The Mechanic
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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.
Movie Review: The Devil's Apprentice
Summary: 3 Stars
After watching The Lawman, a really good and interesting film, I decided Winner must be a better director than he's usually been credited, and was looking forward to this movie. It wasn't bad, but not as good as I'd hoped, and the underlying issue --- all men kill, but some are licensed (the army, the police, Napoleon, etc) --- could have been explored in much more depth. Bronson kills partly to maintain his lavish lifestyle, but also because he looks on it as a form of art. His weakness is that he needs affection, or at least company, and his isolation makes him both tense and bored. Vincent's aspiration to match him proves his weak spot, as he takes this twisted youth on as an apprentice for ambiguous reasons. Vincent, however, merely wants to kill for pleasure. He is not given any assignment, as one reviewer seems to think, but sets up his chosen victim merely for the fun of it. Eventually, this exceedingly grim theme turns into a sort of over-the-top comedy, with a kind of joke ending which one can almost see coming. I hesitated about giving it 4 stars, but eventually decided on 3. It's quite well-acted, Bronson is always watchable, some of the action is tense and engaging, Vincent is a bit annoying, there's a travelogue thrown in, but it's not as good as it could have been.Movie Review: the mechanic
Summary: 3 Stars
Good movie,although it seems a little dated now. The new release of this movie with jason statham had a better flow,kept you interested.I would recommend the mechanic to anyone who likes Bronson movies.Movie Review: poor sound quaitly
Summary: 2 Stars
thae movie is great but the dvd it self is poorsound keeps fading you have to keep playing with the volume contro; on you tvMovie Review: Misleading to say the least.
Summary: 1 Stars
Judging from the title, you would expect good old Charlie to roll up his sleeves and get under the hood of a few cars. There is not one car that is worked on in the entire movie!!! Is it too much to ask that I see a silver screen icon up to his elbows in car grease? I am all for the killing scenes, but how can you have a movie called "The Mechanic" and not have the main actor at least work on a few cars in between killings. I understand that the movie was later renamed, but the damage has been done. If anyone has any old footage of Charles Bronson working on cars it would be much appreciated.