The Mechanic
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Charles Bronson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Jill Ireland, Keenan Wynn, Linda Ridgeway Director: Michael Winner Brand: BRONSON,CHARLES Cinematographer: Richard H. Kline Cinematographer: Robert Paynter Editor: Frederick Wilson Producer: Henry Gellis Producer: Irwin Winkler Producer: Robert Chartoff Writer: Lewis John Carlino DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed) Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.85:1 Running Time: 99 minutes DVD Release Date: 2002-10-08 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) |
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Movie Reviews of The Mechanic
Movie Review: Very 70s B-action movie curiously devoid of action
Summary: 3 Stars
Anyone who has seen the Charles Bronson movies of the 1970s and 1980s will pretty much know what to expect of this movie made in 1972 with longtime Bronson collaborator Michael Winner.
Bronson plays hitman Bishop who takes on a eager young rookie (played by a very young Jan Michael Vincent later of AIRWOLF fame) under his wing to teach him the ways of his craft.
Probably the best parts of this movie are in the first half hour or so. We see Bronson's character set up a hit disguised as a gas explosion. He sets up across the street from his target and watches the man make coffee (presumably), read a book and then fall asleep - all the while knowing that in a matter of hours he will be the method of the mans destruction.
In another scene we see Bronson perform another hit, this time on a person who trusts him and then in another we see him coldly explain to a desperate young girl how long it will take her to die and the feelings and sensations she will go through before death.
Taken at its basic level this movie is very disturbing. Anyone who is expecting another GROSSE POINT BLANK will not get it here. This movie is both cold and voyeuristically fascinating to see a man who cares little about life - others or even his own (he blatently ignores a doctors advice at one point, even throwing away some pills designed to help him with anxiety).
The movie is a strange one. There is very little action, and what we do have seems muted by the experiences of Bishop.