Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Killer Elite A Novel by Killer Elite. Killer Elite is a 2011 action film starring , , , Yvonne Strahovski, and Dominic Purcell. The film is based on the 1991 novel The Feather Men by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, and is directed by Gary McKendry. In 1980, assassins Danny Bryce (Jason Statham), Hunter (Robert De Niro), Davies (Dominic Purcell), and Meier (Aden Young) are in Mexico to assassinate a man. Danny unwittingly kills him in front of his young child, then is injured during the getaway. Affected by this outcome, Danny retires and returns to his native Australia. One year later, Danny is summoned to Oman where Hunter is being held captive. He meets with the Agent (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), who arranges missions for killers, and learns that Hunter accepted a $6 million job but failed to accomplish it. If Danny doesn't complete Hunter's mission, Hunter will be executed. Danny is introduced to Sheikh Amr, a deposed king of a small region of Oman who wants Danny to kill three former SAS agents—Steven Harris (), Steven Cregg, and Simon McCann—for killing his three eldest sons during the Dhofar Rebellion. Danny must videotape their confessions and make their deaths look like accidents, and he must do it before the terminally ill Sheikh dies. This will allow the Sheikh's fourth son, Bakhait (Firass Dirani), to regain control of the desert region his father had ruled. If Danny fails, Hunter will be killed. Danny reunites with Davies and Meier. They agree to help him in exchange for a share of the money. As Danny and Meier sneak into the house of their first target, Steven Harris, in Oman, Davies questions local bar patrons about former SAS members. This is reported to the Feathermen, a secret society of former operatives protecting their own. Their head enforcer, Spike Logan (Clive Owen), is sent to investigate. After Harris has confessed on videotape, Danny and Meier take him to the bathroom. Their plan is to break his neck using a hammer with tiles similar to those of the bathroom floor to make it appear that Harris slipped and broke his neck. Danny is distracted by the arrival of Harris's girlfriend and when he returns to the bathroom he finds that Meier was forced to kill Harris hastily in a struggle. Back in London, Davies discovers the second target, Steven Cregg, preparing for a long nighttime march in wintry weather at a local SAS base. Davies pretends to be a civilian having car problems outside the base's fence, allowing Danny to infiltrate the base. There he drugs Cregg's coffee to induce shock and cause Cregg to die of hypothermia during the march. Danny, in uniform, follows Cregg on the march, and a delirious Cregg confesses on videotape to Danny before he dies. Going to their last target, Simon McCann, currently a mercenary, they rig a truck to respond to remote control with the help of a new and inexperienced team member, Jake (Michael Dorman). As McCann is on his way to a fake job interview, Meier and Jake take control of the truck from another car and cause it to move in front of McCann's car, killing him. However, Logan and his men were watching over McCann. A gun fight in the docks ensues, and Meier is accidentally killed by Jake due to his lack of experience. Danny and Davies decide that the case is over, and they part ways. Davies is soon hit by a truck and killed while being chased by Logan's men. Danny returns to Oman and gives the Sheikh the last taped confession, which he has faked. Hunter is released and returns to his family, while Danny heads back to Australia and reunites with Anne (Yvonne Strahovski), a childhood acquaintance. Soon, he is informed by the Agent that there is one last man who participated in the Sheikh's sons' murders and that this man, Ranulph Fiennes, is about to release a book about his experiences as a member of the SAS. Danny tells Anne to go to France with Hunter to protect her while he carries out the last job. The Sheikh’s son confirms that Harris was an innocent man. Logan, meanwhile, traces Danny through the Agent and sends a team to protect the author, but Jake distracts them, allowing Danny to infiltrate the building and shoot the author. He chooses to only wound the author, however, but takes pictures that appear to show him dead. Logan chases and captures Danny, taking him to an abandoned warehouse, but he is interrupted when an agent from the British government arrives and reveals that the British government is behind the events because of the Sheikh's valuable oil reserves. A three-way battle