Topic: Movie Review: The Mechanic

Movie Review

The Mechanic


Does Statham’s remake of the Bronson hitman pic hit its mark?

A remake of the 1972 movie of the same name starring Charles Bronson and Jan-Michael Vincent, The Mechanic stars Jason Statham as Arthur Bishop, a “mechanic” (elite hit man) renowned for his stealth and efficiency in eliminating targets. Bishop is a gun-for-hire for (what else?) a secretive, powerful agency connected to all the right people and institutions.

A loner whose only companionship is the occasional tryst with a hooker, the bayou-based Bishop’s world is rocked when his old mentor, Harry McKenna (Donald Sutherland), is killed. Reluctantly teaming with Harry’s ne’er-do-well, violent son Steve (Ben Foster), Bishop sets out to train his newfound protege in the deadly arts. Together, they’ll go after the agency (led by Tony Goldwyn in the thankless “soulless official” role, but who still gets to deliver the film’s most outrageously hilarious threat).

It may not be saying much, but The Mechanic is the best film director Simon West (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Con Air) has made. Infused with a smooth style and pacing perhaps resulting from its Louisiana locations, West delivers an action movie that’s a lot more dramatically effective and entertaining than its trailers and tired premise would lead you to believe.

Statham seems to know he has zero range, but he’s also one of the few true working action stars left and his low-talking, flat-delivery tough guy persona is actually quite fitting for a role previously played by Bronson. Statham knows how to kick ass six ways from Sunday, and he gets to do plenty of that here. He has decent enough chemistry with Foster and Sutherland, the latter essentially replaying his doomed mentor role from his last collaboration with Statham, The Italian Job. Sutherland, though, classes up most anything by his mere presence.

Foster provides viewers with his latest unhinged screen character, a sleazy but wounded soul whose alcohol consumption in this movie is almost of Barfly or Leaving Las Vegas proportions. Steve didn’t necessarily love his dad, but it was still his father and he’s not going to let his murder slide. His envy of Bishop being Harry’s “chosen one” more than he was is explicit, but he’s nevertheless enamored of Bishop’s lethal skill set. Foster’s first kill in the movie is an especially brutal one that literally drives home the point.

The tension between Statham and Foster is well done and gripping, but the action’s the real star here over the nuances of acting and writing. West and Co. fashion a number of high-octane set-pieces, including McKenna’s aforementioned first kill, a botched assault in a high-rise, and the climactic attack on the agency. While The Mechanic doesn’t retool the formula of a hit man movie, it certainly serves it up better than expected.

by Jim Vejvoda

By Asha D

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By X-PASTER

Wakati mwingie nadhani ni vema ku review movie za kibongo, may be wanaweza kujirekebisha na kutengeneza filamu zilizo bora siku za mbeleni.

Wazo zuri, lakini wanapenda kusoma ili kujifunza? Manake utafikiri 'haambiliki fulani'? Unless unaandaa kongamano/warsha/semina kuwaelekeza.

By Dina

Wazo zuri, lakini wanapenda kusoma ili kujifunza? Manake utafikiri 'haambiliki fulani'? Unless unaandaa kongamano/warsha/semina kuwaelekeza.

Ni kweli maneno yako, kiukweli hawa ndugu zetu wanajiona ndio mastaa na ndio kila kitu, jana nilikuwa naangalia moja ya mahojiano ya mmoja wa waigizaji, nikashangaa sana na majibu yake, ebu pitia hapa na kisha utoe maoni yako.

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By The Finest

You wont regret watching it pia tafuta FAST FIVE cast waliomo kwenye hiyo movie ni VIN DIESEL, PAUL WALKER, JORDANA BREWSTER, TYRESE GIBSON, LUDACRIS. Pia movie ya PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES ya Johnny Depp

Siku hii uliponiambia nitafute fast five, niliagiza mtu akaninunulie the movie...
only to find i had watched it over a friends place but did not know the name,
the last weekend i managed to watch I am number Four it was fun plus nilii
enjoy zaidi kumkuta one of he jamaa i like (Timothy Olyphant wa HIT MAN - Hope umeangalia this movie)...
Enways I am number Four was cool.

By Asha D

Siku hii uliponiambia nitafute fast five, niliagiza mtu akaninunulie the movie...
only to find i had watched it over a friends place but did not know the name,
the last weekend i managed to watch I am number Four it was fun plus nilii
enjoy zaidi kumkuta one of he jamaa i like (Timothy Olyphant wa HIT MAN - Hope umeangalia this movie)...
Enways I am number Four was cool.

I knew you would love I AM NUMBER FOUR,Hit Man tena i watched it several times have you watched WAKE WOOD????

By The Finest

I knew you would love I AM NUMBER FOUR,Hit Man tena i watched it several times have you watched WAKE WOOD????

Yes to all... NO to WAKE WOOD, what sort of movie is it?

By Asha D

Yes to all... NO to WAKE WOOD, what sort of movie is it?

MOVIE: WAKE WOOD (2011)
DIRECTOR: DAVID KEATING
SYNOPSIS: Still grieving the death of their only child Alice at the jaws of crazed dog, vet Patrick and Pharmacist Louise relocate to the remote town of Wake Wood where a local pagan ritual gives them three more precious days with her(Alice). But what will they do when it's time for their new daughter to go back??

