Charles Bronson

The Mechanic (1972) - 3/5

This movie starts off promising an interesting series of assassinations made to look like accidents, but ends up just being another run-of-the-mill 70’s action movie. It lags almost immediately and by the time it finally gets back around to the action it’s too little too late. It’s decent enough action, but the plot detours are so bizarre and unrelated to anything else that when it finally gets around so its sort-of-twist the momentum is lacking.

Closest comparison: It’s like James Bond with the soul of Once Upon a Time in the West.

Setting: Adventure
Plot: Action
Tone: Espionage