Jason Statham stars in director Simon West's action retread of Michael Winner's 1972 revenge thriller (which featured Charles Bronson in the lead role). Arthur Bishop earns his living as a 'mechanic', a euphemism for hitman that betrays the precision and emotional detachment with which he goes about his business. And that even applies when he's contracted to kill his wheelchair-using mentor Harry McKenna, though he does at least demand to know why he should send his friend to an early grave. Things then get awkward for Bishop, when McKenna's son Steve asks if he'll tutor him. Their partnership develops in fits and starts (and several deaths), but Bishop's boss Dean Sanderson makes it clear he's not happy with the nascent partnership's latest assassination. So, with all the main players inherently suspicious trained killers, and various motives for murder in the air, it won't take much to spark bloodshed - and that catalyst comes with an unexpected sighting at an airport...
Product Identifiers
Producer
Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff, Bill Chartoff, David Winkler, Rene Besson
EAN
5060057212257
eBay Product ID (ePID)
22056191337
Product Key Features
Actor
Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland, Tony Goldwyn, Mini Anden, Jason Statham
Film/TV Title
The Mechanic
Director
Jason Hamilton, René Besson, David Winkler, Eric Schmidt, Simon West