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 jojobingo

sure Bourne 4 without matt its awfull...i watched "i am number four" dah it was awesome and great scene when number six appeared to save number four..

Yeah...i hope there‘ll be a part to so we can get yo see the rest of ‘em.I just finished watching THE HIT LIST -Cuba Gooding !It‘s about a crazy guy that offers another guy to kill five people that are making his life hard at a bar.Really interesting.....it got me thinking what if i was the one in that position!Nwy you guys should definately see it if you haven‘t seen it yet.

By Lizzy

Nawaona partner na Fynest mmekua busy sana hapa!!

Well mi wiki hii ndo nimepata muda kweli wa kukaa chini na kuangalia movie kwa utulivu bila presha...Juzi nimeangalia LIMITLESS...kinda interesting ...alafu nikaangalia THE A-TEAM which i enjoyed even more for they spoke swahili a lil bit....next nikaangalia THE MECHANICS..awsome movie but the ending wasn‘t very satisfying.I didn‘t want Steve to die but then atleast Arthur survived.Next on the list was I AM NUMBER FOUR...seriously i really hope there will be a part two maana ilinikosha!

Nyie mnaoongolea Bourne kama Matt hatakiwamo sidhani kama itanoga.Yeye ndo aliyefanya zile nyingine zikawa nzuri.

Dah! Partner Lizzy you can not imagine my furaha to find you here wish I was hapa sooner.. habari yako bana!!!

enways let bygones be bygones… Nashukuru maana wewe umekuja hapa naona nitakua na guts za kuzungumzia girl considered movies… akina The Finest, Eqlyps wako tu interested na za vidume…lol… si umeona the way m thread ulivyoenda… hakuna kusikia mtu akizungumzia The Romantics or labda Life as we know it…hahaha..

Mpenzi kila nimuulizae jamani umeangalia LIMITLESS Jibu hua hapana nimeacha kuuliza kuepusha disappointment… But hapa Partner am proud umetaja umeangalia… napenda the way Yule kaka falla aliweza rise na kua na a limitless access of knowledge, success na maneuver…hahah.. you have to tell me uliipendea nini.. mimi kingine namkubali na kumpenda saana Robert De Niro kuliko hata mhusika mwenyewe Bradley Cooper….

By Asha D

Dah! Partner Lizzy you can not imagine my furaha to find you here wish I was hapa sooner.. habari yako bana!!!enways let bygones be bygones… Nashukuru maana wewe umekuja hapa naona nitakua na guts za kuzungumzia girl considered movies… akina The Finest, Eqlyps wako tu interested na za vidume…lol… si umeona the way m thread ulivyoenda… hakuna kusikia mtu akizungumzia The Romantics or labda Life as we know it…hahaha..Mpenzi kila nimuulizae jamani umeangalia LIMITLESS Jibu hua hapana nimeacha kuuliza kuepusha disappointment… But hapa Partner am proud umetaja umeangalia… napenda the way Yule kaka falla aliweza rise na kua na a limitless access of knowledge, success na maneuver…hahah.. you have to tell me uliipendea nini.. mimi kingine namkubali na kumpenda saana Robert De Niro kuliko hata mhusika mwenyewe Bradley Cooper….

Good to have you back partner!!Kweli De Niro killed it.Nadhani kilichonifanya niipende ni vile the whole thing seems original.Inakufanya ufikirie vitu ambavyo katika hali ya kawaida you woldn‘t!!Hehhhe lazima tuwafunike hawa wanaojifanya na “muscular“ movie zao.Baadae kidogo nataka kuangalia THE DILLEMA...kama hujaiona inahusu marafiki wawili ambao mmoja amegundua mke wa mwenzie anacheat sasa hajui kama amwambie rafiki yake au la.Ndani yupo Kevin Vaughn na Kevin James kwahiyo kucheka kutakuwepo sana!!

By Lizzy

Good to have you back partner!!Kweli De Niro killed it.Nadhani kilichonifanya niipende ni vile the whole thing seems original.Inakufanya ufikirie vitu ambavyo katika hali ya kawaida you woldn‘t!!Hehhhe lazima tuwafunike hawa wanaojifanya na “muscular“ movie zao.Baadae kidogo nataka kuangalia THE DILLEMA...kama hujaiona inahusu marafiki wawili ambao mmoja amegundua mke wa mwenzie anacheat sasa hajui kama amwambie rafiki yake au la.Ndani yupo Kevin Vaughn na Kevin James kwahiyo kucheka kutakuwepo sana!!

