The Mechanic

 

                      Rule of thumb probably never watches the original 70's action film when the remake is so much better, although remake of that film is decently good, strategically speaking. I've watched Jason Statham's version of The Mechanic and though it was decent I mean no one can kill Statham other than himself (Crank). And so, when I found Charles Bronson's The Mechanic, I figured well, why not give this movie a chance although I somewhat feel differently in terms of what I saw and yet begin to realize that former heart throb Josh Hartnett has been living a long time and yet for some reasons we all didn't know about it. My guess is Hartnett was a Vampire but then got a cure for which turned him into a baby and that's how he was born into this world.

                       Arthur Bishop (Charles Bronson) is a veteran hit man who, owing to his penchant for making his targets deaths seem like accidents, thinks himself an artist. It's made him very rich, but as his middle age, he's so depressed and lonely that he takes one of the victims’ sons, Steve Mckenna (Jan-Michael Vincent aka Josh Hartnett), as his apprentice.

                        It's been quite a long, long time since I watched the 2011 version. And yet after watching the original film I slowly began to realize that both films are the same movie just shot and edited in a different way. I mean it's not always a bad thing because movies like these can sometimes be bad and the remake could be improved even if the film is forgotten or no one has ever heard of the original movie all because the film is just a forgotten film. Although there are times when you remake a classic and then the remake is the same as the original classic then you have problems. Luckily I quick read through the plot of Statham's Mechanic and the ending is basically the same as the original, though the problem of the ending didn't bug me or the story it was more of the action as well as the edits that I slowly began to feel confused especially scenes where it just goes from one place to another, especially when action sequences are way to choppy and way to confusing it just gave me a massive headache to the point where I had like bewildering look on my face, which at the end I slowly realized how the movie was going to end, in fact I was satisfied when the ending came I felt a great sigh of relief. Actor Jan-Michael Vincent, was in a bunch of movies that were forgetful and yet I still can't get over the fact that he looks exactly like Josh Hartnett for which is freaky because both me look exactly alike with the facial expressions to even the face whenever he turns his head or even the satisfied expression is just so, freaky in fact if you look up these two men on Google you'll for sure find a video of these two looking like their the same person that you wouldn't even notice, almost as if their twins. The movie itself is mediocre. I mean there's nothing I find special about the movie and sadly I would choose the remake of the Mechanic despite the fact it’s been ages since I watched the film, but I have a good memory about the ending, so I don't need any more detail. Granted part of me wants to like the movie because I still love watching Once Upon a Time in the West, but this movie was just no good and, in all fairness, you must experience the failures before you find a hit.