{"id":5811,"date":"2011-01-27T14:52:07","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T22:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviesharkdeblore.com\/site\/?p=5811"},"modified":"2014-10-19T14:56:44","modified_gmt":"2014-10-19T21:56:44","slug":"the-mechanic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/reviews\/the-mechanic\/","title":{"rendered":"THE MECHANIC"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: debbie lynn elias<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mega explosions, massive amounts of perfectly executed elaborate heart pounding stunts, non-stop edge-of-your-seat thrill ride excitement. Pulsating score. Nail biting tension that just mounts with each target kill and with the thickening plot.\u00a0\u00a0 Simon West has helmed an exhilarating moviegoing experience!\u00a0 What film am I talking about?\u00a0 It can only be one – the first great action thrill ride of 2011 – THE MECHANIC.\u00a0 My only complaint is that the film ended!\u00a0 And folks, I am already looking for a sequel which I am assured by producer David Winkler is \u201cready to go\u201d depending on the box office.<\/p>\n

It is wonderful to see this great resurgence in action films that has been occurring the past few years, but not just \u201caction\u201d films – action films that also employ some smarts and brains within the characters and the plot lines.\u00a0 Last year we had RED, HARRY BROWN and THE EXPENDABLES as three great examples of action films that harken back to true action but smartened up and with more tech happening. 2011 now starts off with THE MECHANIC which is already my #1 guilty pleasure of the year.<\/p>\n

Described by director Simon West as a man \u201cwho\u2019s so cool at what he does, he\u2019s so good at it, I want to see him do it again\u201d, Arthur Bishop is a mechanic.\u00a0 No, not the kind that tinkers with your car, but the kind known as a very well paid elite assassin, and I do mean, very well paid by Dean Sanderson and the board of a large financial consortium who have particular reasons for needing certain individuals eliminated.\u00a0 Given the nature of the beast, Bishop follows a strict code of conduct with total detachment and isolation from the world and other people but for an occasional liaison with his favorite New Orleans call girl.\u00a0\u00a0 His one contact and friend is his mentor, Harry McKenna.\u00a0\u00a0But circumstances arise which place Bishop in a very delicate and dangerous predicament.\u00a0 Harry is killed and his son Steven is looking for revenge on those responsible.\u00a0 Having always acted alone, Bishop is now faced with keeping Steven safe and taking him under his wing or,\u00a0or letting him continue with his rage-filled vendetta.\u00a0 As comes as no surprise, Bishop does take Steven under his wing as Harry had done with Bishop, but the unusual pairing leads to dire consequences for all concerned as deceit, lies and a crisis of conscience take hold.<\/p>\n

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Jason Statham IS THE MECHANIC.\u00a0 Best known for his work in the \u201cTransporter\u201d series and most recently, \u201cThe Expendables\u201d, Statham is the epitome of an action star.\u00a0 No one but Jason Statham can I ever see playing Arthur Bishop in this film. He is mesmerizing. Statham has this incredible brooding intensity and focus that we see time and again, but then he brings this great sense of consciousness and humanity to the package.\u00a0 As Bishop, he is initially ice, but when the tables turn, Statham softens his resolve for just a moment and you see a pained look, a softened look of admiration and respect and love.\u00a0 A priceless sequence and moment in the film. He had me tearing up watching much as he did in \u201cTransporter 2″ and his relationship with his young charge. Statham then easily handles the shift from the lone warrior to\u00a0mentor and teacher to Steven, a very redemptive act that then propels the film to a higher level.\u00a0\u00a0 But what makes Jason Statham, Jason Statham, is his natural athletic ability and the fact that he does all of his own stunt work.\u00a0 Yes, folks, that is Statham jumping 50 feet off a bridge into a moving river.\u00a0 That is Statham jumping off a 30 story building – and not just once, but multiple times.\u00a0 That is Jason Statham doing actual driving without benefit of a camera car rig attached to it.\u00a0\u00a0 He looks invincible and when you speak with him, his confidence and enthusiasm make you believe he\u2019s invincible – just like his character.<\/p>\n

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According to West, \u201c[Statham] insists on doing his own stunts.\u00a0 He won\u2019t do green screen.\u00a0 He won\u2019t even drive a fake car.\u00a0 We have to go out on the road and drive.\u00a0 He wants to drive the car.\u00a0 Some of the time we stick the camera on the car and he just drives himself.\u00a0 He is an expert at all that stuff.\u00a0 He can drive cars, boats, jet skis.\u00a0 He\u2019s fearless. [For the jump], I could barely stand on the top of this building.\u00a0 450 feet tall with nothing around it and he\u2019s running around the edge of the it and then hanging over the edge and then jumps off the edge 450 feet on a cable that\u2019s about [indicating about 1 inch diameter] and just free falling down.\u00a0 I knew Jason would that because he\u2019s fearless at that stuff.\u00a0 But I was at breakfast with Ben and he said, \u2018Jason\u2019s gonna do the big jump himself.\u00a0 Well, I suppose I better do it as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ben Foster’s metamorphosis from the caring young solider in \u201cThe Messenger\u201d into this ungrateful screwed up son Steven who turns into a vengeful killing machine is mindblowing. You have no sympathy for Steven. His disregard for his father’s house and belongings, and his preoccupation with dad not leaving him any money, sets the entire emotional palette for the character. While you see distinct changes in Steven under the tutelage of Bishop, there is always that edge of untrustworthiness that Foster gives the role.\u00a0 Brilliantly played.\u00a0 And yes, Ben Foster also did the majority of his own stunts as well, including jumping from the 30 story building with Statham.\u00a0 And no, he did not tell his mother until he was back on the ground.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s not to love about Donald Sutherland? As Harry McKenna he is solid, engaging, likeable and brings an early humanity to the cold profession of being a mechanic.\u00a0 And yes, Sutherland also does his own wheelchair stunt work.\u00a0 But then take a look at Tony Goldwyn. As we learned in \u201cGhost\u201d, Goldwyn beautifully walks the double-edged sword of friend and foe and then when caught in his own web, gives the best frenetic panicked performances. He may have died by a shard of glass piercing him in \u201cGhost\u201d, but as Dean Sanderson, getting pierced with the garbage truck arms and then blown to smithereens with gunfire – picture perfect. And the panic and fear Goldwyn expresses once he knows his number is up – ya gotta love it!<\/p>\n