Leo nimeamini kweli wewe ni Partner wa damu... nakwambia nimeangalia dilema juzi, sitasema mengi ngoja uangalie then we will talk..
Ukisha angalia naomba niambie wewe umeionaje na tutakutania kwa Eqlyps maana katoa uzi kwa ajili ya hii kazi na ma movie yoote ya kidume mno... will be waiting.... I can only say utaipenda...

By Asha D

Leo nimeamini kweli wewe ni Partner wa damu... nakwambia nimeangalia dilema juzi, sitasema mengi ngoja uangalie then we will talk..Ukisha angalia naomba niambie wewe umeionaje na tutakutania kwa Eqlyps maana katoa uzi kwa ajili ya hii kazi na ma movie yoote ya kidume mno... will be waiting.... I can only say utaipenda...

Yani partner unanipenda mpaka hujataka kunirekebisha...in meant Vince Vaughn!!Ngoja niingalie sasa hivi...

By Lizzy

Yani partner unanipenda mpaka hujataka kunirekebisha...in meant Vince Vaughn!!Ngoja niingalie sasa hivi...

ha ha ha... I know you know... jinsi ulivyo eleza mtu ambae hapendi movies
haweza gusa baadhi ya vitu umegusa... sio ndg zetu wale kua tuatapatia
names all the time....lol

By Asha D

ha ha ha... I know you know... jinsi ulivyo eleza mtu ambae hapendi movies
haweza gusa baadhi ya vitu umegusa... sio ndg zetu wale kua tuatapatia
names all the time....lol

Have you watched RANGO it's very funny you'll like it

By Lizzy

Yani partner unanipenda mpaka hujataka kunirekebisha...in meant Vince Vaughn!!Ngoja niingalie sasa hivi...

Shikamoo

By Eqlypz

Wamekuwa wanazungumzia Bourne 4 tangu Ultimatum ilipotoka, sema baada ya Damon kuact kwenye Green Zone (kwangu ilikuwa ni kama Bourne) naona wamehamua kuikacha project. Wampe Nolan au Caruso idirect with Brad Pitt au Christian Bale kama Bourne.

Wakuu kuhusu Bourne I beg to differ, mimi naona the best bourne ni ile ya Richard Chamberlain (1988) Bourne za Damon zimekuwa diluted..., as well another point vitabu vya Bourne vipo vitatu (Bourne Identity; Bourne Supremacy na Bourne Ultimultum) ambavyo vyote the are way better than the movie, na movie imejaribu kuongezea script ambazo hazipo kwenye kitabu...

Kwahiyo depends with the script Damon or no Damon movie huenda ikawa nzuri after all Richard Chamberlain did a better job..., lakini kutoka kwenye vitabu story imekwisha sababu Bourne Series zipo tatu peke yake.

By VoiceOfReason

Wakuu kuhusu Bourne I beg to differ, mimi naona the best bourne ni ile ya Richard Chamberlain (1988) Bourne za Damon zimekuwa diluted..., as well another point vitabu vya Bourne vipo vitatu (Bourne Identity; Bourne Supremacy na Bourne Ultimultum) ambavyo vyote the are way better than the movie, na movie imejaribu kuongezea script ambazo hazipo kwenye kitabu...

Kwahiyo depends with the script Damon or no Damon movie huenda ikawa nzuri after all Richard Chamberlain did a better job..., lakini kutoka kwenye vitabu story imekwisha sababu Bourne Series zipo tatu peke yake.

But at least Matt Damon naye did a great job

By The Finest

Have you watched RANGO it's very funny you'll like it

I believe i will like it ... but would not like the fact kua iko FULL viewed....

By Asha D

I believe i will like it ... but would not like the fact kua iko FULL viewed....

