The Mechanic (1972)
MEDIUM LEVEL VIOLENCE
Charles Bronson "delivers in this action drenched" (Variety) gangster thriller that delves into the dangerous minds of the underworld's most elite killers. "Visually alive (Cue) and "totally engrossing" (The Hollywood Reporter), The Mechanic is a movie you won't want to miss!
Arthur Bishop (Bronson) is a mob hit man who operates in a world of his own… an uncompromising world where conventional rules of morality don't apply and where one wrong move could cost him his life! He's always worked alone, but as age catches up with him, Bishop takes on a competent and ruthless apprentice (Jan-Michael Vincent) and teaches him everything he knows. Together they become an unmatchable team of globetrotting killers… until the pupil's ruthlessness puts him on a collision course with his teacher!
| Status: | Normal |
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| Run time: | 100mins |
| Origin: | UNITED STATES |
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Member Reviews (8)
8 Member
Reviews
dazza
says
watch this one first then the new one
Chris K
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Bronson in the part he always plays so well, surprise ending, general movie a little hard to follow but good enough to grab the story, I would not rush out to see it immediately but would be quite happy to sit through this again in a year or two.
Ken
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This is an all-time classic, with one of the best endings to a movie ever, and one that has stuck in my mind since I first saw this film more than thirty years ago.
John F.
says
One of Bronson's best and with a great ending. Great stuff.
Nigel W
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Better than average actioner with Bronson playing a hit man who makes his assinations look like accidents. Has that nice grubby 70's urban look. 3.5 stars
Peter F.
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Taciturn Charles Bronson plays Arthur Bishop, an ice-cold assassin or a "mechanic" in underworld parlance, who orchestrates hits on selected victims to make them look like accidents, or death by natural causes. Enter smirking bad boy Steve McKenna (youthful Jan-Michael Vincent) as the son of one of Bronson's victims (Keenan Wynn) who thinks his father merely succumbed to an unfortunate heart attack. The two strange loners form a moody alliance with McKenna pushing the envelope on getting to know the darker side of life and what Arthur Bishop really does to allow his upmarket lifestyle. Bronson reveals himself, and becomes master to the keen apprentice as he teaches the eager young man the finer points on rubbing out the opposition. Director Michael Winner and Charles Bronson were riding on waves of solid box office success in the early 1970's, and this movie further cemented Charles Bronson as one of the cinema's dynamic tough guys. The film strikes a keen balance between testosterone laden action, observations on the twisted philosophy of the world of assassins, and even the draining and mentally damaging effects of extinguishing human lives on the assassin himself. The movie quickly establishes that in a world of paid gunmen with few allegiances, you are never to sure on who you should trust next. Bronson fans are encouraged to seek out his other popular crime films from the 1970's including - "The Stone Killer", "Death Wish" and "The Valachi Papers"
John D.
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