The Mechanic

• Arthur Bishop (Jason Statham) is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But when his mentor and close friend Harry (Donald Sutherland) is murdered, Bishop is anything but detached. His next assignment is self-imposed - he wants those responsible dead. His mission grows complicated when Harry's son Steve (Ben Foster) approaches him with the same vengeful goal and a determination to learn Bishop's trade. Bishop has always acted alone but he can't turn his back on Harry's son. A methodical hit man takes an impulsive student deep into his world and a deadly partnership is born. But while in pursuit of their ultimate mark, deceptions threaten to surface and those hired to fix problems become problems themselves.



• This movie is exactly what you would expect from the trailer. It's like an 80s action throwback with lots of fighting, explosions and shooting. Jason Statham is pretty much a smaller version of Arnold and Stallone at this point and the movie could have easily been called Transporter 4. All of that being said, I enjoyed it. I always have liked movies like this. I'm a big fan of ocassionally going to the movies and just not having to think and enjoyeing some serious ass kicking. This one was even kind enough to throw in some twists and turns to the story that ultimately doesn't matter but someone has to get screenwriter credits.



• If you are an action fan - you can't go wrong with this movie at all. If you are not - you shouldn't touch this movie with a twenty foot pole.