Jason Statham's Not Your Average "Mechanic"

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[Perdogg]

Jason Statham has been called the toughest guy in Hollywood and an action hero for a new generation.

Known for roles in "The Italian Job" and "The Expendables," Statham sticks with what he does best in a new CBS Films movie, "The Mechanic," in which he plays an elite hit man.

[piytar]

CBS idiots can’t even get a story like this right. Statham’s iconic role is in The Transporter.

Sheesh.

[Perdogg]

I saw this movie tonight and it does the original justice. There is NO politics in this movie, there is a sex scene where we see Mini Aden's bare breast and bottom, language is what you would expect from a very violent movie.

If case you see the movie and wonder what Bishop is playing on the stereo, it is Franz Schubert's Piano Trio in E-Flat Major. That piece will be familiar to Barry Lyndon fans.

[Perdogg]

It’s a good movie.

[scottinoc]

Feel-good movie of the year

[italybub]

I’m sorry, but noone can come close to Charles Bronson in the original movie no matter how many times they remake it.

[Perdogg]

There wasn’t an attempt to turn Statham into Bronson in this movie. I was skeptical at first but I liked the movie.

[martin_fierro]

I liked him best as a bumbling "feef" in

[Perdogg]

If he did not have a receding hairline, JS could be James Bond.

[discostu]

By any other title I might have liked this movie. But it shouldn’t be called The Mechanic. It’s a basic Statham action flick, and he’s even an identifiable good guy. Exactly NOT The Mechanic.

[max americana]

Exactly. The TRANSPORTER trilogy is his signature line of movies, produced by pro-America Luc Besson. Crank, on the other hand is like watching an action movie while on crack.

[MHGinTN]

Anyone ever involved in wet work would find this movie amusing, but not disturbing.

[italybub]

It just seems some movies’ are best just left alone. It would be like someone trying to remake ‘The Godfather’.

[hattend]

Well, Sean Connery wore a wig when he was 007... at least in the later years

[30Moves]

Who cares about his hairline? :)

[DollyCali]

That is one I really want to see. I am a big Jason Statham fan! loved his transporter movies & the few others afterward
Thanks for ping!

[mamelukesabre]

I never liked the first “Mechanic”. Never cared for John Michael Vincent either.

[GenXteacher]

What is up with all the remakes? Can’t anyone write an original movie anymore?

[Perdogg]

There are some original movies coming out based on novels such as “unknown” and “limitless”.

[LS]

Call me simple, but I like Jet Li and Jason Statham movies.