Action · Thriller
The Mechanic
He has 100 ways to kill... and they all work!
Arthur Bishop is a veteran hit man who, owing to his penchant for making his targets' deaths seem like accidents, thinks himself an artist. It's made him very rich, but as he hits middle age, he's so depressed and lonely that he takes on one of his victim's sons, Steve McKenna, as his apprentice. Arthur puts him through a rigorous training period and brings him on several hits. As Steven improves, Arthur worries that he'll discover who killed his father.
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Top Cast
Charles Bronson
Arthur Bishop
Jan-Michael Vincent
Steve McKenna
Keenan Wynn
Harry McKenna
Jill Ireland
The Girl
Linda Ridgeway
Louise, Steve McKenna's Girlfriend
Frank De Kova
The Man
James Davidson
Intern
Lindsay Crosby
Policeman
Directed by
Michael Winner
Production
United Artists
Winkler FilmsReviews
CinemaSerf
7/1012/5/2024
"Bishop" (Charles Bronson) is the epitome of the hit man. Highly paid, he meticulously plans his projects so as to leave no trace of anything to suggest the deaths are not natural or accidents. When he is ordered to carry out a job on his handler "Harry" (Keenan Wynn), he doesn't flinch but he does take the man's son "Steve" (Jan-Michael Vincent) under his wing afterwards. It's clear that the younger man wants to emulate "Bishop" and so he takes him in training and onto a couple of jobs. These jobs don't go as smoothly as he'd expected, though, and pretty swiftly "Bishop" begins to wonder if he's being set up. If his employers can turn on "Harry" then could they turn on him, too - no more loose ends? Bronson is on his best form here as the grumpy but highly effective killer and as the plot
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