Killer Elite (2011)
When his mentor is taken captive by a disgraced Arab sheik, a killer-for-hire is forced into action. His mission: kill three members of Britain's elite Special Air Service responsible for the death of his sons.
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Director:
Gary McKendryWriters:
Matt Sherring (screenplay), Ranulph Fiennes (book)All Cast & Crew
Awards
2 wins & 8 nominations.Reviews & Commentary
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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 bulls-it, 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.
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Title Card:
The world is in chaos. The economic crisis continues as an oil crises looms. War rages everywhere. It is a time of revolution, assassination and covert operations.
Title Card:
It is 1980.
Goofs
In the final sequence, Spike is escaping in a second generation Volkswagen Jetta, a car that did not existed until 1985.
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Laisse-moi le temps d'apprendre...Written by Nadia Farès, Paul Breslin and Nicolas Neidhardt
Performed by Nadia Farès
Produced by Nicolas Neidhardt for Aktion Entertainment
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Genres
Action | Crime | ThrillerDetails
Release Date:
23 September 2011Language
English, Arabic, French, Spanish
Country of Origin
UK, AustraliaFilming Locations
Dynon Road, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaBox Office
Budget:
$70,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend USA:
$9,352,008 25 September 2011
Gross USA:
$25,124,966
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$57,084,522
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