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Título original: Killer Elite

2011
14
1 h 56 min

AVALIAÇÃO DA IMDb

6,4/10

137 mil

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When his mentor (Robert De Niro) is taken captive, a retired member of Britain's Elite Special Air Service (Jason Statham) is forced into action. His mission: kill three assassins dispatched by their cunning leader (Clive Owen).

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Quando seu mentor é capturado por um xeque árabe desonrado, um assassino contratado é forçado a agir. Sua missão: matar três membros da elite britânica do Serviço Aéreo Especial responsável ... Ler tudoQuando seu mentor é capturado por um xeque árabe desonrado, um assassino contratado é forçado a agir. Sua missão: matar três membros da elite britânica do Serviço Aéreo Especial responsável pela morte de seus filhos.Quando seu mentor é capturado por um xeque árabe desonrado, um assassino contratado é forçado a agir. Sua missão: matar três membros da elite britânica do Serviço Aéreo Especial responsável pela morte de seus filhos.

Direção
- Gary McKendry
Roteiristas
- Matt Sherring
- Ranulph Fiennes
Artistas

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AVALIAÇÃO DA IMDb

6,4/10

137 mil

SUA AVALIAÇÃO

Direção
- Gary McKendry
Roteiristas
- Matt Sherring
- Ranulph Fiennes
Artistas

Veja as informações de produção no IMDbPro

Prêmios
- 2 vitórias e 8 indicações no total

Curiosidades
Sir Ranulph Fiennes, an English adventurer, polar explorer and former S.A.S. man is the author of The Feather Men, the novel on which this film is adapted. Although he has often claimed the novel was a true story, the families of the real dead S.A.S. men named in the novel who died on S.A.S. exercises, and the S.A.S. themselves publicly attacked it as sick exploitation and complete fiction. The S.A.S. even went on the record to disown both Fiennes and the book, with Lieutenant Colonel Ian Smith telling the Daily Mail "It was utter bullshit", the figment of a fertile imagination. What was really upsetting, was that it was making a story out of a tragedy." Maggie Denaro, the widow of one of the dead S.A.S. men said of Fiennes, "It's time he grew up. He's made his money out of the book. He should come clean. When the book came out saying Mike had been murdered, we knew it wasn't true. But that didn't stop our children from being upset when other people believed it." Although Fiennes claims he sent a manuscript of the book to the S.A.S. and the families of the dead men, who gave their approval, they have all unequivocally denied his claim.

Erros de gravação
When Hunter sits with Anne in the cafe in Paris the menu items written on the wall have prices in Euros, in 1980 it should have been Francs.

Citações
Davies: You don't trust that snake, do you? He's lying.
Danny: Yeah? How do you know?
Davies: His lips were moving.

Conexões
Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.214 (2011)

Trilhas sonoras
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Composed by Barry Mason (as B. Mason) / Les Reed (as L. Reed)
(c) 1968 Donna Music Limited
Administered by J. Albert & Son Pty Limited
Used with permission

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7/10

Almost certainly not as true as it claims but solid enough action

Danny Bryce is a retired mercenary but he is forced to return to work when his mentor, Hunter, is taken captive by an employer after failing to complete a mission. Bryce is told he must finish the job if Hunter is to live. The employer is an Omani Sheikh whose three eldest sons were killed during a war; he wants the Danny to kill the three men responsible... it won't be easy though; they were all members of the Special Air Service. Each man must confess then the death must look like an accident. He, and a small team of associates go after the targets but it quickly becomes apparent that somebody, former SAS officer Spike Logan, knows what they are up to.

This is a decent enough story but it would have been better if it didn't claim to be true. It starts well with a prologue that serves to introduce Danny and Hunter and explain why Danny has retired. The way that he is pulled back into that world is effective enough. Once the action starts it is solid and nicely captures the feel of the early eighties. Jason Statham is solid as Bryce and Clive Owen is equally solid as Logan; although both have been better elsewhere. Robert De Niro is decent enough as Hunter although he is rather old to be playing a mercenary. The story provides plenty of twists and turns, some rather far-fetched. Overall I thought it passed the time nicely; not a must see but still entertaining.