Killer Elite

In 1980, a remorseful mercenary named Danny is forced to come out of retirement, joining forces with his teammates Davies and Meier, to complete a dangerous mission that includes taking down three former SAS troopers while being hunted by the Feather Men, a secret society. Killer Elite is a 2011 English-language Action Crime movie starring Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro, Dominic Purcell, Aden Young, Yvonne Strahovski and Birol Tarkan Yildiz. The movie is based on The Feather Men by Sir Ranulph Fiennes. Omnilab Media in association with Ambience Entertainment, Current Entertainment, Sighvatsson Films, Film Victoria, Wales Creative IP Fund, Agora Films, International Traders and Mascot Pictures Wales. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Michael Boughen, Steve Chasman, Sigurj N Sighvatsson and Tony Winley. Killer Elite is written by Matt Sherring and Ranulph Fiennes and it is directed by Gary Mckendry. Entertainment Film Distributors acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Killer Elite was released on 8th January 2011 and takes a screen time of 116 minutes. Killer Elite was made on a budget of $70 million and at the box office it grossed only $57 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Matt Sherring. Cinematography was done by Simon Duggan and editing by John Gilbert. The music was composed by Reinhold Heil along with Johnny Klimek.