The Mechanic

Plot synopsis:
"The Mechanic"is a different twist on the "hit man's last job" movie, presenting Charles Bronson as solitary and stoic as ever, yet forced to realize he's aging and can't do what he once did. Rather than try to retire or get out of the business, he chooses to train someone else to thin his workload. At least that's how it appears on the surface.Arthur Bishop (Charles Bronson) is the best hit man or "mechanic" around. We see his meticulous methods right away, opening the movie with Bishop on the job. After learning his target's daily routine and securing an apartment with a window facing his target's window. He takes pictures of the man's apartment and scrutinizes his information at home for the perfect way to kill him. He breaks into the man's apartment and prepares it for the hit by placing a malleable explosive in a book in the man's bedroom rigging the gas oven to leak and drugging his tea. From the facing apartment, he watches the target drink his tea, and get drowsy, He waits until later that night, before shooting the book in the bedroom with a sniper rifle, causing a big and fatal explosion.Bishop next meets with Harry McKenna, (Keenan Wynn) a longtime friend of his father. Harry explains the the Organization says that Harry broke "the agreement" and won't take his calls any longer. He would like Bishop to talk to them on his behalf. Bishop doesn't see what difference that will make, but Harry explains that the reverence they had for Bishop's father, might make them more agreeable. Over a drink, Harry reminds Bishop of a story about Harry, Bishop's father and Bishop as a boy on a fishing trip. Bishop had fallen overboard and couldn't swim, which prompted his father to say "he'll learn" not moving a muscle to help him. Harry recalls that he himself had to reach out and pull him back into the boat. Harry: Your old man, he laughed like hell!
Bishop: That was a long time ago.
Their visit is interrupted by Harry's son Steve (Jan-Michael Vincent) who shows up looking for money. Harry initially gives him a hard time before handing him the $1,000.00 he wants and Steve remarks, "My father gets uptight when I ask him for money he steals from other people." Harry apologizes for his son's manner and asks Bishop to call when he knows something.Bishop gets a delivery which is the contract on Harry. He pins up all of Harry's personal information and plans out the hit. He scouts a remote beach location and tells Harry the Organization has asked him to meet there. When they arrive, Bishop drives up to a hill overlooking Harry on the beach. He takes shots at Harry from his hidden location and then acts as if he's discovered a sniper and is attempting to help Harry get away. Harry runs to the car, exhausted and Bishop approaches him gun in hand revealing his intention. Bishop then suffocates Harry in the car.Bishop visits a girl (Jill Ireland) who role plays a rather mundane drama with him, playing his neglected girlfriend, including reading a letter she wrote, requiring him to comfort her. After they spend the night together, she announces that the letter was difficult and will cost him another hundred. He agrees, remarking that the letter was a good touch, recommending something like it for next time.Bishop runs into Steve again at Harry's funeral. Steve isn't too bothered by his father's death, describing his father to Bishop as "Harry McKenna, fixer extraordinaire, pusher, pimp, thief, arsonist..." Bishop asks, "You liked him a lot?" Bishop tells Steve that Harry had worked for his father years ago. Steve realizes that this means Bishop's father was in the Organization and he asks Bishop if he's in himself, surmising that he is although Bishop tries to change the subject, reminding him to pay attention to the funeral. When Bishop remarks on Steve being sure of himself he responds "I live in my mind, Mr. Bishop." Bishop: "Sounds like something I read someplace.
Steve: And so do you.Bishop leaves the service and Steve asks him for a ride home. Bishop agrees and finds that Harry's (now Steve's) house is full of Steve's friends having a party. Wading through the crowd, Steve tells Bishop, "My father never really liked my friends, and I'm not so sure I do either." Steve gets a phone call from a girlfriend, Louise, threatening to kill herself. He asks Bishop if he'll come along to visit Louise. They find Louise with razor blades, preparing to slit her wrists. Steve makes a show of not caring and Louise cuts one of her wrists to prove she will, still getting no reaction from Steve or Bishop, other than Bishop telling her how long it will take her to die based on her weight. Louise insists that Steve will stop her before she dies, but Steve says "Listen, if you don't care anything about your life, then why should I?" Steve throws her some car keys and tells her she might live if she heads to the Sheriff's station in Malibu right away.Discussing the situation, and the idea of watching someone die, Bishop he tells Steve "It just means you have your own rule book."
Steve: I can dig that.
