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6.5Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code requiring professional perfection and total detachment. One of an elite group of assassins, Bishop may be the best in the business - with a unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. When Harry McKenna, his close friend and mentor, is murdered, Harry's son comes to him with vengeance in his heart and a desire to learn Bishop's trade, signaling the birth of a deadly partnership.
Cast
- Jason Statham as Arthur Bishop
- Ben Foster as Steve McKenna
- Donald Sutherland as Harry McKenna
- Mini Anden as Sara
- Tony Goldwyn as Dean Sanderson
- Christa Campbell as Kelly
Themes
- chicago, illinois
- research
- martial arts
- assassin
- prostitute
- airport
- mentor
- new orleans, louisiana
- training
- car crash
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Ratings
IMDb
6.5/10
182,133 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
54%
Metacritic
49/100
- Year
- 2011
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Simon West
- Screenplay by
- Lewis John Carlino Richard Wenk
- Story by
- Lewis John Carlino
- Based on
- The Mechanic , (1972 film), by Lewis John Carlino
- Produced by
- David Winkler William Chartoff
- Starring
- Jason Statham Ben Foster Tony Goldwyn Donald Sutherland
- Cinematography
- Eric Schmidt
- Edited by
- T.G. Herrington Todd E. Miller
- Music by
- Mark Isham
- Production companies
- CBS Films Millennium Films Nu Image Chartoff-Winkler Productions
- Distributed by
- CBS Films
- Release date
- January 28, 2011 ( 2011-01-28 )
- Running time
- 93 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $40 million
- Box office
- $76.3 million
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Encyclopedic overview
The Mechanic is a 2011 American action thriller film directed by Simon West, and starring Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Tony Goldwyn, and Donald Sutherland. A remake of the 1972 film of the same name, it centers on Arthur Bishop (Statham), a professional assassin or 'mechanic', who specializes in making his hits look like accidents, suicides and petty criminals' acts.
It was released in the U.S. and Canada on January 28, 2011, where it was praised for its action sequences and Statham's performance. A sequel, Mechanic: Resurrection, was released on August 26, 2016.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Mechanic” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.