Hahaha!! Hapo ndio huwa tunapishana tafuta hiyo na nyingine inaitwa RIO both are animation

Naona X- MEN na PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN kwenye box office zinakimbiza vibaya sana

By The Finest

But at least Matt Damon naye did a great job

Kweli kabisa amefanya kazi nzuri sana lakini kama ulishaziangalia zote mbili na ya (1988) nadhani ile ni nzuri zaidi

llakini zote sidhani kama zimekindea haki kitabu (ingawa nadhani ilibidi wabadilishe main story line sababu kwenye vitabu vyote Bourne anamtafuta Carlos.., ambaye nadhani by then alikuwa ni myth kubwa kwamba ni bonge ya Terrorist kuliko sasa kwahiyo ikabidi waitune movie kulingana na wakati lakini by so doing wamebakiza mambo machache ambayo yapo kwenye movie.

Anyway mwandishi alitunga vitabu vitatu akamalizia na bourne supremacy; na 2001 alifariki. Hii The Bourne Legacy is not in the books

By VoiceOfReason

Wakuu kuhusu Bourne I beg to differ, mimi naona the best bourne ni ile ya Richard Chamberlain (1988) Bourne za Damon zimekuwa diluted..., as well another point vitabu vya Bourne vipo vitatu (Bourne Identity; Bourne Supremacy na Bourne Ultimultum) ambavyo vyote the are way better than the movie, na movie imejaribu kuongezea script ambazo hazipo kwenye kitabu...

Kwahiyo depends with the script Damon or no Damon movie huenda ikawa nzuri after all Richard Chamberlain did a better job..., lakini kutoka kwenye vitabu story imekwisha sababu Bourne Series zipo tatu peke yake.

Kutoa movie exactly the way the booka has portrayed ni kazi saana,
na book lovers tend to enjoy more the book than the movie because of
extra details... ni wachache saana waliweza fanya justice... ndo maana unakuta
movie kama The God Father (1,2 i don't kno why walichemka na 3...) or The last Don
bado ni nzuri sababu mwandishi wa kitabu (Puzo..) na wa movie script ni mmoja...

In speacial cases kama harry porter tanaona jinsi yule mama mwandishi pamoja na kusema
ahusiki na kuandika the script hali yeye ndo mwandishi anasisitiza kua on site kuhakikisha
what she has wrote is what has been portrayed... Hiyo ya Richard Chamberlain sijabahatika
kuangalia just heard of it... but hata hivyo hiyo squels ya Bourne Identity is a HIT...

By Ashadii

Kutoa movie exactly the way the booka has portrayed ni kazi saana,
na book lovers tend to enjoy more the book than the movie because of
extra details... ni wachache saana waliweza fanya justice... ndo maana unakuta
movie kama The God Father (1,2 i don't kno why walichemka na 3...) or The last Don
bado ni nzuri sababu mwandishi wa kitabu (Puzo..) na wa movie script ni mmoja...

Yes the book is always better lakini sometimes ukipata actor mzuri akaplay the part he can atleast try..,
I can argue actors like Samuel Jackson can perform better even if the script is ----... Ian Flemings Books (James Bond) the movies are better; The Last Don the Book is Great.., but the Movie is even not worth watching (i'd rather watch paint dry)
God Father.... Al Pacino made it maybe greater than the book....
All Sydney Sheldon's Books which have been n turned into a movie wameziharibu they are worse
John Grisham; The Client; The Firm and that other one with Denzel they tried

Conclusion Actors pia inategemea script writers na jinsi actor anavyoweza ku-improvice (e.g Pulp Fiction as a book would have been ---- lakini as a movie its great); pia kuandika kitabu does not mean kwamba you are a good script writer sababu kwenye movie and books the ways of communication differ..., therefore ili kutoka na masterpiece a lot of things needs to go perfect

By VoiceOfReason

Yes the book is always better lakini sometimes ukipata actor mzuri akaplay the part he can atleast try..,
I can argue actors like Samuel Jackson can perform better even if the script is ----... Ian Flemings Books (James Bond) the movies are better; The Last Don the Book is Great.., but the Movie is even not worth watching (i'd rather watch paint dry)
God Father.... Al Pacino made it maybe greater than the book....
All Sydney Sheldon's Books which have been n turned into a movie wameziharibu they are worse
John Grisham; The Client; The Firm and that other one with Denzel they tried