Bishop: It takes a very special kind of person to pick up the tab for that kind of living. You say you dig it, but you're talking about something you really know nothing about.
Steve: And you do?
Bishop: Do I?Bishop attends to his routines including martial arts, and knife throwing as well as talking a lot of pills. Visiting an aquarium he passes out, and wakes up in the hospital. The Doctor at the hospital recommends he see his own doctor, and says it sounds like he's experiencing "Acute Anxiety Reaction" adding that if it isn't that, he may want to try a psychiatrist.He wakes up the next morning to find Steve parked outside his house. Steve is impressed with his place and Bishop explains he inherited a lot. Steve tries to convince him to let him in on his "action" Bishop takes Steve out in a plane, letting go of the controls and forcing Steve to take over, which he quickly does. At a bar later, Bishop explains that his father was a "Judge" who had the final word settling Organization disputes,until someone didn't like a decision and put a contract out on him, when Bishop was sill in school. Steve shares that his father never let him in on anything, although he wanted to know the business. Bishop lets him witness a karate match which turns pretty brutal. Steve remarks "He practically murdered that guy." and Bishop answers "Murder is only killing without a license and everybody kills, governments, the military, the police."
Steve: Do you think Yamato's a killer?
Bishop: He's a killer that doesn't kill. It's funny. No, for him, the rules are important.
Steve: That's your expert opinion?
Bishop: That's my opinion.
Steve points out that Bishop is being evasive about giving real answers. Bishop reminds him that he better be sure he wants the answers he's asking for. He asks Steve what he knows about the term "Mechanic" and Steve tells him it can be used as synonymous with hit man. Bishop reveals that's what he is and tells Steve that sometimes he could use a back up. Steve asks, "You do this for money?"
Bishop: Money is paid, but that's not the motive. It has to do with standing outside of it all, on your own.
He offers to teach Steve all he can, and confirming he's in, Steve says "You've got a partner Mr. Bishop." Bishop corrects him, "Associate."Steve demonstrates an aptitude for the work and they start training for real. Going through a museum Bishop tells Steve "There are killers and there are killers, to tell you the truth they all have a different book of rules. To get away with it depends on the book of rules you have in your pocket at the time, your own country, somebody else's country, or your own personal book of rules. All this (waves at the museum figures) heroes, half of them are killers. Napoleon was one you know, Pancho Villa, Genghis Khan, and the we have our own domestic brand, like Billy the Kid, Jesse James and John Dillinger. Yeah, they're about as famous as our own honest to goodness heroes."Bishop gets an assignment to kill three men, who are in the habit of riding around on dirtbikes, but live behind heavy security with constant guards on watch. Bishop includes Steve in the job, including the surveillance. Bishop surprises Steve by watching one of the men in a conversation via binoculars and reading their lips to discover a "Chicken Licken" truck set to arrive at the guarded compound for a delivery. Bishop finds vats of acid at a plating plant to dump the bodies afterwards. Steve and Bishop take the Chicken Licken truck and enter the compound. The hit is messy though and one of the men escapes forcing Bishop to chase the man on a dirtbike. Although the man ends up dead, the chase causes quite a commotion running through backyard parties and causing car accidents.Bishop is called to meet with one of the Organization heads. He takes a plane to meet a chauffeured car which brings him to the estate. The man (Frank DeKova) is paining a leopard which he has tied in the yard. The man comments that the last job was very messy and asks about Harry McKenna's son and how he's involved in things. Bishop takes exception at the thought of having to ask permission. The man reminds him that there are rules in place which ensure the Organization survives, implying that Bishop has broken a rule.
He gives Bishop a new assignment saying it has to be done fast.
Bishop: I'll handle it the way I always do.
Man: There may not be time enough for that. The word is he's getting ready to talk to some people. The problem is considerable. Bishop: I'm not some wild Cleveland shooter. I don't cowboy!
Man: If he talks, things could get complicated, sloppy. That would disturb a lot of us. It's not really open to discussion, Mr. Bishop. This business of McKenna's son has upset a few of our associates.
