A movie review of "The Mechanic," Simon West's slick, sleazy, mostly faithful remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson thriller starring Jason Statham as a hit man.

This week, I went to a screening of the new version of “The Mechanic” and then went home and, three clicks of a mouse later, was watching the original 1972 version with Charles Bronson on my ...

DIRECTOR Michael Winner made quite a few movies with Charles Bronson as his leading man. Some were good, some were bad and some were downright reprehensible. The Mechanic, released to cinemas in ...

In "The Mechanic," action star Jason Statham takes over a role played in the original by Charles Bronson, who was one of his favorite actors. "I watched many of his movies, most of them," the ...

Nearly 40 years ago, the original film put the formidable Charles Bronson√ on the road to box-office immortalityand one of the bigger body counts in Hollywood history. This time, we get the ...

“The Mechanic” (2011) — Jason “The Transporter” Statham makes a fine stand-in for Charles Bronson in this curious, explosive remake of my favorite Bronson film. Statham matches Bronson ...

Movie veteran Donald Sutherland explains that The Mechanic isn't a remake - but a rethinking - of the Charles Bronson original. Starring Jason Statham, The Mechanic is in cinemas now.