By The Finest

MOVIE: WAKE WOOD (2011)
DIRECTOR: DAVID KEATING
SYNOPSIS: Still grieving the death of their only child Alice at the jaws of crazed dog, vet Patrick and Pharmacist Louise relocate to the remote town of Wake Wood where a local pagan ritual gives them three more precious days with her(Alice). But what will they do when it's time for their new daughter to go back??

Will look for it! Sort of a horror eeeh??

By Asha D

Will look for it! Sort of a horror eeeh??

Naona umeanza kuogopa sasa lol!!!! ni Horror, Drama, Suspense and Thriller sijui utaweza kucombine vyote hivyo, halafu tafuta YOGI BEAR uangalie it's a comic and comedy movie u'll just love it

By The Finest

Naona umeanza kuogopa sasa lol!!!! ni Horror, Drama, Suspense and Thriller sijui utaweza kucombine vyote hivyo, halafu tafuta YOGI BEAR uangalie it's a comic and comedy movie u'll just love it

Hapa sasa we are liberated....lol...
Hiyo YOGI BEAR last time when buying movies
nakumbuka uli recommend but i had completely forgotten the name..
I want my lunch! Am hungry....lol

I must watch 'I am number four' fast five its just a fine movie,n what abt a new'Bourne...' from Matt,is it out yet?

By jojobingo

I must watch 'I am number four' fast five its just a fine movie,n what abt a new'Bourne...' from Matt,is it out yet?

That is all new to me... wanataka kutoa zaidi ya Ultimatum ya 3??

Ninaposoma hii review ya Movie nazidi kuwa-interested na movie mbalimbali ambazo members wa JF wanaziongelea.

Nina ombi moja, Je ni wapi hapa Dar es salaam ninapoweza kununua au kukodi Movie hizo?

Naomba mnielekeze, they are very interesting.

By MBANINO

Ninaposoma hii review ya Movie nazidi kuwa-interested na movie mbalimbali ambazo members wa JF wanaziongelea. Nina ombi moja, Je ni wapi hapa Dar es salaam ninapoweza kununua au kukodi Movie hizo?
Naomba mnielekeze, they are very interesting.

Inategemea wewe access yako rahisi ni wapi/vipi wengine wanapata ilokua downloaded
wengine wananunua zipo kilo corner ya Dar, Posta, Kariakoo, Ubungo hizo ni biggest centers
In special cases kwa mtu anae fuatilia saana movies hua na mtu anae mzoea ili zikitoka
napewa fidbak kua kuna movie imetoka... kama nafasi ipo unaenda Cinema pale
M-city au pale Mwenge ni maamuzi yako...

By jojobingo

I must watch 'I am number four' fast five its just a fine movie,n what abt a new'Bourne...' from Matt,is it out yet?

I am not sure kama new Bourne imetoka

By Asha D

Hapa sasa we are liberated....lol...
Hiyo YOGI BEAR last time when buying movies
nakumbuka uli recommend but i had completely forgotten the name..
I want my lunch! Am hungry....lol

Halafu nilikuwa narudia kuangalia the Godfather Part 1 ya 1972 halafu Part 2 ya 1974 na Part 3 ya 1990 hizi movie za enzi hizo uki-compare na teknolojia ya sasa hivi unaweza kuwa unacheka tu, lakini when you look back unagundua kuwa kipindi hicho teknolojia waliyokuwa wanatumia ndio kama vili ilikuwa latest in those years hebu imagine movie ya 1972 halafu na the way they dressed kwenye Godfather.

Lunch on the way..

By Asha D

Inategemea wewe access yako rahisi ni wapi/vipi wengine wanapata ilokua downloaded
wengine wananunua zipo kilo corner ya Dar, Posta, Kariakoo, Ubungo hizo ni biggest centers
In special cases kwa mtu anae fuatilia saana movies hua na mtu anae mzoea ili zikitoka
napewa fidbak kua kuna movie imetoka... kama nafasi ipo unaenda Cinema pale
M-city au pale Mwenge ni maamuzi yako...

Pale Mwenge wanaonyesha za kidosi tu.

By The Finest

I am not sure kama new Bourne imetoka

Kwa hiyo you are seconding the fact kua its no. 4 is on the way???

By The Finest

Halafu nilikuwa narudia kuangalia the Godfather Part 1 ya 1972 halafu Part 2 ya 1974 na Part 3 ya 1990 hizi movie za enzi hizo uki-compare na teknolojia ya sasa hivi unaweza kuwa unacheka tu, lakini when you look back unagundua kuwa kipindi hicho teknolojia waliyokuwa wanatumia ndio kama vili ilikuwa latest in those years hebu imagine movie ya 1972 halafu na the way they dressed kwenye Godfather.

Lunch on the way..

Don't tempt me... I love all the Dons...lol.. I know you may not get me for they are
considered more of men's movies .. But hapo sichock.. mpaka sasa sielewi mara ngapi i
have watched... in number one i love the fact dogo aloonekana mjinga na weak in the whole
family just proved to be man enough than any other sons...

Almost giving up on the lunch...