The man tells him that the target is in Naples, where they have him a room already.Bishop gets home and heads to Steve's place. Finding Steve is out, he looks around and finds that Steve has taken a contract to kill him. He puts the papers back and goes home. When Steve shows up at Bishop's house later, he fills him in on the Naples job, telling him they want it "Cowboyed" He also tells Steve that he is nevertheless going to do it the way he's always done.They head to Naples and start watching the target, discovering that the man is very unpredictable, rarely doing the same thing twice, with the exception of returning to his boat. Bishop shares a local wine with Steve, explaining that it doesn't travel well and they don't export it. He reminds Steve to savor it and the time he has. He also gives Steve advice about planning hits, telling him, "You've got to be dead sure, or dead." Bishop tells Steve he'll pick up some scuba gear and they'll use it to get on the boat undetected to kill the target. They succeed and Bishop plans an explosive before they leave. As they get off the boat, some Organization men show up after them in speedboats. They watch as the men get blown up with the boat. Steve asks who the men are and Bishop explains that they're Organization men, after him because he broke a rule by not asking them to start training him. More men show up soon, leading to a car chase. Bishop blows up a car chasing them and then sends an exploding car into a roadblock set for him, and pushes the last pursuing car off the mountain road with a bulldozer he finds on the side of the road.Back at their room, Steve offers Bishop a glass of the local wine he likes. Steve watches with interest as Bishop has a sip. Bishop insects the glass himself suspiciously before picking up his bag to go, only to double over in pain. Steve says "Brucine! You'll be dead in a few minutes. Listen, you'll really appreciate this. This stuff is absolutely clear when it's in solution. I just coated the inside of the glass with it and let it dry. When the wine hit it it went right back into solution. No trace. Looks just like a heart attack." Bishop keeps struggling on the ground in agony. Steve continues "You said every man has his jelly spot. Yours was you just couldn't cut it alone."
Bishop: Was it because of your father?
Steve: You killed him? I thought he just died. You see? There you are. They told you who to hit. Kept the whole idea from being what we talked about. You needed a license, their license. I'm gonna pick my own mark, hit when I want. Just like you said, standing outside. See Naples and die."Steve heads to Bishop's place, as if making it his own. He picks up the ball Bishop would squeeze to strengthen his fingers and then gets into his car and finds a note taped to his rear view mirror. We hear Bishop reading it to him " Steve, if you read this it means I didn't make it back. It also means you've broken a filament controlling a thirteen second delay trigger. End of game. Bang, you're dead."

Tags: violence, murder

Review:
Charles Bronson is in top form here, he plays a hit man with creative and untraceable way methods of killing, he is like a "death doctor" and when he "fix something, it never works again".
Arthur Bishop, Charles Bronson, is the top "Mechanic" in the business and we see in the beginning of the movie how he does his job.
"Big" Harry's son Steve, Jan-Michael Vincent who Bishop met when he came to see "Big" Harry begins to take a very strong liking to him after his fathers death.
Intelligent film about the dirty business of the assassination game with Charles Bronson and Jan- Michael Vincent very good as cold-blooded killers who show no emotion at what they do.
In Basic terms Bronson could play a ruthless good guy, he had played his fair share of Indians and Mexican Bandits, but never was he better cast than when he portrayed Arthur Bishop, professional hitman for the Mob, The Mechanic.With great locations, exciting outbursts of action and a surprise twist, this is seventies action entertainment at it's best and it was the period where Director Michael Winner's collaboration with Bronson proved to be his best work to date.
They went on to make another great urban crime thriller THE STONE KILLER and then DEATH WISH, Bronson's most famous movie.It's a shame that both Bronson and Winner's films and reputations went down hill in the eighties but perhaps age went against the seventies icon, as for Winner he returned to Britain and went back to making dire comedies.But the seventies saw Bronson in many roles that would categorise him as typecast but perhaps he knew his limitations and knew he was never gonna be a romantic lead.
Although his late wife, Jill Ireland may have disagreed, she appeared alongside him several times over the space of twenties years, check out a movie entitled FROM NOON TIL THREE, a romantic western that people didn't want to see.Audiences want to see Bronson as tough, cool, calculated and deadly that's why THE MECHANIC is the perfect vehicle for the screen legend..
He worked with the best of western- and action-directors then (Michael Winner, Don Siegel, Terence Young, Tom Gries, Richard Fleischer, John Sturges, Sergio Sollima) and they usually turned out their best efforts with THE MAN starring in the leading role.
It is a so matter-of-fact-made movie that one can not deny its "documentary-style".BRONSON looks GREAT as the "mechanic", the top-hit-man, the "killer of killers"!
