 | Critic's Rating: *** Cast: Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland Direction: Simon West Genre: Action Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes Readers Rating: ***1/2  |
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Story: Arthur Bishop is a professional, high profile hit man who's always on the look out for deadly missions. He bumps into one when his assignment involves killing his mentor and close friend, Harry. But that's not the end of a relationship, rather the beginning of a new chapter in his life...
Movie Review: This 1972 (Mechanic) remake once again reiterates the job of a mechanic -- Do what a mechanic does with perfection even if it means killing someone. And kill, this mechanic, Arthur (Jason Statham) does with style and panache. Not to miss out, the perfect timing, perfect scenic beauty, perfect murder and perfect attitude -- each murder calls for some music on Arthur's good 'ol gramophone. Even when it comes to the job of our mechanic, there's variety. Sometimes it's projected as ``an accident'', sometimes in a way that ``others become suspects'' and sometimes ``to clearly send the message of ``who-dunnit-why-dunnit''.
Brimming with action, bombs, blasts, babes, guns, cutting-edge techniques, what's-next moments... The Mechanic has enough to pump your adrenalin levels. Statham's Arthur is quintessential Statham: a man of few words and more action, and always invincible as he ducks and deals out death with cold precision.
This one's a sure-watch for Statham fans. Of course don't commit the folly of watching the 1972 version before this because Jason Statham can never stand up to Charles Bronson.
Movie Review: This 1972 (Mechanic) remake once again reiterates the job of a mechanic -- Do what a mechanic does with perfection even if it means killing someone. And kill, this mechanic, Arthur (Jason Statham) does with style and panache. Not to miss out, the perfect timing, perfect scenic beauty, perfect murder and perfect attitude -- each murder calls for some music on Arthur's good 'ol gramophone. Even when it comes to the job of our mechanic, there's variety. Sometimes it's projected as ``an accident'', sometimes in a way that ``others become suspects'' and sometimes ``to clearly send the message of ``who-dunnit-why-dunnit''.
Brimming with action, bombs, blasts, babes, guns, cutting-edge techniques, what's-next moments... The Mechanic has enough to pump your adrenalin levels. Statham's Arthur is quintessential Statham: a man of few words and more action, and always invincible as he ducks and deals out death with cold precision.
This one's a sure-watch for Statham fans. Of course don't commit the folly of watching the 1972 version before this because Jason Statham can never stand up to Charles Bronson.
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