Saturday, March 19, 2011

Killer Elite

In 1980, hired hitmen, Danny Bryce (Jason Statham), Hunter (Robert DeNiro), Davies (Dominic Purcell) and Meier (Aden Young) travel to Mexico, where they ambush a convoy. In the process, Danny is forced to kill a man in front of his daughter. Affected by this outcome, Danny retires and moves to Australia.

One year later, in 1981, Danny receives a package with a picture of a captive Hunter and a plane ticket. Danny travels to Oman, where he meets The Agent (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), who tells him that Hunter accepted a $6-million job, but failed to accomplish it and has been captured. If Danny doesn't complete Hunter's mission, Hunter will be executed.














Danny is introduced to Sheik Amr, a dying man who wants Danny to kill three former SAS agents – Steven Harris (Lachy Hulme), Steven Craig, and Simon McCann - who murdered his sons during the Dhofar Rebellion. Danny must videotape their confessions and make their deaths look like accidents, and he must do it before the Sheik dies. If he fails, his son will kill Hunter.

Danny reunites Davies and Meier, who agree to help him in exchange for money. As they break into the house of their first target (Steven Harris) in Oman, Davies interrogates local bar patrons about former SAS members. This is reported to the Feathermen, a secret society of former operatives that protect their own. One of them, Spike Logan (Clive Owen), is sent to investigate.

After Harris confess, Meier breaks his neck using a hammer with tiles similar to those of the bathroom floor to make it appear that Harris slipped and broke his neck.












As they headed to London, Davies discovers the second target Steven Craig who is going through training at a local base. Danny and Davies impersonate civilians having car problems, allowing Danny to infiltrate the base and drug Craig's coffee with chemicals that he stole from a hospital and mimic the symptoms of hypothermia. Craig dies after confessing to Danny.

Going to their last target, Simon McCann, currently a mercenary, they sabotage an oil tanker wit the help of a new team member Jake (Michael Dorman). As McCann is on his way to a fake job interview staged by Danny, Meier and Jake override the truck and cause it to crash against McCann's car, killing him. However, Logan and his men were watching over McCann chase the team who are on their way to the docks to rescue Davies. A brief gun fight ensued and Meier is accidentally killed by Jake in an attempt to kill one of Logan's men.

Danny returns to Oman and gives the Sheik the last tape. Hunter is released and returns to his family, while Danny heads back to Australia and reunites with his girlfriend, Anne (Yvonne Strahovski). There, he is informed by the contact that there is one last man that participated in the Sheik's sons' murders and needs to be executed, and that this man is about to release a book about his experiences as a member of the SAS.














Danny tells Anne to go to France with Hunter to protect her while he carries out the last job. The Sheik’s son confirms that Harris is an innocent man. Logan, meanwhile traced Danny through the contact and sends a team to protect the author but they were distracted by Jake, who is used as a decoy and Danny able to infiltrate the building and killed the author. Logan learns this, chased and captured Danny.

Danny is taken to an abandoned warehouse and was tortured by Logan but was interrupted when an agent from M16 arrived and reveals that the British government is behind in all of these to expose and eliminate the Feathermen's headquarters. They confirm about Danny’s mission because of the Sheik's valuable oil contracts. Danny escapes and a three-way battle ensues. Logan killed the MI6 agent and allowing Danny to escape.

Back in France, Hunter protects Anne from the Agent and his men, shooting the agent in the leg and warning him to stay away. After this, Danny and Hunter head to Oman to give the Sheik the pictures. But Logan arrives first and confronts the Sheikh and telling him the pictures are fake before stabbing him to death. The Sheik's son doesn’t care at all and gave the money to Logan which was intended for Danny and Hunter, who spot Logan leaving and chase after him, along with the Sheik's men.

After taking down the Sheik's men, Danny and Hunter confront Logan. Hunter takes some of the money for his family and gives Logan the rest, claiming that he'll need it to start a new life away from the government, who wants him dead for killing the Sheik and the MI6 agent. Logan and Danny end their feud, and Logan leaves to somewhere unknown, while Hunter returns to his family in England, and Danny meets with Anne in France to start anew.

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