The forty-two year old hit-man Arthur Bishop (Charles Bronson) is frequently hired to kill without a trace and he carefully studies the profiles of his victims to find the perfect and clean way to execute them.
When he is hired to kill "Big" Harry McKenna (Keenan Wynn), who was a former friend of his father, Arthur meets his son Steve McKenna (Jan- Michael Vincent) asking money to Harry at home.
Sooner they learn that someone wants them to see Naples and die."The Mechanic" is an engaging film by Michael Winner with another great performance of Charles Bronson in the role of a "mechanic", meaning a hired hit-man that kills his victims without leaving a trace.
THE MECHANIC (action, 1972) Arthur Bishop (Charles Bronson) is the mechanic, a hit man hired by the Organization as an assassin.
In the same way that Steve McQueen used his laconic presence to great effect, Winner makes full use of Bronson's craggy features.QUOTE: Bishop: "Murder is killing without a license.
Charles Bronson plays an aging hit-man who takes on an apprentice(Jan Michael Vincent)to teach him the ticks of the trade.
Since the sixties, most of the movies in which I have watched Charles Bronson, he was always the tough guy...gritty man of action...macho man (The Great Escape, Magnificent Seven, Chato's Land, Mr Majestyck, Death Wish I to IV, Family of Cops I to III, Telefon, Murphy's Law, Red Sun, 10 to Midnight, The Evil That Men Do...) except for one, The Sandpiper, in which he played a painter, opposite Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor.
I have always enjoyed watching his movies.I consider this particular one as the best of his action movies.The storyline is pretty straight-forward, except for an unexpected twist at the end: A contract hit-man, seemingly about to retire, took on a cocky young man as protégé, who eventually turned the table on the master.Charles Bronson, played the contract hit-man (hence, the name, The Mechanic), Arthur Bishop.
Go & watch this movie to find out what I meant.On the whole, I find The Mechanic, to be an intelligent action thriller, with Charles Bronson in his best action role!.
Effective thriller stars Bronson as Arthur Bishop who teaches a younger assassin named Steve McKenna (Jan-Michael Vincent) the tricks of the trade.
Arthur Bishop (Charles Bronson) is a very professional hit man , he is the number one killing people with a bullet whose reputation has caught up with him.
As hot-headed Jan-Michael Vincent want to off Bronson and attempts to assume the position of top hit-man.This crime thriller packs intrigue, suspense, noisy action-packed with exciting motorcycle pursuit,explosive excitement, thrills and lots of violence.Bronson with his usual stoic acting displays efficiently his weapons and killing mercilessly his objectives .It's certainly thrilling , though the morality may be questionable , even in this time, as the spectators were clearly on the Bronson's side in spite of being a cruel killer .
Furthermore, appears a nice secondary cast , as Keenan Wynn , Frank DeKova and brief performance of Jill Ireland, Bronson's wife, as Bishop's love interest, but the romance isn't what this movie is about and director knows his action.
This big hit motion picture is professionally directed by Michael Winner such as the successive films with his main star, Charles Bronson.
And Wynn has a son Jan-Michael Vincent, a really amoral young man who wants to learn the ropes himself.I cannot figure for the life of me why Bronson takes in Vincent and does show him the ropes.
Charles Bronson plays the title character here, Arthur Bishop, and creates one of the best performances of his career.
Things start to look up a bit when Harry's son, Steve (Jan-Michael Vincent in an early but very competent performance) begins hanging out with Arthur and it doesn't take long before he takes him under his wing as his protégé.
Even though the movie centers around a character that most would characterize as a sociopath, we come to like Arthur and can't help but be fascinated by him as he talks to Steve about his thoughts on killing and about how different societies hold certain people up as great figures of history, despite the fact that they're killers (Genghis Khan, Billy the Kid anyone?).
The film is masterly directed by Michael Winner of "Death Wish" fame and is made more in the way of a thriller than it is an action movie.
Both Charles Bronson and Jan Michael Vincent are at their best, aided in large part by an excellent screen play by Lewis Carlino who also penned the 1966 classic "Seconds" and later "The Great Santini" with Robert Duvall and "Resurrection" with Ellen Burstyn.
The film has a slightly twisted perspective which, despite the predictable plot elements, leaves you guessing all the way to the end.Directed by Michael Winner, a long time friend of Bronson, at first glance the movie appears to be a typical 70's action film but Winner has taken the time to make it work .
