Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)
Rated R
Starring Jason Statham, Jessica Alba, Tommy Lee Jones, Michelle Yeoh, Sam Hazeldine,
Directed by Dennis Gansel
The Story:
Arthur Bishop (Statham) is living alone, and peacefully, thanks to faking his own death. However, someone knows who he is, and what he can do. So he must kill 3 people, all to look like accidents, if he has any hope of returning to his private life and non-murderous ways. Bishop is going to kill a few more people than that by the time he gets his revenge...
I'm a sucker for a good Jason Statham film.
I wasn't really expecting a sequel to 2011's The Mechanic.
That itself was a reboot/re-imagining of the 1970s Charles Bronson film of the same name that saw Bishop, a notoriously ingenious hitman, train a young apprentice to seemingly take his place, but realizing the young apprentice actually wanted to kill the master, well, as you can see, Bishop survived that encounter and here we are.
The trailers looked like the movie would be a good time for Statham fans, and since The Transporter series foolishly jettisoned their leading man to start over, at least this was a franchise for Statham and his legion of fans to fall back on.
Thankfully, it delivered everything it promised.
Beautiful locations, exciting stunt set pieces and good, old-fashioned Jason Statham butt-kickery.
That's enough to keep this fan happy.
:)
The fights were good, the premise was sound, and it kept my interest from start to finish.
And yes, the elaborate swimming pool scene is very well done and worth the price of admission.
Final Grade: B
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