The Mechanic gives you something you haven’t seen before- Jason Statham shooting people!
As
you might expect from the poster, this isn’t the usual kind of
mechanic- here Statham plays Arthur Bishop, a killer-for-hire who
specializes in making murders look like accidental death. That all
changes when his mentor and father figure Harry (played by Donald
Sutherland) is murdered, and Bishop takes it upon himself to do a free
job to find those responsible. Things get a little more screwy when
Harry’s son Steve (Ben Foster) comes to Bishop hoping to help learn the
trade and also get his revenge. Bishop normally works alone but decides
to let him tag along so that he can explain to the audience in detail
how he does what he does.
This new red band trailer is very similar to the green band
trailer that was released with a resounding thud last November but
with more violence, natch. Check it out via IGN’s embed below.
6 comments
Lemme guess, he only kills people who deserve it. I am so sick of hitmen in movies being protrayed as heroic.
You don't have to guess, just watch the original with Charlie Fucking Bronson. Great movie.
@ #2 — You beat me to it. Where's the movie love here? Plugging a remake with nary a mention of the original? What is this, Coming soon? Alex, your copy reads like you're unaware of the original. I'm sure that's not the case.(?) Having said all that, I do kind of agree with comment #1 as well. Of course most all of popular culture now is based on the admirable qualities of the chest-thumping, narcissistic sociopath, so heroic murderers is really just the tip of the iceberg. Of course when the original was made, the antihero wasn't so much a staple at the cinemas.
Yup, and yup.
BTW, the original is currently on Watch Instant at Netflix … DO IT!
I watched the original a few months back and totally loved it. Maybe I'll get around to watching the trailer of this remake.
Looks pretty interesting.
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