I'm not a big fan of Winner, with films like Death Wish being to blame but he did an excellent job with this movie and the character study of Arthur Bishop, in particular.
THE MECHANIC is a well-made action film with very good performances by both Charles Bronson and Jan-Michael Vincent.
This movie is incredibly made, considering the year it was made in (1972), the relationship between Charles Bronson and Jan-Michael Vincent is a lot similar to that of today's action films, such as 48 Hours, Lethal Weapon, and Beverly Hills Cop!
Mechanic, The (1972) *** 1/2 (out of 4) Cult action picture about an aging hit-man Arthur Bishop (Charles Bronson) who prefers to work alone but even he knows that nothing lasts forever so he decides to take a young kid (Jan-Michael Vincent) under his wing and teach him the trade.
Steve's intense training as well as his first real assignment and the duo's mission to Naples are all fascinating to behold, but the most surprisingly terrific scenes are definitely those you don't expect to see in a film like this, like for example the extended part with Steve's suicidal girlfriend (proving his suitability as a hit man) and the bizarre and abrupt meeting between Bishop and a blond girl who acts out a real relationship ritual.
Charles Bronson is a legend of cinema that's a fact & i love the rugged tough action hero with a cool moustache & my first movie i ever saw of his was his iconic classic vigilante movie Death Wish (1974) that i absolutely love.The Mechanic is directed by Michael Winner who did lots of films with Bronson & i think this & Death Wish are the best of their work together & the most grittiest & darkest.
Charles Bronson gives an excellent performance here as ageing Hitman Arthur Bishop who is troubled,lost & mentally tortured by his work & Bronson really gives that lost hopeless & lonely feel to his character but is still deadly & tough it's an excellent performance.This is one of Bronson's best films it deserves a place next to Death Wish & Mr.Majestyk all BRILLIANT 70's Thriller movies made with power & grit & starring the original tough guy action hero Bronson.A true old school action Thriller that's moody,dark & totally entertaining & you get lost with Bronson in this classic that has a fantastic old 70's music score it's great & Nostalgic in the way that it's a lost era the 1970's & Bronson is gone too R.I.P to a legend.
Charles Bronson plays Arthur Bishop, an experienced hit man with a real skill at what he does.
Charles Bronson plays expert professional Hit man Arthur Bishop, who is tiring of the assassin's life, and wants to retire, but finds that it isn't as simple as he would like, not to mention he is befriended by a young man(Jan Michael Vincent) who wants to be his apprentice.
Arthur Bishop (Charles Bronson) is a hired killer and we see him at work as he stalks his target for the opening of the movie.
In my opinion this is the best of all Bronson movies.Jan-Michael Vincent too is good in this one.
In this story he plays an experienced mob Hit-man named Arthur Bishop who after years of successful scores, decides to take on a brash, self confident upstart named Steve McKenna (Jan-Michael Vincent) and trains him to replace himself when he retires.
Harry knew Arthur's father well and he wants him to speak on his behalf to smooth things over, though the organization still makes their final decision by sending him a hit packet on Harry.The arrogant son named Steve (Jan-Michael Vincent) could care less of his father's passing as he was a "pusher, pimp, thief, arsonist" and precedes to be as cocky and spoiled as he was before with raging parties and no sense for responsibility.
What makes The Mechanic work is the sheer animal magnetism of Bronson (and a certain sympathy we feel for him as we find out more and more about his hit-man character, Arthur Bishop) and the Vincent character, who is appealing because he is a glib, handsome sociopath.Even when the movie veers toward parody, there's Bronson, a thoroughly watchable killing machine.
The almighty Charles Bronson plays hit-man Arthur Bishop (another Bronson role in which nobody else could be imagined), a cold and collected professional who gets his jobs done perfectly.
Jan-Michael Vincent also fits very well in the role of Bishop's hit-man apprentice, and Bronson's enchanting real-life wife Jill Ireland has a small role as his girlfriend here.
Here we had Charles Bronson working as a hit-man, a cocky young stud as his apprentice, and Michael Winner at the helm.
The Mechanic is another collaboration between Michael winner and his favorite actor Charles Bronson who he normally casts in his films and unlike their previous collaborations in such films like the death wish films and many others .
