The Mechanic [2011]

Plot: 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.

This movie grabs on to you from begging and doesn't really let go, the action is there the plot is pretty good but don't get me wrong its not like its never been done before but who cares if it has as every movie has done a scene from another movie so lets not get into that. The point is Jason Statham as usual does his best action character and surprisingly so does Ben Foster and with a little good directing and some sex scenes makes for a good action film.

 It starts off pretty action packed from the begging with Arthur Bishop killing right off the start and then slows down a bit to give you some background. You come to find out that Bishops friend Harry was involved in some undercover plot to let a Target know about the contract that is out on him, which leads to 5 contracts being dead because of it. This is when the plot thickens and you start to see what kind of person Arthur Bishop really is. 

This is when Harry's son comes in full of revenge and needs Arthur's help to become a contract killer like himself. This is when the movie goes into some Karate Kid scenes with Arthur (Jason Statham) teaching Steve (Ben Foster) how to become a contract killer. This makes for some good gun shooting scenes and an action packed fight with a 300 contract killer.

Anyways Arthur comes to find out he was double crossed by his boss and leads on mission to kill him. The action at this point is very well done and the scenes are great. The ending you will find is a bit predictable but inevitable as the story leads up to it and you can foresee it from the middle of the movie. Even though you kinda figure out whats going to happen you still want to sit there and watch it as the action will grab on to you and you don't want to let go.

Overall the movie is pretty good, the acting was on point and the action scenes were not overdone. Definitely a good watch for the Jason Statham movie lovers and also for the casual action movie watcher.

Rate: 8/10