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The Killer Elite

1975
Drama
Suspense/Thriller
2h 2m
Mike Locken is one of the principle members of a group of freelance spies. A significant portion of their work is for the C.I.A. and while on a case for them one of his friends turns on him and shoots him in the elbow and knee. His assignment, to protect someone, goes down in flames. He is nearly crippled, but with braces is able to again become mobile. For revenge as much as anything else, Mike goes after his ex-friend. (imdb)
Directed by:
Sam Peckinpah Sam Peckinpah
Written by:
Marc Norman Stirling Silliphant Robert Rostand
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Starring:
Robert Duvall Robert Duvall Burt Young Burt Young James Caan James Caan Bo Hopkins Bo Hopkins Gig Young Gig Young Arthur Hill Arthur Hill Victor Sen Yung Victor Sen Yung Uschi Digard Uschi Digard Tak Kubota Tom Clancy Mako Mako
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Genres:
Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Action
Country:
USA
Languages:
English, Mandarin
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The Killer Elite

1975
Drama
Suspense/Thriller
2h 2m
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heapshakeheapshake
Rated 21 Feb 2010
40
21st
I had no idea I'd watched this before until I came here and saw that I had ranked it already. I hope that doesn't happen again.
Rated 21 Feb 2010
joojooJooJoo
Rated 07 Feb 2013
4
55th
It seems something essential was lost in translation.
Rated 07 Feb 2013
muzak66muzak66
Rated 10 Mar 2014
63
33rd
Pretty good and this movie had a lot of good actors.
Rated 10 Mar 2014
ndkchkNdkchk
Rated 14 Aug 2007
68
44th
I wasn't sure what this movie wanted to be. It tried to do too much, and while it did break new ground in certain directions, it also reminded why that ground wasn't broken before. As a hitman movie, it's interesting to watch to see the differences; otherwise, it's worth it to see hitmen versus ninjas.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
hazelhawkshazelhawks
Rated 08 Jul 2020
27
6th
Could be the blueprint for every Jason Statham movie ever made but played out at half speed so you can marvel at all the crap dialogue and crappier plotting. I'd never have thought a movie with James Caan and ninjas could be this bad and this dull. Peckinpah was clearly dialing it in (and hanging the ever solid Caan out to dry.) Might have been better as a pilot for a Donald Bellisario TV show.
Rated 08 Jul 2020
itbspodcastITBSPodcast
Rated 26 Oct 2015
100
0th
"This is the logical extension of what Howard Hawks did with a lot of his movies." http://illusionpodcast.blogspot.com/2015/10/episode-73-long-fall-of-sam-peckinpah.html
Rated 26 Oct 2015
thedicemanTheDiceman
Rated 14 May 2017
35
13th
What went wrong here?
Rated 14 May 2017
pompousasspompousass
Rated 20 May 2009
20
44th
Peckinpah settles for glibness -- in the plotting (double- and triple-crosses in an assassination corporation under contract to the CIA), in the philosophy kicked around casually between professional gunmen ("There's not one power system that really cares about a civilian"), and in the he-man characterizations (Hopkins hangs his head and mumbles under his breath, mortified to admit that his first name is "Jerome").
Rated 20 May 2009
vandelay1Vandelay1
Rated 18 Nov 2008
45
46th
worth a watch
Rated 18 Nov 2008
donquixoticdonquixotic
Rated 12 Jan 2015
40
23rd
How on earth was this a Peckinpah film? Besides the script problems the direction is plodding and the whole thing is in need of an editor to hew large chunks from this baggy mess
Rated 12 Jan 2015
dustydDustyd
Rated 17 Sep 2007
40
11th
corny
Rated 17 Sep 2007
zipsterZipster
Rated 11 Aug 2014
75
30th
Made back when boys'-night-out action flicks still dared to be truly naturalistic and docu-style. Not shakycam melodrama masquerading as such.
Rated 11 Aug 2014

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