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Saturday, January 29, 2011

The Mechanic: Quick Review

The Mechanic is about a contract killer that that trains a younger man to do the same. They kill a couple people then go after a big target, like other movies of the genre, but with a slight story twist.

Pro + and Cons - :
+ Some good gore shots, if you're into that kind of thing
- Not as much action as you'd expect (much less hand-to-hand combat) especially in a movie starring Jason Statham
- The sexuality does nothing for the story, besides maybe show that hitmen get lonely too. I would have preferred if that time was used on story/action.
+ I couldn't predict what was going to happen most times
- Not much clever dialogue, but I guess it's not a "smart" kind of film
+ Low cheesiness (unlike The Transporter)
+ Okay acting (Ben Foster is usually always good)
- Climax wasn't too climactic, but kinda cool
+ Minor twist at the end

Overall Score: 7.5 - It's a simple, action movie about contract killers. It has decent gunfights and explosions. I'm actually glad Hollywood still makes these. I'm a 90's kid. You get what you pay for. I liked it.

16 comments:

  1. "Low Cheesiness" Just wanted I wanted to hear. Jason's movies = cheesy

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  2. I love Jason Statham films so will deffinately be checking it out - cheers for the review

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  3. I find most Statham action films to have large homosexual undertones, especially the transporter films.

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  4. Meh, it's sad Statham is lending his name to formulaic crap. Though I'll probably still have to check it out.

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  5. I like this kind of movie, spy-ish/assasin. Followed

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  6. Is it too gorey?

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  7. hwidman took the words out my my mouth.

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  8. I'm looking forward to seeing this one.

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  9. I guess that's another movie to add to the extensive list of films I need to see...

    Good blog man!

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  10. I wanted to check this movie out, thanks for the review. Following

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  11. thanks for the review



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  12. At least the guy from transporter is in it. I'll probs check it out for that reason.

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  13. I'm a fan of Jason Statham's films (The Transporter is a personal fav). I wanted to see The Mechanic ever since I saw the poster in the Coming Soon section of the local movie theater.

    I still haven't gotten around to seeing it, but I will definitely check it out soon.

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