Micro Review: The Mechanic

Jason Statham is the man. He's the only actor working today who is a true action star. Unlike Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Vin Diesel, or Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger before them, he's never made a comedy or played a role that's made light of his image. He's just made movies where he's kicked ass. Movies like The Mechanic. Yes this has more substance than most of Statham's movies, and gives him a chance to use his acting chops, but it's a straight-up action picture and a really good one. Ben Foster is also decent as Statham's hitman in training, and the last 20 minutes really deliver. A Good for me!

A good mechanic is hard to find . . .

. . . but I think Jason Statham is up for the job, at least as far as this exciting trailer for his upcoming film The Mechanic is concerned.

Yes, this is a remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson film of the same name. But, seeing as that Mechanic is as old as I am, it makes sense to give it a little polish. And, as we've stated before on this blog, no one kicks ass Statham!

The trailer look great, but we've been sucker punched in the back of the head by trailers before. That said, as long as Statham is kicking ass and taking names, I'm pretty happy.

The Mechanic is due out in January. Until then, check out the trailer below.