ensues, with Danny escaping and Logan shooting the government agent. Danny and Hunter head to Oman to give the Sheikh the pictures. However, Logan arrives first and confronts the Sheikh, telling him that the pictures are fake and then stabbing him to death. The Sheikh's son does not care and gives the money, which was intended for Danny and Hunter, to Logan. Hunter spots Logan leaving, and they chase after him, along with the Sheikh's men. After stopping the Sheikh's men, Danny and Hunter confront Logan on a desert road. Danny says that Logan can keep the money (though Hunter takes some of the money for his expenses and his family). They give Logan the remainder, telling him that he'll need it to start a new life away from the government after killing the government agent and acting against the wishes of the Feathermen and the British government. Danny says that it's over for him and that Logan must make up his own mind. They leave him there, saying they'll send a cab for him from the airport. Danny meets with Anne in France to start a new life. [PDF] Killer Elite: A Novel Book by Ranulph Fiennes Free Download (384 pages) Free download or read online Killer Elite: A Novel pdf (ePUB) book. The first edition of the novel was published in September 30th 1991, and was written by Ranulph Fiennes. The book was published in multiple languages including , consists of 384 pages and is available in ebook format. The main characters of this fiction, thriller story are , . The book has been awarded with , and many others. Killer Elite: A Novel PDF Details. Author: Ranulph Fiennes Original Title: Killer Elite: A Novel Book Format: ebook Number Of Pages: 384 pages First Published in: September 30th 1991 Latest Edition: September 6th 2011 category: fiction, thriller, war, military fiction, war, adventure, action, historical, audiobook, media tie in, mystery, crime Formats: ePUB(Android), audible mp3, audiobook and kindle. 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The espionage film Killer Elite , starring Jason Statham and Robert De Niro, is being billed as “based on a true story.” But world-famous explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, the author of the book on which the film is based, tells Marlow Stern his story was “all fiction.” Marlow Stern. Senior Entertainment Editor. Tim Ireland, PA / Landov. In the trailer for the espionage film Killer Elite , which includes Jason Statham flipping on top of Clive Owen while tied to a chair before jumping through a glass window, a 68-year-old Robert De Niro kicking the asses of people less than half his age armed with only his jacket, and explosions galore, it says in big, bold letters “BASED ON A TRUE STORY.” Wait …what? The film, in theaters now, is based on Sir Ranulph Fiennes’s controversial 1991 novel The Feather Men , about four British Army soldiers, including a pair of SAS agents, who are assassinated by a hit squad in retaliation for the murder of the son of a Dubai sheikh, who was killed in Oman by British Army forces. A shadow organization called “The Feather Men,” which exists to protect ex-SAS operatives, then sends out hit men of their own to protect the targets. The book stirred up major controversy upon its release, as Fiennes claimed it was based on real events, and at one point, went so far as to claim that he himself was targeted by the hit squad—dubbed “The Clinic” in the book—and saved by “The Feather Men.” But is there any truth to Fiennes’s story? In an interview with The Daily Beast, the 67-year-old author—who is not only a former SAS operative but also arguably the world’s greatest living explorer—opens up about what inspired him to write The Feather Men . He talks about why he’s upset with the film, how he was almost cast as James Bond, his famous actor cousins, and what scares him. Why did you decide to join the SAS (Special Air Service)? I thought I’d join them because I was very bored with the Cold War in Germany and the constant tank training and gunnery with tanks in the British Army. We were there to defend the Warsaw Pact, and when someone attacked, we would deal with them. And they never did attack! So it was boring. And you specialized in demolitions? When you go into a regiment like the SAS you have a choice of four different specialties: jungle, mountain warfare, and so on, and I went for “demolition.” I just preferred it to the others. With mountain warfare I get vertigo and parachuting I get vertigo. But you’ve climbed Mt. Everest three times! But anybody who climbs Everest knows that there aren’t drops. It isn’t like a big cliff where you look down and there’s