Killer Elite

Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret military society. Covering the globe from Australia to Paris, London and the Middle East, Danny and Hunter are plunged into a highly dangerous game of cat and mouse—where the predators become the prey.

Critics largely dismissed Killer Elite as a formulaic action thriller squandering its headline cast, though a minority found genuine craft in the direction. The gap between the poor critical reception and a moderately engaged audience suggests the film works better as a genre exercise than as cinema.