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Hi all, this tumblr mainly exists as a way of tracking all the movies I've been watching and some of the initial thoughts, and general feelings, I've had about them.

5/5 - Fantastic movies; movies which need to be seen and enjoyed by everyone.

4/5 - Movies which are very good but don’t have that spark which compels you to make others watch them as well.

3/5 - Average movies; watchable and enjoyable, but nothing which elevates them higher. The baseline all movies are given before watching.

2/5 - Can be watched but really bland and forgettable.

1/5 - Minimal to no reason to watch these films. It may have some redeeming factors e.g. it’s so bad it’s good or there’s one character that’s awesome enough to make it not a total waste of time.

0/5- Total waste of time. Nothing redeemable about these films.

As with every review blog/site, this is all my own personal opinion so feel free to take everything with a grain of salt.

Also I'm Scottish so all reviews will be in UK English. Get used to theatre, colour and words ending in -ised.

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#407/#124 Killer Elite In the 1980’s, recently retired assassin Danny (Jason Statham) is forced back into the game when his mentor and friend Hunter (Robert De Niro) is taken hostage by a powerful Oman Sheikh (Rodney Afifi). The Sheikh wishes for Danny to kill the three SAS officers responsible for killing the Shiekh’s three sons during the Dhofar Rebellion. Seeing no other option, Danny acquiesces but quickly finds himself on the radar of a shadowy group known as the Feathermen and former SAS officer Spike Logan (Clive Owen). This film is alright if you don’t go into it looking for anything too cerebral. It has a unique setting but a really cliche driven revenge/’i keep trying to get out but they keep pulling me back in’ plot. I was entertained the entire time I was watching it and it was suitably action packed with cool fights/stunts but there’s nothing really which distinguishes it from any other B movie action flick. Statham was Statham, Owen was Owen and De Niro was barely in it (and what he was in he seemed mostly out of place). There’s nothing wrong with it but there’s also nothing which elevates it above instantly forgettable 3/5.

#407/#124 Killer Elite

In the 1980’s, recently retired assassin Danny (Jason Statham) is forced back into the game when his mentor and friend Hunter (Robert De Niro) is taken hostage by a powerful Oman Sheikh (Rodney Afifi). The Sheikh wishes for Danny to kill the three SAS officers responsible for killing the Shiekh’s three sons during the Dhofar Rebellion. Seeing no other option, Danny acquiesces but quickly finds himself on the radar of a shadowy group known as the Feathermen and former SAS officer Spike Logan (Clive Owen).

This film is alright if you don’t go into it looking for anything too cerebral. It has a unique setting but a really cliche driven revenge/’i keep trying to get out but they keep pulling me back in’ plot. I was entertained the entire time I was watching it and it was suitably action packed with cool fights/stunts but there’s nothing really which distinguishes it from any other B movie action flick. Statham was Statham, Owen was Owen and De Niro was barely in it (and what he was in he seemed mostly out of place).

There’s nothing wrong with it but there’s also nothing which elevates it above instantly forgettable 3/5.

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