THE MECHANIC

Arthur Bishop (Jason Statham) is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But when his mentor and close friend Harry (Donald Sutherland) is murdered, Bishop is anything but detached. His next assignment is self-imposed - he wants those responsible dead. His mission grows complicated when Harry's son Steve (Ben Foster) approaches him with the same vengeful goal and a determination to learn Bishop's trade. Bishop has always acted alone but he can't turn his back on Harry's son. A methodical hit man takes an impulsive student deep into his world and a deadly partnership is born. But while in pursuit of their ultimate mark, deceptions threaten to surface and those hired to fix problems become problems themselves.  

Critical

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 52% based on reviews from 124 critics and reports a rating average of 6.5 out of 10. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 49 based on 35 reviews.

Roger Ebert awarded the film two out of a possible four stars and said, "Audiences have been drilled to        accept noise and movement as entertainment. It is done so well one almost forgets to ask why it has been  done at all."