Arthur Bishop (Jason Statham) is the man you call when you
want people to stop existing. He is a most capable and intelligent assassin and
never has complaints. He was trained by the best, Harry McKenna (Donald
Sutherland). When Harry becomes a liability, his value as Arthur’s front man is
zero and the head of the company, Dean (Tony Goldwyn) wants Arthur to kill his
mentor.
As Arthur deals with the guilt of what he has done, Steve
McKenna (Ben Foster), Harry’s troublesome son shows up with nothing left of his
father’s estate and a chip on his shoulder. Steve wants to kill the person who
shot his father. Arthur does the only thing a man who lives by the gun would
do. Takes him under his wing and teaches him how to become a hit man. This cannot
end well for someone.
The Mechanic was action packed, entertaining, and smartly
made. To be a great hit man, you have to have a lot of preparation, and Arthur
plans his hits out very well, which makes it fun. Add to that the tension that
will obviously occur when the son finds out Arthur killed his estranged father
and it’s pretty brutal. The action scenes are intense, and not a martial artsy
as a usual Statham flick, but it’s good.
I’ve noticed there seems to be two camps, those who like Statham…and
those who for some reason can’t stand him or his movies. I’m in the camp of
likers! I kept wondering throughout the whole movie “How is this going to end? “And
“There’s going to be some sneaky twist.” It’s definitely a guy and gals who
like hit men movie. It could be said that the plot is loosely based on the 1972 Charles Bronson "the Mechanic" movie, but it's a wide brush to paint that.
Statham fans… check it out….
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