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词条 The Mechanic (2011 film)
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Cast

  3. Production

  4. Music

  5. Release

     Theatrical run  Critical reception 

  6. TV advertisement ban

  7. Sequel

  8. References

  9. External links

{{Infobox film
| name = The Mechanic
| image = Mechanic poster.jpg
| alt = The shape of a handgun, made up from an arrangement of many other guns
| caption = Theatrical Release Poster
| director = Simon West
| producer = {{ubl|Irwin Winkler|Robert Chartoff|David Winkler|William Chartoff}}
| screenplay = {{ubl|Lewis John Carlino|Richard Wenk}}
| story = Lewis John Carlino
| based on =
| starring = {{ubl|Jason Statham|Ben Foster|Donald Sutherland|Tony Goldwyn|James Logan|Mini Andén|Jeff Chase|Christa Campbell}}
| music = Mark Isham
| cinematography = Eric Schmidt
| editing = {{ubl|T.G. Herrington|Todd E. Miller}}
| studio = Millennium Films
| distributor = CBS Films
| released = {{Film date|2011|01|28|United States}}
| runtime = 93 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $40 million[1]
| gross = $76.3 million[2][1]
}}

The Mechanic is a 2011 American action thriller film directed by Simon West, starring Jason Statham and Ben Foster. Written by Lewis John Carlino and Richard Wenk, it is a remake of the eponymous 1972 film. Statham stars as Arthur Bishop, a professional assassin who specializes in making his hits look like accidents, suicides, or the acts of petty criminals.[3] It was released in the United States and Canada on {{nowrap|January 28}}, 2011 to mixed reviews. A sequel, Resurrection, was released on August 26, 2016.

Plot

Arthur Bishop, working as a "mechanic" (mafia slang for hitman), sneaks into the lavish home of a Colombian drug cartel leader and drowns him in his own pool. Upon returning home to Louisiana, he meets with his friend and mentor Harry McKenna, who pays Bishop for his work.

Bishop is given a new assignment: kill Harry. Bishop's employer confirms by phone that the contract is correct, whereupon Bishop requests a face-to-face meeting. Dean tells him about a failed mission in South Africa, in which agency assassins were killed.

Dean says that only he and Harry knew the details of the mission, and that Harry had been paid for the contract details. Reluctantly, Bishop kills Harry with the latter's own gun and makes it look like a carjacking. At the funeral, Bishop meets Harry's reckless son Steve. Bishop stops Steve from trying to kill a would-be carjacker in a misguided attempt at cathartic vengeance. Steve convinces Bishop to train him as a mechanic. Adopting a chihuahua, he instructs Steve to take the dog with him to a coffee shop each day at the same time. As Steve settles into a routine, Bishop escalates training, taking him to observe a contract killing.

The target is Burke, a mechanic for another agency who frequents the same coffee shop. Burke's only weaknesses are his interests in young men and small dogs. Burke makes a move on Steve and invites him out for drinks. Bishop instructs Steve to slip a large dose of Rohypnol into Burke's drink to cause an overdose. Steve ignores the instructions and goes with Burke to his apartment. When Burke begins to undress, Steve attempts to strangle him with a belt as he had seen Bishop do on a former assignment. Burke fights back, using his size advantage and experience, but Steve manages to kill Burke after much effort and a lengthy fight. Dean expresses his disapproval of Bishop's having involved Steve, which violated the rules of the contract arrangement, but Bishop says that Harry and his arrangement were for price only, and Harry had left the details up to Bishop.

Bishop's next contract is to kill cult leader Andrew Vaughn. They plan to inject their victim with adrenaline to simulate a heart attack, for which the paramedics would administer a fatal dose of epinephrine. While Bishop and Steve are preparing for the hit, Vaughn's doctor arrives, and he sets Vaughn up with an IV of ketamine, which will inhibit the adrenaline's effects. The hit men decide to suffocate him instead, but are discovered after killing Vaughn and are forced into a shootout with the guards, after which the hit men slip away and fly home separately.

At the airport, Bishop sees a supposed victim of the mission that Harry allegedly sold out. He confronts the other mechanic, who tells Bishop that he was paid by Dean to kill the other mechanics in South Africa and fake his death, so that Dean could engineer the failed mission to cover up his own shady dealings. He also reveals that Dean framed Harry and tricked Bishop into killing his friend.

The mechanic then attempts to kill Bishop. After a struggle between the two professionals, Bishop ends up killing him.

Bishop is later ambushed by Dean's unprofessional henchmen: after killing them, he discovers that Dean was behind the hit. Bishop goes home to call Steve, only to find that Steve has been ambushed. Bishop directs Steve to a hidden gun, which Steve uses to kill his attackers. Steve gathers supplies for their new mission while Bishop plots how to get to Dean. In the process, Steve finds his father's gun and realizes that Bishop killed Harry.

