The killer elite

This article covers the feature film The Killer Elite , the 2011 action thriller starring Jason Statham, Robert De Niro and Clive Owen can be found under the title Killer Elite .

Movie
German title	The killer elite
Original title	The killer elite
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1975
length	114 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Sam Peckinpah
script	Marc Norman Robert Rostand Stirling Silliphant
production	Martin Baum Helmut Dantine Arthur Lewis
music	Jerry Fielding
camera	Philip H. Lathrop
cut	Monte Hellman Tony de Zarraga
occupation
James Caan : Mike Locken Robert Duvall : George Hansen Arthur Hill : Cap Collis Bo Hopkins : Jerome Miller Mako : Yuen Chung Burt Young : Mac Gig Young : Lawrence Weyburn Tom Clancy : O'Leary Helmut Dantine : Vorodny Tiana Alexandra : Tommie

The killer elite (alternative title: Die Agenten-Elite ; original title: The Killer Elite ) is an American thriller by Sam Peckinpah from 1975 . The script is based on the novel Monkey in the Middle by Robert Rostand .

action

Mike Locken and George Hansen work for the private security company COMTEG, which works for the CIA , among others . When they are supposed to protect the politician Vorodny, Hansen changes sides and shoots him. Out of friendship with Locken, he lets him live, but shoots his left elbow and left knee so that he is incapacitated and can no longer pursue him.

After a long hospital stay and arduous fitness training, Locken can take on a job again, even though he is now unable to walk. With the help of Jerome Miller and Mac, two old friends, he is supposed to protect the Japanese politician in exile Chung and his daughter. He meets Hansen again, who is now working for the other side and is supposed to kill the politician.

During the second attempt to murder Chung, Hansen is shot by Jerome Miller. Before his death, however, he can tell Locken that they both work for the same client. Then there is a showdown on a discarded US Navy warship . Locken, Mac and Chung survive.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times that the direction and the presentations would have a "special, nice style". The twists and turns of the plot, however, would detract from this one. Much of it was seen in the thriller The Three Days of the Condor, as well as in the other films about treason within the CIA . Only some scenes are interesting, some dialogues are good. Ebert also praised the locations in San Francisco and the representations.

The magazine TV direkt 7/2007 wrote that the film was particularly "tough".

background

The film was shot in and around San Francisco , including Chinatown and San Francisco Airport .

Web links

• The Killer Elite in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The Killer Elite at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Review by Roger Ebert
2. ↑ TV direkt 7/2007, page 59
3. ↑ Filming locations for The Killer Elite