Killer Elite Reviews
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
I had a perfectly fine time watching the movie and the antics of its three stars.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Birmingham Post
The big stunts and action sequences simply dull the brain and the Oman angle is lost inside a scarcely-fathomable plot.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Little White Lies
Long, muddled, misguided.
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| Original Score: 2/5
FilmsInReview.com
Jason Statham (or his stunt doubles) demolishes two men while duct-taped to a chair. The entire movie has that kind of action.
jackiekcooper.com
Jason Statham delivers the action as usual but this time he has the support of Owen and De Niro.
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| Original Score: 6/10
Empire Magazine
A few good stunts, some tolerable brooding and one nice, if silly desert chase. But not essential.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Patch
A solid, but mostly forgettable, thriller that has an intriguing plot and solid cast going for it, but isn't particularly well-made.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
Top CriticI had a reasonably good time, on the whole...
Observer [UK]
The surface is glossy, the body count high, and the events opaque and often risible.
Killer Movie Reviews
the audience learns that Jason Statham, tied to a chair and unarmed, is more dangerous than men who are both armed and unfettered. Moments like that of pure physicality are too few and too far between
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| Original Score: 2/5
New England Movies Weekly
Fast-paced and disposable. For action fans, that will be plenty. For those wanting more, look elsewhere.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
Three Movie Buffs
If you're a fan of Statham or Owen, you will enjoy the action, but what could have been a classic and the start to a franchise, is instead just another guys and guns movie.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
EricDSnider.com
Jason Statham, Clive Owen, and Robert De Niro are the stars, and the movie feels like a vanilla-flavored smoothie of their previous efforts.
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| Original Score: C
Shadows on the Wall
Claims to recount true events but is frankly very hard to believe.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
Suite101.com
"Killer Elite" sticks to the ribs when it sticks to simple skullduggery and Stathamian standards of busting heads. Whenever it strives for warrior poetry, it's more like a Nantucket-esque limerick scribbled in a London pub's bathroom.
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| Original Score: 2/4
Needcoffee.com
Pockets of really interesting action in a sea of tedious exposition.
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| Original Score: 1.5/5
Common Sense Media
It's an uneven mix, though it still delivers in fits and starts.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Radio Times
The permanently scowling Statham borders on caricature, while the talents of De Niro and Owen are completely wasted.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Kaplan vs. Kaplan
Statham, Owen and De Niro all give their best effort, but even they can't conquer a poorly written script.
Kaplan vs. Kaplan
The violence is over-the-top and becomes superficial. I found it all too boring, looking at my watch more than once.
