Remakes seem quite popular these days, and "The Mechanic" is now on the list. This 2011 movie is a remake of the 1972 version, which starred Charles Bronson. It's a movie about a contract killer, and the question is: is this movie a go-see or will it need fixing? Let's find out!

Main Characters

The star of this movie is Arthur Bishop, who is presented by actor Jason Statham. Bishop is a killer-for-hire, and he is very, very good. His specialty is making his hits look like everyday incidents - accidents or natural causes being top of the list. And when the movie opens, we see his first contract killing - a wealthy man swimming in his own personal pool, with armed guards present. Yes, Bishop pulls it off, and also escapes to safety.

One of Bishop's closest friends is Harry McKenna, played by Donald Sutherland. So naturally Bishop is aghast when he realizes his next contract is Harry! It seems that there was a mission in South Africa that went bad and only two people knew about that (Harry being one, and Bishop's boss being the other). Harry got money as a trade for the contract details, so it's his turn to die.

Bishop isn't happy about this, but he does the contract and kills Harry, making it look like a carjacking gone bad. In the meantime, Harry's son, Steve McKenna (performed by Ben Foster) is enraged over his father's murder and wants to find and kill a carjacker as revenge.

And the Plot of The Mechanic Thickens...

Steve does go in search of a carjacker and finds one, but before Steve can kill the guy, Bishop intervenes. However, Bishop is intrigued by what Steve has done and takes him as a protegee of sorts, to show him what a "mechanic" (assassin) can do.

So, Bishop takes Steve out on a deal, so he can see for himself what it is like. Bishop strangles his hit, then stages it to look like an accidental asphyxiation. Then to train Steve further, Bishop explains the planning to takes to pull a hit off to make it appear to be an accident.

As you can imagine, there are yet more contracts for Bishop, and Steve gets much more training along the way (as well as close to getting killed himself during the course of a contract). And what happens in the end is likely to surprise you!

Should You See The Mechanic?

Critics and audiences are about on the same wavelength with this movie; decent enough, but nothing to write home about. Or to put it another way, it's surely worth a matinee price ticket for just about anyone, but worth full price for only those who are into mayhem, or if you liked the original (because you'll probably like this remake, also).

By all accounts, though, Jason Statham does a creditable job as a "mechanic", the role that Charles Bronson had played in the 1972 version. Great work, Jason! If you want to watch the machanic 2011 online you can also find lots of places where you can get free online movie streaming otherwise wait for it to come out and add it to your collection of cool movies to watch.

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