In 1998's "Two Smoking Guns", the young Jason Statham was still full of literary and artistic style. He is not a handsome guy in the general sense, his baldness and lack of smart features make him look more like a rough man. However, with his good performance in action films such as "Deadly Express", "Death Speeder" and "Bank Robbery", he has grown into a typical commercial action movie star. In "The Expendables", he is standing behind director Stallone on the poster, which shows that his heels in Hollywood have been very stable. It's a pity that he browsed the films and new film contracts he had made, but the genres were extremely single. Almost without exception, they portrayed killers or special agents, and even the plots were very similar, which undoubtedly made his acting career narrower and narrower. The two "Angry Hearts" can be regarded as alternatives, crazy to the point of nonsense, making people high from the beginning to the end, but it is a pity that the restricted-level film type has a narrow audience and does not have much influence. Originally, I was looking forward to this "The Mechanic". The title of the film conveys a masculine yet delicate taste. Will it be as rigorous and delicate as Switzerland's clocks? But during the tedious viewing process, the only thing that came to my mind was: Is this something to do with the mechanics? After reading some comments, I found out that the protagonist downloaded tasks from a website that recruited mechanics, so he was a mechanic... 囧. It turns out that this is not an exquisite Swiss watch, but an electronic watch that costs three or five yuan on the streets of Dongguan.
The mechanic played by Jason is used by the company to kill his old partner. His partner's ignorant son vowed to avenge his father, but he didn't know the inside story and worked hard to become the new partner of the mechanic. Although the story line is old-fashioned, there is actually a lot to do in it. The mechanic's guilt after killing his partner, his doubts about the company, the psychological confrontation with his partner's son, and the partner's son's psychological changes after discovering the real murderer of his father , as long as it is delicate and deepened, it can constitute a rich dramatic conflict, making the film fleshy and fleshy on the bones of the action. However, almost all of these wonderful points gave way to the movements, psychological changes and struggles. The mechanic is a battle-hardened mechanic, but it's not a party member to kill his partner without investigating or researching. When he learned that there was no money in his partner's account, he had no doubts at all. The revelation of the truth does not rely on the mechanic's thinking and judgment at all, but it is very thin that the mechanic encounters a "colleague" who is not dead, and only solves the mystery through a fight. This transfer point is very important, but unfortunately the director is lazy, making it weak and unconvincing for the audience. And the biggest flaw is the plot after the new partner discovers that the real murderer of his father is a mechanic who is also a teacher and a friend. This is the biggest burden of the film. We all know that the truth will definitely be discovered in the end, but how the two friends who are deeply in love will settle their grievances has always been on the hearts of the audience. I guess it will laugh at the grudge, or die together? The director was lazy again and gave the audience a swipe. Whether it was right or wrong, the protagonist still had the last laugh with an invincible arrogance. Is there just friendship between two people? The movie throws the back of a mechanic to the audience without any explanation, let us speculate on his mood, what a shit!
That movie should be renamed, "The Killer Has No Friendship".
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