Rejoice! Jason Statham is back doing what he does best. Killing people, getting laid and being an all around bad ass. This isn't his finest hour, but the over the top violence almost makes up for it. Mechanic is a code word for hitman, and Statham is the best. Trouble is his next job is to kill him life long mentor, the wheelchair bound Donald Sutherland. The agency he works for has told him to do it, that Sutherland is a mole and must be killed. And the job is done. After this, Statham runs into his now dead mentor's grieving son, takes him under his wing, and teaches him the art of killing. From here on in Ben Foster pretty much takes over the lead role, and he does a really good job. He's a pretty damn good actor, and can do the bad ass role pretty well too.
The story is pretty shallow, and light on twists and turns, but as I said earlier, the violence is used to cover this up. And it mostly works. This won't go down as a cult classic like Crank, but it's an easy way to spend 90mins, as long as you don't expect too much, and are a Statham fan.
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