The Mechanic is not only unoriginal in its premise, it's unoriginal in its origin. For me, cool, no problem. It's Jason Statham. The man, the actor, has elevated predictability to originality countless times. So I'm in. Then, all of the sudden, the script and direction betrays his talents. The exposition about a "mindset" is not only abandoned within the first 30 minutes, it's set on fire and pushed off a cliff.
I say all of that to say this... the characters are only sketched, the plot is the equivalent of a restaurant closing 5 hours before its advertised close while only offering disappointing cliches of classic offerings and your wallet is missing after the Happy Ending wasn't happy. Just Ending.
I say all of that to say this... the characters are only sketched, the plot is the equivalent of a restaurant closing 5 hours before its advertised close while only offering disappointing cliches of classic offerings and your wallet is missing after the Happy Ending wasn't happy. Just Ending.
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