Killer Elite wants to be two different movies in one – a tense, calculating thriller purportedly based on a true story; and an outrageous action extravaganza with all the usual (and expensive) bells and whistles, from explosions and shoot-outs to car chases and death-defying stunts . Both movies can be believable in their own worlds, but trying to mix them proves problematic and yields a mostly generic experience, one that doesn’t give us much to care for or get excited about.

Jason Statham and Robert De Niro play Danny and Hunter, a pair of highly-trained, covert operatives who take various assassination jobs around the world. The opening finds them in Mexico, where with the rest of their killing team – Davies (Dominic Purcell) and Meier (Aden Young) – they’re about to take out a Mexican politician. All goes according to plan until Danny sees a young boy riding in the same car as the target, which suddenly has him questioning his career and lifestyle. He takes a bullet to the arm before telling Hunter he wants out of the business.
“Killer Elite” was fun and has a good cast, with very satisfying performances. Although it’s not quite what you would call “original” in its story line area, (not that every movie we see has to be completely “original”) Killer Elite keeps your attention. “It is a movie with the “Punch First Think Later” action formula that we all know. It’s fun to see action veterans De Niro, Staham, and Owen jumping into the screen shooting and fighting each other, but their all kinda….outdated. You would watch it with your friends or yourself for manliness.

Drive is the story of a Hollywood stunt driver by day, a loner by nature, who moonlights as a top-notch getaway driver-for-hire in the criminal underworld. He finds himself a target for some of LA’s most dangerous men after agreeing to aid the husband of his beautiful neighbor, Irene. When the job goes dangerously awry, the only way he can keep Irene and her son alive is to do what he does best—Drive.
However, I don’t understand why this movie has so many haters. The movie’s remarkable and I’ve watched it with pleasure. Every take was well thought out. Play of lights, positions of actors, their gestures and facial expressions where charming. Someone said there is lack of dialogs. I don’t agree – the action was focused on a driver who has been played rather as a silent person but with strong personality. These tricks I mentioned above were enough to tell me a full plot. And the storyline was really absorbing.
I’m getting sick of these near-silent movies punctuated with 4 minutes of dialogue every 15 minutes. And Drive falls into this category. Why doesn’t anyone really talk unless they are getting beaten or shot. The premise of the movie is great, but the the screenplay is lacking and what you remain with is an empty movie with a few outstanding moments. All in all, Drive is better watched on a sick day..when u are actually sick and could care less what happens!