a void. On Everest, if you look down there’s a gentle, white shoulder sloping away. I heard of this great story that when you were in the SAS, you and a friend blew up an ugly dam that the movie studio had built for the film Doctor Doolittle. That was 20th Century Fox, and a schoolmate of mine was selling wine in a lovely village, Wiltshire, which had been voted Europe’s “prettiest village,” and the villagers were complaining to the studio that they had dammed up their little street to make a lake for filming, and showed no signs of promising to remove it after they left. So he decided to make that complaint known generally by blowing up the dam at the mouth of the 20th Century Fox lake. He telephoned me to ask if I would help having done an explosives course in the army very recently. We were taught in the army to blow up as much as was possible using as little explosives as possible, and I was fairly good at this so I had quite a lot leftover. Maybe this was incorrect but I kept it instead of signing it into Her Majesty. On the subject of films, you were also one of the final choices to replace George Lazenby as James Bond in Live and Let Die . There were about 250 people who auditioned in London with Guy Hamilton, the director, and I somehow got into the final six. Then, I was looked at by Cubby Broccoli [producer], and he didn’t even attempt to be polite. He said to Hamilton, looking at me, “This guy looks like a farmer and his hands look like a farmer’s hands.” Roger Moore got the job instead. But the trip down to London from the North of Scotland that was paid for by 20th Century Fox enabled me to do my first big expedition with the BBC. It was in Northern Canada—British Columbia—and was the first river journey from their northern border with the Yukon, to their southern border with the United States, entirely by nine rivers. And you’re related to the actors—and brothers—Ralph Fiennes and Joseph Fiennes. Ralph’s grandfather was the younger brother of my grandfather. There were eight children and our grandfathers were some of them. Ralph is great. He’s recently given a lot of money to a charity I run for cancer, and Joseph I’ve only met once or twice. I don’t know him very well. Fifteen years ago, I thought it would be nice if Ralph was in the film version [ Killer Elite ] of the book that I wrote [ The Feather Men ], but it didn’t work out. I haven’t yet seen it, though. But a friend of mine in Pittsburgh who did see it said he didn’t like the guy who played me before I ended up dead. I don’t understand this! I don’t see how I could be in the film, or how I could be dead! Who would you want to play you in a movie? Cousin Ralph! He did once do a film called The English Patient , and an attractive lady at a lecture I was giving once told me, “You know, you look exactly like your cousin Ralph in The English Patient .” I thought that was very nice. And she then said, “After he had the accident.” So that wasn’t so good. Ouch. So why did you end up transferring to Oman, where much of The Feather Men is set? When I was thrown out of the SAS for misuse of explosives on civilian property [for the dam incident], I was thrown back to Germany and the tanks. I tried to escape after a year, and one of the people in that regiment that had been to the then-secret war in Oman, let me know that it was a wonderful place to be and so, having been taught Arabic, I went out there. What inspired you to write The Feather Men ? Now that you’ve started to ask me about the book, my answers to your questions will become evasive. Do the best you can. When the book came out 20 years ago, on the cover in big letters it said, “Fact or Fiction?” It left it to the reader to decide whether it was fact or fiction, but it complicated the issue by putting photographs of people with a lot of real names in the book. It was probably confusing to readers as to what was fact and what was fiction. I had chose to change my mind from time-to-time in terms of answering people, and at the moment, I choose to say that the book, and therefore the film, are total fiction. In 20 years time, I might change my mind. The idea was to sell more books and at the time, the person who was going to put new books in the bookshop was told to put it in the “fiction” side of the shop or the “non-fiction” side of the shop, and at the time people only read one or the other, so if you put it on both sides of the shop you got both sets of book buyers. You had previously claimed in interviews around the time of the book’s release that this shadow organization called “The Feather Men,” which protected ex-SAS operatives, did