The Killer Elite

The Killer Elite

By Sam Peckinpah

  • Genre: Action & Adventure
  • Release Date: 1975-12-17
  • Advisory Rating: PG
  • Runtime: 2h 3min
  • Director: Sam Peckinpah
  • Production Company: United Artists
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • iTunes Price: USD 14.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: USD 3.99
5.8/10
5.8
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A thriller about spies, duplicity and double-cross from director Sam Peckinpah. James Caan portrays a CIA assassin brought out of retirement to protect an Asian political leader (Mako). Robert Duvall plays the contracted killer after Mako. Duvall was the former comrade of Caan, and the man responsible for the wounds that, until now, have taken Caan out of the game. In a claustrophobic world shorn of all illusion, only blood can resolve the confrontation between the two former buddies. Some critics have called this movie an intentional parable of the Hollywood Studio System and the real subject of this action-packed film.

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  • wrong movie poster on Apple TV app

    4
    By nofreelunch2
    Attention Apple: this movie does play when prompted on Apple TV app on my iphone 10r. However, the movie poster shows “Killer Elite,” Jason Statham’s movie with Robert DeNiro.

  • Worth a viewing...

    4
    By tothlaw
    This is neither Peckinpah's most famous nor is it his best. It is terribly dated especially in its seeming indifference to the differences between Chinese and Japanese culture (both seem to be smooshed together with careless disregard) but having said that, this film is stlll a joy to watch, in part for the performances of Caan and Duvall as well as all of the great character actors in it (Bo Hopkins, Burt Young, Gig Young etc.), and in part for the story line itself of betrayal and of Caan's character fighting back against a disabling injury and using Chinese martial arts to transform himself... well worth a viewing or two...

  • The Killer Elite

    1
    By dec403
    One of the worst movies ever made! Minus 8 stars! My High School Marching band was tougher than these guys! The movie never gets off the ground and then gets worse. Pitiful.

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