Sam Peckinpah is considered the father of today's violent movies. Although, one comment I have heard is that at least he always did it with a morality. This was very evident in this film, and made one think. I like it when Burt Young's character says 'with all these public disturbance violations, you'll get 100 years'. That is refreshing and insightful. No modern filmmaker thinks about how ridiculous it is for some characters to be destroying everything in their way to get to the "bad guys". Later on, Burt Young's character says 'no modern government cares about the security of it's people'. Absolutely correct on that one! This movie was very realistic and had a lot of great scenery of the San Francisco area. It also shows how so many in the espionage business get tired of being used by all sides for money and power. The only drawback was the ending. Showing the ninjas slowly moving out of the shadows of the ship's hull was silly. I did like the scene where James Caan's character shot is boss enough so he would live, but be injured. He wanted to show his boss how lightly he treated human life, and what it really was like being disabled by service in espionage.
Review of The Killer Elite