exist. If I did, that’s what I did. Yes. But I’m telling you now that it was all fiction. How do you feel about the film Killer Elite being marketed as “based on a true story?” The publishers and literary agents have written to them and said it was quite clear that they shouldn’t have done that, and that they should change it to words like “inspired by” instead of “based on.” Maybe they’ll change it, but I don’t know. There was also an incident where you were confronted by the angry mother of one of the real-life men in the book who you claimed was murdered, when he wasn’t. There was a guy who I said was killed in the U.K. in very bad weather in Wales on the mountains during an SAS selection course, and I’m saying that he wasn’t killed. He died of hypothermia up there, and that is what the inquest said. At the time I wrote the book, I went to the lady in question and showed her the text of the book because Bloomsbury, who later published the Harry Potter books, would not publish the book unless the next of kin of the dead officers signed every page of what I was saying about their late relatives. I still possess the signatures in question. That lady signed every page, and when this film came out recently and a newspaper asked her about it, she said that I never correlated the text with her. I’ve found her signature and showed it to her, and she apologized and said it was a long time ago and she had forgotten about it. Were you always adventurous, even from a young age? No. I was once in South Africa and not collected from school when I was 6 years old, and apparently I walked all the way back home. There was that. Also, Cape Town was discovered by Jan van Riebeeck and so every 100 years on the day that he discovered Cape Town, they have a thing called the Van Riebeeck Festival. I was taken there at 8 years old by my mom’s good friend and neighbor, and she took me there and she said, “This is called a ‘rickshaw,’ and this guy is a Zulu,” and he’s six-foot-nine with his ostrich feathers on, and I looked up at this big black guy and I screamed and said I wasn’t going to go on the rickshaw. Lastly, you’ve climbed Everest three times, served in the SAS and embarked on dangerous expeditions all over the world. What scares you? My wife’s driving. If I’m not in control and she’s driving, that does. But if I make comments she shuts me up, so that makes me horrified. 'Killer Elite' Review. Is 'Killer Elite,' the directorial debut of Gary McKendry, based on the novel by Ranulph Fiennes, an exciting dramatic thriller or just a flimsy excuse for Clive Owen and Jason Statham to beat each other up? Read our review. Screen Rant's Ben Kendrick reviews Killer Elite. If there's one thing that star Jason Statham is known for it's straightforward anti-heroes that get caught up in balls-to-the-wall action set-pieces. With a pedigree that includes The Expendables , Crank , The Italian Job , The Transporter , and Snatch , it's no surprise that even his "based on a true story" (emphasis on based ) Killer Elite film contains plenty of larger-than-life action. At first glance, in a movie industry riddled with remakes, some filmgoers might assume that Killer Elite, is actually a reimagining of the 1975 film, The Killer Elite , starring James Caan and Robert Duvall from director Sam Peckinpah ( Straw Dogs ). However, Stathams's Killer Elite is completely unrelated to the earlier film and is actually an adaptation based loosely on the events detailed in Sir Ranulph Fiennes' novel, The Feather Men . The novel itself, especially Fiennes' claim that the book was "based on actual events," caused plenty of controversy around the time of its publication - and continues to be a source of tension today. Is the film version an equally provocative action flick with compelling drama or just an excuse for Clive Owen and Jason Statham to beat each-other up? There's no doubt that Killer Elite is going to satisfy a lot of Jason Statham faithfuls as well as fans of practical effects-driven action films. However, even though there are a decent number of heavy-hitting action set-pieces, Killer Elite is a narrative mess that convolutes a pretty straight-forward plot with loads of bizarre character relationships and added "drama" in an attempt to elevate the film beyond a throwaway action experience. The basic plot of Killer Elite is simple enough, contract killer Danny Bryce (Jason Statham) attempts to get out of the "game" after a job in Mexico turns ugly. That is, until his closest friend and mentor, Hunter (Robert De Niro) is captured by a rich Dubai sheikh. In order to free his friend, Bryce