Killer Elite (2011)

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris watch out for The Feather Men and discuss 2011's Killer Elite, which turned 15 this week. Jason Statham stars as Danny Bryce, a mercenary/assassin in the 1980s who hits his limit and retires to Australia. When his mentor Hunter (Robert De Niro) is kidnapped by a disgraced Sheikh (Rodney Afif) and forces Danny to kill the three SAS soldiers who killed his sons during the Dhofar Rebellion, making them look like accidents and filming confessions before they die, he reunites with his team, Davies (Dominic Purcell) and Meier (Aden Young), and plots and executes the hits, which draws the attention of a secret society of former SAS soldiers, The Feather Men, who dispatch Spike Logan (Clive Owen) to stop the attacks. Zach and Chris discuss the similarities to Statham's The Mechanic (which came out the same year), Statham fighting while tied to a chair, how much travel Statham is doing, the author of the book the movie is based on being a character in the movie, and more. You can watch Killer Elite on Peacock, Tubi, PlutoTV, The Roku Channel, YouTube, and more. Next week, we're kicking off October with a cult horror favorite: 1988's Pumpkinhead. We want to hear your comments and feedback. Send them all to [email protected]. Also, let us know your movie suggestions for discussion. Please subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts. You can also find the podcast on YouTube. Check us out on Twitter (@evaction), Facebook (www.facebook.com/everything.action), Threads, Bluesky, and Instagram (@everything.action).