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory
* VigilanteMan: Logan becomes this, once he realizes he's been screwed over by the British government. He takes matters into his own hands, and [[spoiler:locates and kills the Sheik before stealing the payment Danny and Hunter were planning to collect]].
* VomitIndiscretionShot: New team member Jake after [[spoiler:Meier's]] death at the shipping yard. PlayedWith; although we see him vomiting, the shot is just distant enough to avoid too much detail.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Logan captures Danny and takes him to a warehouse, where he plans to interrogate him. A British government agent shows up and tries to kill both of them to keep his activities safe, but the whole thing spirals into a three-way fight just before Danny escapes.
* WithMyHandsTied: Danny disables both Logan and the government spook, and later jumps out a window (while still tied to the chair) to prevent Logan from shooting him.
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