Mechanic: Resurrection

Mechanic: Resurrectionis a 2016 Americanaction thrillerfilm directed byDennis Ganseland written byPhilip ShelbyandTony Mosher,with a story by Shelby and Brian Pittman. It is the sequel to the 2011 filmThe Mechanic,which was a remake of the1972 film of the same name.The film starsJason Statham,Tommy Lee Jones,Jessica AlbaandMichelle Yeoh.

Mechanic: Resurrection
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Dennis Gansel
Screenplay by	Philip Shelby Tony Mosher
Story by	Brian Pittman Philip Shelby
Based on	Characters by Lewis John Carlino Richard Wenk
Produced by	John Thompson Robert Earl David Winkler William Chartoff
Starring	Jason Statham Jessica Alba Tommy Lee Jones Michelle Yeoh Sam Hazeldine
Cinematography	Daniel Gottschalk
Edited by	Michael Duthie Todd E. Miller Ueli Christen
Music by	Mark Isham
Production companies	Summit Premiere Millennium Films Davis Films Chartoff-Winkler Productions
Distributed by	Lionsgate
Release dates	August 22, 2016(2016-08-22)(ArcLight Hollywood) August 26, 2016(2016-08-26)(United States)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$40 million
Box office	$125.8 million

Mechanic: Resurrectionpremiered inHollywoodon August 22, 2016, and was theatrically released in the United States on August 26, 2016. It received mostly negative reviews, but grossed $125 million worldwide against a budget of $40 million, eclipsing its predecessor and making it a financial success.

Plot

Since faking his own death, Arthur Bishop has been living quietly inRio de Janeirounder the name Santos. He is approached by a courier, Renee Tran, who knows his true identity and explains that her employer wishes Bishop to kill three targets and stage their deaths as accidents. Bishop escapes, eluding her and her mercenaries and fleeing toThailand.He takes shelter at the resort island beach house of his friend, Mei, and learns that Tran is working for Riah Crain.

Some time later, a bruised woman, Gina Thornton, approaches Mei for first aid before returning to a boat anchored nearby. Mei sees her being beaten by a man aboard the boat and alerts Bishop. Together, they rescue Thornton, but in the scuffle, the man's head hits a bollard and he dies. Bishop searches, unsuccessfully, for evidence of the man's identity, then sets the boat ablaze.

While Mei tends to Thornton's injuries, Bishop finds that Thornton is also connected to Crain, and concludes that he anticipated Bishop would become romantically involved with her: he would then kidnap her to make Bishop take the assassination jobs. On being confronted with his theory, Thornton reveals that Crain had threatened the children's shelter inCambodiathat she runs unless she participated. Over the next few days, Bishop gets to know Thornton better and they fall in love. As expected, Crain's mercenaries arrive and abduct them.

Crain keeps Thornton hostage to ensure Bishop completes the assassinations. The first target is a warlord named Krill, held in aMalaysianprison. Bishop gets himself imprisoned, and gains Krill's trust by killing a man who attempts to kill him, Krill's former right-hand man. Bishop then kills Krill himself by overdosing him with snake venom and escapes with the help of Crain's operatives.

The next target is Adrian Cook, aSydney-based billionaire and former trafficker of underage sex workers. Bishop bypasses Cook's penthouse apartment's tight security, breaks the glass bottom of his overhanging pool with a tube containing chemicals, causing the glass to crack and sending him plummeting to his death.

While relaying details of the third target, Crain allows Bishop to speak to Thornton, who repositions the camera, enabling Bishop to identify Crain's boat. Bishop attempts a rescue, but Crain is able to thwart it.

The final target is Max Adams, an American arms dealer inVarna, Bulgaria.While planning his attempt, Bishop discovers the targets are Crain's major arms dealing competition. He approaches Adams to warn him of Crain's plan and recruit his help. Faking Adams' death, Bishop reports his success to Crain, directing him to the submarine pen to find the body.

At the pen, Bishop decimates Crain's mercenaries then makes for Crain's boat anchored nearby. He fights off more of Crain's men and rescues Thornton. Discovering the boat is rigged with explosives, Bishop puts Thornton in an emergency release pod. He kills the remaining mercenaries, then overpowers Crain and secures him to the boat with a metal chain. The bombs explode, killing Crain and seemingly Bishop.

Thornton is rescued and the remains of Crain's boat are salvaged. Thornton returns to Cambodia and her teaching duties and is surprised when Bishop turns up. Adams discovers Bishop survived by escaping in a watertight anchor chain locker, but destroys the evidence as a token of gratitude for sparing his life and enabling him to monopolize the arms trade.

Cast

• Jason Stathamas Arthur Bishop
• Jessica Albaas Gina Thornton
• Tommy Lee Jonesas Max Adams
• Michelle Yeohas Mei
• Sam Hazeldineas Riah Crain
• John Cenatiempo as Jeremy Cocs
• Toby Eddington as Adrian Cook
• Femi Elufowoju Jr.as Marlon Krill
• Francis Tonkala Tamouya as Nuujib "The Slender Psycho"
• Rhatha Phongamas Renee Tran, Crain's Courier
• Anteo Quintavalle as Frank, Crain's Thug
• Aaron Brumfield as Adams' Head of Security
• Vithaya Pansringarmas Prison Warden
• Soji Ikai as Skinny Prisoner
• Natalie Burnas BBC Reporter
• Raicho Vasilevas Fletcher, Crain's Guard (uncredited)
• Dylan Farrell as Young Arthur Bishop (uncredited)

Production

Casting

On February 4, 2015,Natalie Burnwas added to the cast of the film.

Filming

Filming began on November 4, 2014, inBangkok(Thailand).Filming also took place inBuzludzha(Bulgaria),George Town(Malaysia),Sugarloaf Mountain(Brazil),Sydney Harbour(Australia)andPhnom Penh(Cambodia)

Release

Theatrical

On November 7, 2014,Lionsgateset the film for a January 22, 2016, release.The film was later moved back to April 15, 2016, and on August 3, 2015, the release was again delayed until August 26, 2016.

Reception

Box office

Mechanic: Resurrectiongrossed $21.2 million in North America and $104.5 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $125.7 million.

The film was released in the United States and Canada on August 26, 2016, alongsideDon't BreatheandHands of Stone,and was projected to open to $6–8 million from 2,258 theaters.It grossed $2.6 million on its first day and $7.5 million in its opening weekend, finishing 5th at the box office.

In China, the film made $24.3 million in its opening weekend.China was the largest territory for the film, with a total gross of $49.2 million.

Critical response

On review aggregation websiteRotten Tomatoesthe film holds an approval rating of 31% based on 59 reviews, with an average rating of 4.45/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "With little to recommend beyond a handful of entertaining set pieces,Mechanic: Resurrectionsuggests this franchise should have remained in its tomb. "OnMetacritic,which assigns aweighted average score,the film has a score of 38 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".Audiences polled byCinemaScoregave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.

Variety'sOwen Gleibermangave the film a positive review and praised Statham. He says this is what the first film should have been, "a bite-sizedBond film,or maybe a grittier homicidal knockoff of theMission: Impossibleseries,with a lone-wolf renegade as the entire team ".Frank Scheck ofThe Hollywood Reporterpraised Statham but gave a mixed review saying "it's all about as ridiculous as it sounds, with Statham's character hopscotching across the globe in mere hours; equipped with unlimited resources and advanced knowledge of chemistry, architecture and engineering; and seemingly physically invulnerable", but also noted "the film is certainly watchable, thanks to the elaborately staged action sequences and Statham's killer charisma".

External links

• Official website
• Mechanic: ResurrectionatIMDb