must succeed in completing Hunter's assignment - to kill three British Special Air Service (SAS) agents responsible for murdering the sheikh's three oldest sons in cold blood. Bryce quickly assembles a team and gets to work - subsequently drawing the attention of former SAS operative, Spike Logan (Clive Owen) who will stop at nothing to protect the soldiers. It's a pretty basic plot - until the film attempts to pull in a series of side stories, including government conspiracy, a secret society, and even a romantic through-line - all of which require on-the-nose and disjointed exposition that weighs down any potential for dramatic tension. Instead of a tightly-wound action adventure film with a bit of added political intrigue or compelling character relationships, Killer Elite lumbers along for 105 minutes - saddled with too much time spent as Statham stares out airplane windows (cue flashbacks) and Owen converses with greying bureaucrats. It's unfortunate because there are some genuinely fun character moments that shine through all of the anticlimactic drama - specifically any time De Niro is on screen. Not only is it fun to see the aged star in a role where he can genuinely kick ass, the veteran's on-screen presence helps buoy some of the performances from his colleagues. Statham and De Niro, have an especially enjoyable connection and watching the two trade barbs or fight together is surprisingly fun (and believable). Sadly, the same can't be said for the dynamic between Statham and Owen, whose scenes mostly amount to verbal pissing contests that sometimes result in the pair throwing each other around for a few minutes. The various "missions" are, for the most part, diverse and interesting enough to keep moviegoers invested - each of the contracts has to confess to killing one of the sheikh's sons and Bryce has to make each death look like an accident. However, it can be hard to suspend disbelief from time to time - considering Bryce's team is supposed to include some of the slickest killers on the planet. Davies (Dominic Purcell), often referred to as the Welshmen in the film, is enjoyable to watch but unbelievably clumsy for someone who is supposed to be successfully going head-to-head with SAS agents. Similarly, some of the more difficult to explain elements of the film occur off-screen, such as one of the SAS soldier's confessions. These scenes are, for lack of a better term, cop-outs and, as a result, fail to pay off built up tension - instead of rising to the occasion and delivering believable and satisfying "in the moment" drama. That said, the biggest problem is the pacing - which, coupled with the convoluted segments of the plot, rob the film of any narrative momentum. Killer Elite frequently jumps timeframes and locales - and as a result of various unfolding plot elements in the final act push out one anti-climax after another. Audience members will be nervous when they aren't supposed to be or blindsided by terribly handled, and uninspired, twists that are poorly developed throughout the larger narrative. Despite a solid Statham-esque chase sequence mid-way through act three, the closing minutes of Killer Elite fall pretty flat - not to mention fail to make good on all that time spent ruminating on competing political motives. Fans of Jason Statham will no doubt have some fun with Killer Elite and there's one show-stopping moment in the first Statham/Owen brawl that will certainly get a reaction from audiences, but for anyone looking for either an over-the-top action flick or a smart-witted political thriller, the film fails to live up to the sum of its respective parts. What's left is a cartoony and messy narrative that is mostly style over substance - a similar criticism to the ones, coincidentally, that have been used in attempt to discredit the validity of Fiennes' Feather Men tell-all and/or novel. If you’re still on the fence about Killer Elite , check out the trailer below: Follow me on Twitter @benkendrick - and let us know what you thought of the film below: Killer Elite is now in theaters. Killer Elite by Ranulph Fiennes (2011, Mass Market, Media tie-in) С самой низкой ценой, совершенно новый, неиспользованный, неоткрытый, неповрежденный товар в оригинальной упаковке (если товар поставляется в упаковке). Упаковка должна быть такой же, как упаковка этого товара в розничных магазинах, за исключением тех случаев, когда товар является изделием ручной работы или был упакован производителем в упаковку не для розничной продажи, например в коробку без маркировки или в пластиковый пакет. См. подробные сведения с дополнительным описанием товара.