Mechanic:
Resurrection
Jason Statham stars as Bishop - a legendary assassin for hire who has
left it all behind. Tired of killing for a living, he has let everyone
believe he is dead, so he can live of life of peace and leisure in
exotic locales.
However, his top rival, Crain (Sam Hazeldine), knows the truth and
wants to use Bishop for his own evil intentions, so the bad guy kidnaps
Bishop’s new girlfriend, Gina (Jessica Alba), and orders him to
carry out three hits. If Bishop can make each one happen and make each
one look like an accident, Gina will be set free.
Mechanic: Resurrection is a ridiculous movie.
Director Dennis Gansel along with writers Philip Shelby and Tony Mosher
deliver an inept film that never would have seen the light of day if
someone didn’t pony up a ton of money to bring in Statham and his
supporting cast.
It’s a badly told story as Gansel and team focus much too long on
Bishop’s burgeoning romance with Gina, which leads to them
rushing the action portions of Mechanic: Resurrection.
Did anyone who bought a ticket to this movie come in hoping to see a
love story?
They want to see Statham kick booty, and we don’t get enough time
to let the booty kicking mean anything.
The three hits are never fully explored for the audience. Each one
could have been a stand alone movie with much more planning and
plotting to build up the tension and suspense, as well giving us a
strong idea of what makes Bishop so good at what he does (instead of
tiny little glimpses here and there). It would have given Gansel and
the team more time to let the audience in on why Crain wants to get rid
of these people or explain what makes each one a target.
Instead, we are left to admire Statham for making the movie anything
close to watchable as he parades around with his patented machismo and
fists of fury.
Then, we get to see Tommy Lee Jones having more fun than we have ever
seen from him in a movie as he shows up and camps it up as one of
Bishop’s targets.
Mechanic: Resurrection is a lazy movie.
Mechanic:
Resurrection is rated R for violence
throughout and language.
99 Minutes
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