There are thousands of ways to kill a man ... just check his briefcase.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Tony Goldwyn, Donald Sutherland, Jeff Chase, Mini Anden, James Logan |
Director |
Simon West |
Screenplay | Richard Wenk, Lewis John Carlino |
Music | Mark Isham |
Cinematography | Eric Schmidt |
Editing | T.G. Herrington, Todd E. Miller |
Sound formats | Dolby |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2011 |
Produced by | Millennium Films, Nu Image Entertainment GmbH |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
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Genre | Action |
Language | Frequent, strong |
Nudity | Brief, moderate |
Sex | Infrequent, moderate |
Violence | Frequent, strong, psychological |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | Alcohol, cigarettes |
Comments | None |
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Blood / Gore / Gross |
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Alcohol / Drugs |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Munyaradzi Vomo A typical Statham plot | 5 | |
24.com Ilan Preskovsky | 10 | |
Box Office Mark Keizer The 1972 thriller The Mechanic was not particularly good, so it's hard to explain all the effort expended to create a new version that's also not particularly good. | 5 | |
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert The Mechanic tells a story as old as Hamlet in a style as new as unbaked bread. What's the point? | 10 | |
eye Weekly Jason Anderson | 10 | |
ReelViews James Berardinelli The 2011 version of The Mechanic is superior when it comes to presenting action scenes and keeping the overall energy level high. It is noticeably inferior, however, on a psychological level, and the storyline suffers from several hiccups. | 13 | |
ScreenIt C. Fuchs | 12 | |
Metacritic.com 35 critics | 10 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 141 critics | 11 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Jason Statham and Ben Foster turn in enjoyable performances, but this superficial remake betrays them with mind-numbing violence and action thriller cliches. | 11 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 12237 Netizens An all around entertaining action-thriller. | 13 | |
Average .. 50% | 10 |