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- 93 Minutes
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Language English
- Subtitles English
- Country USA
- Rated:
- Format: 2.35:1
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- Directed by Simon West
- Written by Lewis John Carlino, Richard Wenk
- Starring Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland, Eddie Fernandez, James Logan, Jason Statham, Jeff Chase, Mini Anden, Tony Goldwyn
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Arthur Bishop (Jason Statham) is a "mechanic" -- an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But when his mentor and close friend Harry (Donald Sutherland) is murdered, Bishop is anything but detached. His next assignment is self-imposed -- he wants those responsible dead. His mission grows complicated when Harry's son Steve (Ben Foster) approaches him with the same vengeful goal and a determination to learn Bishop's trade. Bishop has always acted alone but he can't turn his back on Harry's son. A methodical hit man takes an impulsive student deep into his world and a deadly partnership is born. But while in pursuit of their ultimate mark, deceptions threaten to surface and those hired to fix problems become problems themselves.
Statham is a model of control; he's steely and graceful in his action scenes, and his interplay with the wiry Foster delivers the goods.
- More on The Mechanic:
- Official film Web site
- Profile of director Simon West