Tag: garymckendry

What kind of action picture would you conjure up if you had Jason Statham, Clive Owen, and Robert De Niro at your disposal? Killer Elite features routine action that's enlivened by the performances of its three headliners. Yet the...

For the first ten minutes or so of its running time Gary McKendry's Killer Elite plays like the greatest film John McTiernan never made. The picture kicks off strong with a slick, tightly choreographed action sequence with just the right...

You know what pleases me about Gary McKendry's Killer Elite? All signs are that he understands what people want from an action film and - more importantly - doesn't confuse those desires for stupidity. He also, evidently, understands that people...

You know what's even better than an Expendables style round up of old action guys whose movies we used to love? Someone actually going out and making the type of movie that made us fall in love with all those...

Robert DeNiro throwing punches to the accompaniment of The Scorpions? Clive Owen rocking a bad mustache? Jason Statham being Jason Statham? It can only be the trailer - a ridiculous and ridiculously fun trailer, I might add - for Gary...