Bishop and Steve kill Dean in an ambush. On the way back, Bishop notices Steve carrying Harry's gun. When they stop for gas, Steve floods the ground with fuel while pretending to fill the tank. He walks a safe distance away and shoots the gas, blowing up the truck with Bishop still inside.

Steve returns to the house and performs two actions that Bishop told him not to do: playing a record on the turntable and taking the 1966 Jaguar E-Type. As he is driving away, Steve finds a note on the passenger seat that reads: "Steve, if you're reading this, then you're dead!", which he laughs off as a joke before the car explodes, killing him. Bishop's house is destroyed by a chain reaction of explosions.

Back at the gas station, a security video reveals that Bishop had escaped from the truck, seconds before the explosion. Bishop gets into a spare truck and drives away.

Cast

{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
  • Jason Statham as Arthur Bishop
  • Ben Foster as Steve McKenna
  • Tony Goldwyn as Dean Sanderson
  • Donald Sutherland as Harry McKenna
  • Jeff Chase as Burke
  • John McConnell as Andrew Vaughn
  • Mini Andén as Sarah
  • Stuart Greer as Ralph
  • Christa Campbell as Kelly
  • James Logan as Jorge Lara
  • Eddie J. Fernandez as Lara's guard
  • Joshua Bridgewater as Carjacker
{{div col end}}

Production

Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, producers of the 1972 original Mechanic, sought to make an update. Pre-rights to the remake were sold in February 2009 at the Berlin Film Festival. (Variety reported that the screenplay was written by Karl Gajdusek.) Director Simon West and Jason Statham were announced as part of the project three months later.[4] Ben Foster and Donald Sutherland were cast alongside Statham in October 2009.[5] Filming began in New Orleans, Louisiana on {{nowrap|October 14}} and lasted for nine weeks.[6] Filming locations included St. Tammany Parish,[7] the World Trade Center in downtown New Orleans[8] and the Algiers Seafood Market.[9]

Music

{{Infobox album
| name = The Mechanic: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
| type = film
| artist = Mark Isham
| cover = Mark Isham - The Mechanic.jpg
| alt =
| released = January 25, 2011
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 71:36
| label = MIM Records MIM002
| producer =
| prev_title = The Crazies
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = The Factory
| next_year = 2011
}}

The soundtrack music is by Mark Isham, with two exceptions:

  • Franz Schubert's 1827 Trio No. 2 in E-flat major for piano, violin, and violoncello, D. 929, which is played when Bishop returns from a mission. The record was released on January 25, 2011 via MIM Records label.
  • and "Better Off Dead" by Linnzi Zaorski, herself playing the "Jazz Club Singer".
{{Track listing
| collapsed = no
| headline = The Mechanic: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
| all_writing = Mark Isham
| title1 = Barranquilla
| length1 = 1:22
| title2 = Drowning
| length2 = 3:11
| title3 = Bayou
| length3 = 1:17
| title4 = Liquor Fairy
| length4 = 1:17
| title5 = Coffee Shop to Bar
| length5 = 0:46
| title6 = I Want a Meeting
| length6 = 2:31
| title7 = Poisoned the Well
| length7 = 2:07
| title8 = Amat Victoria Curam
| length8 =5:31
| title9 = Looking Back
| length9 = 0:33
| title10 = Carjack
| length10 = 2:35
| title11 = I Wanna Know What You Know
| length11 = 1:44
| title12 = Up Close
| length12 = 2:35
| title13 = Up Close (Alternate Version)
| length13 = 2:34
| title14 = Chihuahuas and Boys
| length14 = 1:54
| title15 = Don't Get in His Car
| length15 = 1:37
| title16 = Anger, and a Place to Put It
| length16 = 3:58
| title17 = An Outside Individual
| length17 = 1:53
| title18 = I'm Not a Reverend (Vaughn's Setup Part 1)
| length18 = 1:14
| title19 = Vaughn's Setup Part 2
| length19 = 4:37
| title20 = Vaughn's Hit Part 1
| length20 = 2:27
| title21 = They're in the Wall (Vaughn's Hit Part 2)
| length21 = 2:45
| title22 = They Played You So Easily
| length22 = 3:47
| title23 = Left Side Cushion
| length23 = 3:51
| title24 = Fingers, Wrist, Elbow?
| length24 = 2:17
| title25 = Save the Fuel, I'm Coming for You
| length25 = 4:46
| title26 = Gun Sting
| length26 = 0:35
| title27 = Vengeance is the Mission
| length27 = 3:16
| title28 = The Mechanic
| length28 = 3:07
| title29 = Original 1m1 (Bonus Track)
| length29 = 1:29
}}

