This is the man's man movie, full of betrayal, action, death and adrenaline. I am actually a fan of action movies and it is one of the reasons that I did select this movie. I also enjoy Jason Statham, first saw him "Transporter," enjoyed it and eventually saw the sequels. I also enjoyed his performance in "Crank." He knows his genre and thus far has stuck to the same type of movies (if it's not broke, don't fix it, you know). In "The Mechanic" it is more of the same. He plays a cold character, Arthur, who is great at his job. His job just happens to be an assassin.
The plot begins when he is hired to snuff out his mentor and completes the mission based on his knowledge that his mentor has betrayed the company and has gotten greedy. Job completed and enters the prodigal son who is hell bent on revenge (even though his relationship with his father is non-existent). Arthur steps in and intervenes before this young man makes a bad decision. He decides he wants to learn from Arthur and join the business, Arthur obliges and trains him. There's more betrayal and lots of action, but if I say anymore I will give away the plot. Even though it is pretty predictable (especially if you have seen any of Jason Statham's movies). It's entertaining and you can definitely set your DVR for it.
I give it a 6 out of 10.
Next up is "Green Zone."
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