Conclusion Actors pia inategemea script writers na jinsi actor anavyoweza ku-improvice (e.g Pulp Fiction as a book would have been ---- lakini as a movie its great); pia kuandika kitabu does not mean kwamba you are a good script writer sababu kwenye movie and books the ways of communication differ..., therefore ili kutoka na masterpiece a lot of things needs to go perfect

I really don't know why but Samuel Jackson is not my favourite...
Ian Flemmings i enjoy the books as well as the movies yani kwangu it is 50/50
(na Flemming in reality naona alikua anapenda gals...mana mmmh)..
Mimi kitu inahusiana na the Mario Puzo whether the book or the movie
ni 100% kwangu... no urguments there!

Ila sisomi vitabu vya Sydney Sheldon.. i have tried my best but nimeshindwa....
anapamba mno wahusika na life ni happy ending kwake... her books are for dreamers...

Ukizungumzia John Grisham... hawa sasa ndo writers...
The Client, The Firm na hata ile ya Pelican Brief aloacheza
Denzel na Julia Roberts... wow... it is a great movie...

About your conclusion... i drink to that!

By Ashadii

I really don't know why but Samuel Jackson is not my favourite...

Kuhusu Samuel Jackson yaani he can act so many part na wanasema huwa hakatai kazi, pia akipewa script sio kwamba huwa anaichukua tu na kuifanya bali huwa anakwenda nayo na kuongezea vitu vyake, yaani anaimprovise so he is a hard worker na anaweza akaigeuza a simple movie from a mediocre to a great one....

Kuhusu Sydney Sheldon; I have read a lot of Books and trust me some of the plots in his books are second to none..., Just try reading the following, then am sure you will change your mind
Master of the Game
If Tomorrow Comes
The Sands of Time
Memory of Midnight
The Other Side of Midnight
The Naked Face
The Windmills of Gods

Am Telling you there is nothing about dreamers there just the real life situations with the plots which will put most authors to shame...

By the way I like
Jack Higgins as well and Wilbur Smith without forgetting Robert Ludlum (kwenye the Bourne Series)

By VoiceOfReason

Kuhusu Samuel Jackson yaani he can act so many part na wanasema huwa hakatai kazi, pia akipewa script sio kwamba huwa anaichukua tu na kuifanya bali huwa anakwenda nayo na kuongezea vitu vyake, yaani anaimprovise so he is a hard worker na anaweza akaigeuza a simple movie from a mediocre to a great one....

Kuhusu Sydney Sheldon; I have read a lot of Books and trust me some of the plots in his books are second to none..., Just try reading the following, then am sure you will change your mind
Master of the Game
If Tomorrow Comes
The Sands of Time
Memory of Midnight
The Other Side of Midnight
The Naked Face
The Windmills of Gods

Am Telling you there is nothing about dreamers there just the real life situations with the plots which will put most authors to shame...

By the way I like
Jack Higgins as well and Wilbur Smith without forgetting Robert Ludlum (kwenye the Bourne Series)

Nakubali ya Jack Higgins, sijabahatika kumpata saana,
Wilbur i love (but husoma kama kweli niko fresh jamaa ana details na the books always too BIG... );
Robert Ludlum... a familiar name ni familliar na yuko linked na vitabu vya thriller
am not interested in such books hata movies zenyewe niko very selective...

Kuhusu huyo mdada.... labda nitajaribu...

By Ashadii

Kuhusu huyo mdada.... labda nitajaribu...

Actually Sydney Sheldon ni Mwanaume actually I can argue kwamba ni the best author ever. yaani ukisoma "IF Tommorrow Comes" jinsi huyo mdada anavyorevenge kwa watu waliomtenda na plots alizotumia yaani its unbelievable yaani vitabu vyake huwezi kujua what is happening next na ukifungua page ya kwanza huachi mpaka umemaliza zote... Yaani believe me I have read millions of Books from the likes of James Hadley Chase, Agatha Christie to the likes of John Grisham and Erie Stanley Gardner.., lakini no one can even comes close to sheldon..., even Mario Puzzo apart from God Father and The Last Don lakini ukiunganisha vitabu vyote vya Sheldon Puzzo seems like second rated