Release

Theatrical run

The Mechanic was released in the United States and Canada on {{nowrap|January 28}}, 2011. Millennium Films sold U.S. distribution rights to CBS Films for the release. It was expected to perform well with male audiences, with its release a week before Super Bowl XLV.[10]{{Anchor|Box office}}

The film grossed {{nowrap|$11.4 million}} on its opening weekend in the U.S. and Canada. It ended with a North American gross of {{nowrap|$29.1 million}} and {{nowrap|$47.2 million}} in other territories, for a worldwide total of $76.3 million.[1]

{{Anchor|Reception|Critics}}

Critical reception

The Mechanic received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 53%, based on 156 reviews, with a rating average of 5.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Jason Statham and Ben Foster turn in enjoyable performances, but this superficial remake betrays them with mind-numbing violence and action thriller cliches."[11]

On Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 49 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[12]

Roger Ebert awarded the film two out of 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."[13]

TV advertisement ban

In June 2011 the UK's Advertising Standards Authority banned an advertisement for the film from being broadcast on British television. The ban followed complaints from 13 viewers regarding a screening of the advert during the teen show Glee. In its ruling, the authority found that although the advert was shown post-watershed, it was likely that a large number of viewers under the age of 16 would have been watching Glee at the time, and criticized the "stream of violent imagery" portrayed in the advert.[14]

Sequel

{{main|Mechanic: Resurrection}}Dennis Gansel directed a sequel, with Jason Statham returning as Arthur Bishop.[15]

References

1. ^{{cite web | url= http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mechanic.htm | title= The Mechanic (2011) | website= Box Office Mojo | accessdate= 2011-04-04 }}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Mechanic-The-(2010)#tab=box-office|title=The Mechanic (2011)|website=The Numbers|accessdate=October 24, 2016}}
3. ^{{cite web | url=http://www3.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=54702 | title=The Mechanic | website =ComingSoon.net | publisher=CraveOnline | accessdate=January 26, 2011 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322191357/http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=54702 | archivedate=March 22, 2010 | df= }}
4. ^{{cite journal | last=McNary | first=Dave | url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118003364 | title=West gives 'Mechanic' an overhaul | journal=Variety | date=May 7, 2009 }}
5. ^{{cite journal | last=Kroll | first=Justin | url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009959 | title=Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland | journal=Variety | date=October 14, 2009 }}
6. ^{{cite news | last=Scott | first=Mike | url=http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2009/10/hollywood_south_is_heating_up.html | title=Hollywood South is heating up as the weather cools down | work=The Times-Picayune | date=October 26, 2009 }}
7. ^{{cite news | last=Alexander-Bloch | first=Benjamin | url=http://www.nola.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2009/10/hollywood_comes_to_the_north_s.html | title=Jason Statham back in action locally -- this time in St. Tammany | work=The Times-Picayune | date=October 26, 2009 }}
8. ^{{cite news | last=Scott | first=Mike | url=http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2009/11/post_27.html | title='The Mechanic' brings eerie scenes to life in New Orleans | work=The Times-Picayune | date=November 17, 2009 }}
9. ^{{cite news | last=Scott | first=Mike | url=http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2009/11/post_28.html | title='The Mechanic' film crews to light up Algiers neighborhood for explosive sequence | work=The Times-Picayune | date=November 18, 2009 }}
10. ^{{cite news | last=Kay | first=Jeremy | url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/millennium-sells-us-rights-on-the-mechanic-to-cbs-films/5016808.article | title=Millennium sells US rights on The Mechanic to CBS Films | work=Screen Daily | date=August 8, 2010 }}
11. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mechanic/ | title=The Mechanic Movie Reviews | work=Rotten Tomatoes | accessdate=March 23, 2015 }}
12. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-mechanic | title=The Mechanic | work=Metacritic | accessdate=January 29, 2015 }}
13. ^{{cite news | last=Ebert| first=Robert| url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110126/REVIEWS/110129981 | title=The Mechanic| publisher=Chicago Sun-Times | date=January 26, 2011 }}
14. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13600900|work=BBC News|title=The Mechanic film advert banned from television|date=June 1, 2011}}
15. ^{{cite web|website=comingsoon.net|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=114585|title=Jason Statham to Return as The Mechanic|date=February 7, 2014}}

External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.themechanicmovie.com/}}
  • {{Allmovie title|488508|The Mechanic}}
  • {{IMDb title|0472399|The Mechanic}}
  • {{tcmdb title|id=778096}}
  • {{Rotten-tomatoes|mechanic|title=The Mechanic}}
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