Which i cannot be bothered to name this film isn't one of their better achievements the story concerns a veteran hit man Arthur Bishop who is pondering retiring after completing his latest job until he meets the son of a rich millionaire business man introduced to him by his Father played by Keenan Wynn named Steve played by a young and up and coming Jan Michael Vincent who explains to Bishop that he has decided himself that he wants to follow in Bishops foot steps and become a hit man himself Bishop then decides to take him under his wing and train him in preparation for an assignment that they will under take together which will test the limits of their friendship .
Charles Bronson did a pretty good job playing a hit-man with no remorse and cold blooded as well while doing what he does best.
this is not what i would consider one of Charles Bronson's better movies.it is watchable.but it moves slow for much of its running time.if you're an action fan,you might want to skip it.there are a few exciting sequences in the film,but not a lot.the acting is decent enough.Bronson does well,but this is a role he could play in his sleep.Jan Michael Vincent is pretty good here.Jill Ireland has a cameo appearance as a nothing character that has no connection to the film at all.this isn't a movie i would be in a hurry to watch again any time soon.if you're a Bronson fan,my advice would be to catch it on cable or as a cheap rental.for me,The Mechanic is a 5/10.
Also classic is the scene with Bronson and his "girlfriend." "The Mechanic" moves fast: it is a fun, amoral suspense film that will hook you and keep you absorbed you until the very end, with a great performance by Charles Bronson.
The Mechanic is a classic action thriller from Michael Winner on top form, starring Charles Bronson and a young and sexy Jan-Michael Vincent also bringing their best game.
Such scenes certainly stand out as unusual and not the standard talking bits between action in such films (and certainly far beyond what most filmmakers and writers would strive for in action movies today).However, the plot is mainly about Charles Bronson taking on assignments (including Jan-Michael Vincent's father early on) and then agreeing to let Vincent in on his lifestyle after the young man keeps sniffing around and shows a lot of interest.
What transpires is also interesting, however, because it provides a superb example of the killer's modus operandi which routinely involves staging each hit so that it appears that the victim has actually died as a result of an accident rather than a contract killing.Arthur Bishop (Charles Bronson) is habitually cool, calm and efficient in his work and his lifestyle reflects the success he's achieved through the highly-paid work that he carries out for a criminal outfit known simply as "the organisation".
Like Bronson, Jan-Michael Vincent had the right appearance for his role as the smug, self centred and wealthy young man who recognised and ruthlessly exploited one of Arthur's weaknesses in an act of treachery that provides part of the build-up to the movie's violent and highly amusing conclusion..
Jan-Michael Vincent is excellent as the cocky young protégé, he was perfectly casted, had awesome chemistry with Bronson and just did an excellent job overall i liked him lots!.Jill Ireland is stunningly gorgeous and does okay in her scene.
Charles Bronson does a fine job as the very precise Bishop and Jan-Michael Vincent contrasts nicely as Steve; a man who seems to enjoy his work.
Arthur Bishop's (Bronson) methods are methodical to the point of being tedious, more than evident in the body language of his young protégé Steve McKenna (Jan Michael Vincent).
Despite a family friend being a big fan of their work,I've never had the chance to catch a glimpse of Michael Winner/Charles Bronson's collaborations.Checking updates on Netflix UK,I found out that one of their team-ups was going to be taken off the site in a few days,which led to me fixing things up with the mechanic.The plot:Cutting out any connection to a social or personal life, Arthur Bishop trains himself to be a mechanic/hit-man for a group which demands the very best from their assassins.
Basically ageing professional hit-man and mechanic Arthur Bishop (Charles Bronson) is constantly hired to kill people leaving no traces, carefully studying his victims to get away with the perfect execution, one of his latest targets is 'Big' Harry McKenna (Keenan Wynn), who was formerly a friend of his father, Arthur is planning to retire soon after this job.
At the funeral of Harry, Arthur meets Harry's son Steve (Jan-Michael Vincent), the young man asks him for a ride and they get to know each other more, he sees the twenty four year old has potential to become a professional killer, and he suggests they form a partnership, of course he realises as time passes that he is highly narcissistic and ruthless.
Charles Bronson has a tough imagine, image that I find totally boring now, in everything he does,including the Death Wish Films.He strolls quietly and unassuming through his movies to a degree which I find frustrating, yes he gets his man, and yes he is predictable.The Mechanic served up yet another Michael Winner directed movie.
The first 15 minutes are without dialogue (not unusual for an action film), which may not surprise given that this is a Charles Bronson movie.