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Charles Bronson (Actor), Jan-Michael Vincent (Actor), Michael Winner (Director) Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Charles Bronson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Keenan Wynn, Jill Ireland, Linda Ridgeway
  • Directors: Michael Winner
  • Writers: Lewis John Carlino
  • Producers: Henry Gellis, Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: French, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Polish, Greek
  • Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
  • DVD Release Date: 3 May 2004
  • Run Time: 96 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (53 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0001P1BRU
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Charles Bronson stars as professional killer Arthur Bishop, a man regarded as the best in his bloody trade. He prides himself on the fact that he can make all his hits look like accidents. After one particular job, the son of his victim, Steve (Jan-Michael Vincent) pleads with Arthur to teach him the tricks of the trade, and Arthur obliges as his solitary lifestyle is beginning to have a profound effect on him. Soon, however, Arthur becomes involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse that can only lead to the death of one of the parties involved.

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4.0 out of 5 starsA killer of a thriller
By Trevor Willsmer HALL OF FAMETOP 50 REVIEWER on 12 Mar. 2007
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The Mechanic aka Killer of Killers (the title was changed to boost business with people who might have mistaken the original title for a car chase movie) is surprisingly good and, unusually for Michael Winner, also surprisingly well directed. A one-time Cliff Robertson vehicle (which at least explains the pipe Charles Bronson smokes throughout the film) and a clear influence on the Wachowski Brothers later script for Assassins, it sees Charles Bronson as the mob's most assured and ingenious hitman for some reason taking on an apprentice, attracted perhaps by his sociopathic indifference to death. The first half of the film is so sharp that it's a shame the rest of the movie starts down a more conventional road, but the action is well-handled, with a couple of way above average stunts involving a crashing motorbike and, later on, a car pushed off a mountain road that is more comprehensively trashed on the way down than you've ever seen in a film before or since: this one doesn't need to go up in a fireball to convince it's occupant isn't walking away.

Unfortunately the sorcerer's pathological apprentice is played by terminally smug Jan Michael Vincent (the man who sued the paramedics who saved his life after a drunken crash for not managing to do so without damaging his vocal cords): ideal casting, perhaps, but he's definitely a below-par Dennis Quaid act as an actor who seems to think he's good looking enough not to have to at least try to act. Equally unfortunately it also features the inevitable Jill Ireland (the star's wife and director's former girlfriend: that must have made for some interesting conversations on the set), albeit only for one scene, and for once there's a rather clever and perfectly valid reason for her bad acting.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsthe great Charles Bronson
By Alejandra Vernon on 1 Sept. 2003
Charles Bronson (1921-2003) left us a legacy that spanned nearly five decades of acting, in many different styles. Though good at comedy as well as drama, he will mostly be remembered as a tough and gritty man of action, remaining very macho and attractive way into his gnarled, craggy later years, never losing that perspicacious glint in his eyes, or his masculine appeal.
"The Mechanic" is one of his best; a unique film with a taut script by John Lewis Carlino, that remains interesting after many years and many viewings.
The first memorable 15 minutes of this film are silent except for the tense, eerie score by Jerry Fielding, and set up the character of Arthur Bishop, who is a hit man with expensive tastes and a heart of steel. It is a part that fits Bronson like a velvet glove, with its complexity, bravado, and action sequences, which are well paced by director Winner, and photographed by Richard Kline. Jan-Michael Vincent is excellent as the cocky, cold-as-ice young man Bishop takes on to teach his "trade", and Jill Ireland (who was married to Bronson for many years) does well in a miniscule part.
Michael Winner made several films with Bronson, another favorite being "Chato's Land", which is an unusual, and very special Western.
The intricacy of the plot will keep you guessing; this is not your typical, predictable action movie, and like most films made in the '70s, it is fun to watch, with its nifty fashions and slightly tacky décor.
A must see for those that like intelligent thrillers, and a great film to celebrate Charles Bronson's life and talent.
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5.0 out of 5 starsone of bronsons best
By Pablo Leone on 13 May 2010
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this along with mr majestyk are my favourite bronson movies.here he plays an assassin and trains a young jan-michael vincent the art.dont want to say much as it will spoil the plot.but a great film and like its director"its a winner".
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5.0 out of 5 starssilence is golden
By voodoo childe on 13 Nov. 2010
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Any film that can go 15 minutes without any dialogue and still maintain your attention 100% can not be all that bad. This film is an excellent thriller from two of the masters of the genre,Charles Bronson as actor and Michael Winner as director.Great 70s film wel worth a look at.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe Mechanic - Bronson at his coolest best as he `fixes' problems for the mob
By Victor HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWER on 11 Jan. 2012
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You won't hear me say this very often, but this is a Michael Winner film that I enjoy, and I consider to be a bit of a classic. In the second (I think) of his collaborations with Charles Bronson we are treated to a snappily paced and rather cool story of a mob hitman (Bronson) and his dealings with his apprentice (the slightly miscast Jan-Michael Vincent).

The first fifteen minutes or are entirely without dialogue. It's a brave director to do that, but it works superbly. Bronson is so well cast as the taciturn Bishop, going about his business quietly and efficiently, exuding an aurora of cool machismo with a hint of danger. He is totally magnetic and you can't keep your eyes off him. Things take a turn for the worse when Jan-Michael Vincent turns up, no one could accuse him of being a great actor, but he manages to go through his lines competently enough and his natural air of arrogance and superiority actually compliments his character. Winner directs with a bit more imagination than normal, producing a film with regular exciting action sequences but with a cracking underlying story that really gets you interested.

Probably the best Bronson picture I have seen, and definitely the best of Winners. Excellent, 5 stars.
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