The B-movie “Mechanic” series is basically Bond, minus the glamour and the wit; just a grimacing English guy using guns, gadgets and some goofy boobytraps to blow his human targets to smithereens.

But like Arthur Bishop, Mechanic could live to see another day. "We try to give the fans what they want," Statham says. "Let's make a movie, have some fun doing it, visit some nice countries and ...

For action movie fans, there are few things less satisfying than seeing Jason Statham mumbling while killing everyone he sees and meeting a few beautiful women for good measure. The Mechanic ...

Pure action films, in this case revenge-action as a sub-genre, as this kind of movie is meant to be straightforward ... Despite the staid title like ‘mechanic’ and a plot line that is as ...

But those scenes constitute only about half of “Mechanic: Resurrection.” For the rest of the movie’s running time, Statham makes moony-eyes at costar Jessica Alba and tries to convince the ...

As the end of 2024 approaches, Netflix are making it a sad goodbye to the year for fans of two Jason Statham action movies, as The Mechanic and Redemptionwill be dropped from the streamer on ...

A film series centered on Arthur Bishop the 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets; making his hits look like accidents, suicides or ...

search the movie title at seattletimes.com). “The Mechanic” (R): In Simon West’s mostly faithful remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson thriller, Jason Statham steps into the role of an elite ...

Movie Review: This 1972 (Mechanic) remake once again reiterates the job of a mechanic -- Do what a mechanic does with perfection even if it means killing someone. And kill, this mechanic ...

The Mechanic: Jason Statham in, what else, an action movie. By Josh Bell Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011 | 6:10 p.m. It’s not easy to make a half-assed Charles Bronson/Jan-Michael Vincent thriller from ...