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Based on the 1972 Charles Bronson film of the same name, with this 2011 THE MECHANIC, one endeavors to reimagine the ideas and methods of original writer Lewis Carlino while still retaining the core story and ethic that makes Bishop such an appealing figure.\u00a0 Screenwriter Richard Wenk was tapped eight weeks before shooting for this ominous task.\u00a0 \u201cYou start with the blueprint of the original.\u00a0 When Simon called me and asked me to come in and talk about this, the first thing we both said was that we want to stick with the structure of the original.\u00a0 You start with the world that they\u2019re in and you make it as realistic as possible.\u00a0 The only thing that I thought was how do you do you take hit after hit after hit and keep making it interesting. . . If you really do this for a living, you have to make [the hits] look like accidents.\u00a0 You\u2019ve gotta be smart.\u00a0 The only other real change we talked about, was making Ben Foster\u2019s character a little more emotional than Jan Michael Vincent; less cocky.\u00a0 So you have this…kid who really didn\u2019t have a relationship with his father, but the idea eats at him, and then this man takes him on as an apprentice and becomes his father figure.\u00a0 You start with those things and then build the characters.\u201d\u00a0 Here, the characters are built methodically and intelligently.\u00a0 They are multi-dimensional with growth and in the case of Bishop, redemption, while Foster\u2019s character of Steven,\u00a0 took on the shape of a very inquisitive kid, leading Wenk back to key moments in the original script.\u00a0 Paying homage to Carlino\u2019s original story was important to Wenk and with that in mind, certain classic lines from the original were cherry-picked for inclusion here, such as the single most important one, \u201cDo you know what a mechanic is?\u201d<\/p>\n

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The result is exceedingly well crafted, meticulously detailed and intelligently written. The various methods of killing adds entirely new dimension to the story and the purpose of each character. None of those involved in these kills is by any means a street thug. To that degree, the film celebrates intelligent, thoughtful action and reaction, much of which is showcased through Bishop – particularly with the ending where his mindset and teachings all come to fruition. Characters are full and complete, multi-dimensional and very textured.\u00a0 There is much to be said for tacit strength and emotion.<\/p>\n

Directed by Simon West, intelligence and action are the watchwords of THE MECHANIC.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The relationships and players are quickly identified and established so the story hits the ground running and then just intensifies at an ever increasing pace.\u00a0 West knew he had something great on his hands when he told the stunt guys some of the kills and stunts that would be happening and he got a response of \u201cOh yeah, that\u2019s cool.\u00a0 Then you know it\u2019s cool because they\u2019re like officers of coolness.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 And when it comes to stunt coolness, there are few teams finer than that assembled here under legendary Noon Orsatti.\u00a0 Statham, who works and trains with Orsatti and his team [and who, let\u2019s face it, he is part of the team], mandated they be brought in for the stunts and worked with them in developing, preparing and executing the stunts.<\/p>\n

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Eric Schmidt’s cinematography is superb as he captures the misty solitude of Bishop’s secretive life juxtapositioned against the vibrancy of New Orleans and the high gloss of big business. The lighting and lensing, particularly the framing for each, adds much to the tone of the film as does\u00a0\u00a0Richard Lasalle\u2019s production design which is impeccable and telling, contributing to the tacit nature of the characters by speaking volumes visually.<\/p>\n

But above all, let’s give kudos where kudos are due – Noon Orsatti and the stunt team – including Statham and Foster.\u00a0\u00a0 Knowing the difficulty of stunt execution – from planning to performance – what Orsatti and his team have done here is amazing – particularly that 30 story drop that Statham and Foster did themselves as well as Statham’s bridge jump. Amazing. I bow to their technical prowess and skill with the planning of that climatic bus-garbage truck chase. Although not a new stunt by any means (the whole garbage truck thing has been done before in several films) but the precision necessary for the car crashes and bus-truck collision pushing cars through the bus…wow!\u00a0 And then we have hand to hand fights and gunplay and let\u2019s not forget the explosives experts.\u00a0 Whew!!!<\/p>\n

Capping the entire film is a pulsating, propelling, heart pounding score by Mark Isham. It just accelerated the excitement and energy of the already powerful storyline and action.<\/p>\n

THE MECHANIC.\u00a0 It\u2019s killer.<\/p>\n

Arthur Bishop – Jason Statham<\/p>\n

Steven McKenna – Ben Foster<\/p>\n

Dean Sanderson – Tony Goldwyn<\/p>\n

Frank McKenna – Donald Sutherland<\/p>\n

Directed by Simon West.\u00a0 Written by Richard Wenk and Lewis Carlino based on a story by Lewis John Carlino.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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