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[Hock]

So, I saw this movie. On a plane  because I wasn't motivated to see it in theaters or even on DVD. I watched it and really liked it. I don't think the movie ads and trailer really captured what the movie is really about. It is more of a thriller than an action flick, and really a deeper story about the retired British SAS and the 'Featherman,"- a group retirees who look after retired SAS. Based on a true story? Kinda? Sorta?

The film was way more intriguing than the trailer suggested. I am not much of a fan of Jason Statham. He is just way too one-dimensional for me (compare him to Russell Crowe for one moment and see what I mean). Jason grunts and runs through the story enough to pass. Clive is quite good.

In a strange way it ends up like an abstract, modernized Good, Bad and Ugly. Jasin in Clint. Deniro is Tuco and Clive is Lee Van Cleef.

Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F1wrDsUqYc

Featherman story
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feather_Men

Interview with author
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/09/30/sir-ranulph-fiennes-talks-the-feather-men-and-killer-elite-with-robert-de-niro.html

[Webby]

The better Brit action flick, is '' The Veteran '', 2011 film. Starring Toby Kebbell and Brian Cox. Ex-Para return's to South London, face's the gun happy local drug dealers who are linked to a wider plot. You get shady intelligence services, Kosovan arm's dealers, Strippers, Brutal Chechen minders, AQ cell's, some realistic street fight scenes and some nice gun play, a tale of double cross with a kick-ass ending. Best of all you can see my flat in the background when he run's up the stairs near the start. Top film.       

[Hepcat]

I enjoyed the Killer Elite. Thanks for the tip Webby on the Veteran, I will look for it. I just returned from a visit to London so it should be interesting to see what I recognise.

[Webby]

Hepcat, if you enjoyed The Vetern try Kill List Brit flick with Neil 

[Webby]

Sorry I'll try that again, it stars Neil Maskell and MyAnna Buring. Two hit men on a ' kill list '. Something's off from the start and it's not just the guy's rocky marriage. It get's very dark, violent. Bizarre. It's unforgetable
www.KILL-LIST.com for furthur info.

[Kentbob]

I tried watching this.  It's kind of on the same level as Ronin, I think.  i was bored.  It's got some interesting bits, but not quite what I was looking for in an action movie.  It should have been marketed as suspense, I think.  Yawn.

Kent

[arnold]

Kentbob,
You being a Superhero in your own right, it's no wonder you were bored.
You should start taking up alligator hunting with just a bowie knife on weekends, and body flying every other Wednesday just to even things up a bit!