What is the plot of The Mechanic?

The Mechanic follows Arthur Bishop, a meticulous assassin who takes on the son of his deceased mentor as an apprentice. As they work together on assignments, Bishop discovers the young man may have ulterior motives related to his father's death, leading to a tense and violent confrontation.

Who are the main actors in The Mechanic?

Jason Statham stars as Arthur Bishop, the professional assassin. Ben Foster plays Steve McKenna, Bishop's mentor's son who becomes his apprentice. Donald Sutherland appears as Harry McKenna, Steve's father and Bishop's mentor.

Is The Mechanic a remake?

Yes, The Mechanic is a remake of the 1972 film of the same name starring Charles Bronson. The 2011 version updates the story with modern action sequences and a contemporary setting while maintaining the core premise of an assassin training his mentor's son.

What genre does The Mechanic belong to?

The Mechanic is classified as both an action film and a thriller. It combines intense action sequences with suspenseful plot elements centered around the world of professional assassins and their complex relationships.

The Mechanic

2011 film directed by Simon West

Movie film Q388476

Facts

36 properties

Instance of: film
Director: Simon West^[1]
Performer: Mark Isham^[20]
Genre: action film, thriller film^[5]^[6]
Publication date: 2011, January 28, 2011, April 7, 2011^[30]^[31]^[32]
Followed by: Mechanic: Resurrection^[7]
Official website: www.themechanicmovie.com^[37]
Screenwriter: Lewis John Carlino, Richard Wenk^[2]^[3]
Producer: Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff^[18]^[19]
Duration: +100^[41]
Assessment: Bechdel test
CNC film rating (France): no minors under twelve
CNC film rating (Romania): N - 15
Cast member: Ben Foster, Jason Statham, Tony Goldwyn, Donald Sutherland, Mini Andén, Christa Campbell, John McConnell, Katarzyna Wolejnio, James Logan, David Leitch, James Logan^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]
Color: color^[28]
Composer: Mark Isham^[4]
Country of origin: United States^[29]
Different from: Mechanik (ujednoznacznienie)^[40]
Director of photography: Eric Schmidt^[22]
Distributed by: Fórum Hungary, Netflix, Dong-A Export^[33]^[34]^[35]
Distribution format: video on demand^[24]
EIRIN film rating: R15+
Filming location: New Orleans^[38]
Filmiroda rating: Category III^[44]

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JMK film rating: free from 16 years
Kijkwijzer rating: 16, 12^[42]^[43]
Narrative location: New Orleans^[36]
Original language of film or TV show: English^[23]
P14403: 70665
P14449: 85020
P14710: F00870
P14724: 11123558
P14821: 472399
Production company: Millennium Media^[21]
Review score: 5.6/10, 54%, 49/100^[25]^[26]^[27]
Title: The Mechanic^[39]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 77

Library of Congress authority ID: no2012033686
AFI Catalog of Feature Films ID: 66954
AllMovie title ID: v488508
Allcinema film ID: 338944
AlloCiné film ID: 134108
Amazon Standard Identification Number: B004XWLIJS
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.47q9yx9qax1alxe866sd0ymgq
BBC Things ID: 8540de40-f0d8-4067-90da-d1ce77eed1b2
BadTaste ID: professione-assassino-2011
Bechdel Test Movie List ID: 2754
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme): mechanic
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 714018

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Cinema.de ID: 4406087
Cineplex Germany film ID: 236059
Ciné-Ressources film ID: 112992
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 96134
DNF film ID: 79262
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 19172
Douban film ID: 3006783
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 18217, 18218
EDb film ID: t0027326
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/662D-8AFC-4B73-5D59-2179-2
ElCinema film ID: 1914238
ElFilm film ID: 465815
Elonet movie ID: 1508150
Exploitation mark number: 129054
FandangoNow ID (deprecated scheme): 1MV791e9c9e65ffbc4414a69a3ffdad1201
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/the-mechanic
FilmAffinity film ID: 902468
FilmVandaag ID: film/7526
Filmfront film ID (archived): 38654
Filmová databáze film ID: 71797
Filmweb.no film ID: 26575
Filmweb.pl film ID: 270617
Freebase ID: /m/0bwj49p
Google Play Movies & TV ID: PMa34bBC18I
IMDb ID: tt0472399
ISAN: 0000-0002-BB9F-0000-K-0000-0000-E
ISzDb film ID: 9735
ITunes movie ID: 1.1B (430.2M–1.7B, n=7)
Il mondo dei doppiatori ID: film1/professioneassassino2011
Indiancine.ma film ID: BEDN
KINENOTE film ID: 42116
Kanopy ID: 14189845
Kinobox film ID: 125404
Kinopoisk film ID: 195615
LUMIERE film ID: 37141
LdiF ID: 537174
Letterboxd film ID: the-mechanic-2011
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 62215
Metacritic ID: movie/the-mechanic
Movie Walker Press film ID: mv47482
MovieMeter film ID: 60850
Moviepilot.de film ID: the-mechanic
NRK TV ID: program/KOIF41001512
Netflix ID: 70136075
NientePopCorn movie ID: the-mechanic
OFDb film ID: 196012
OMDb film ID: 29807
PORT film ID: 115754
Plex media key: 5d776854594b2b001e688c06
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/mechanic
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 5465
Scope.dk film ID: 7595
Sratim ID: tt145111
Swedish Film Database ID: 75039
TCM Movie Database film ID: 778096
TMDB movie ID: 27582
TV Guide show ID (former scheme): 309378
TV Tropes ID: Film/TheMechanic2011
TV.com ID: movies/the-mechanic-2011
The Numbers movie ID: Mechanic-The-(2010)
TheTVDB movie ID: 1620
Trakt.tv ID: movies/the-mechanic-2011
Trakt.tv film ID: 16985
Unconsenting Media ID: 13024
ČSFD film ID: 254158

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🔗 Connections

Cast member 10

Donald Sutherland, Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Tony Goldwyn, David Leitch, Mini Andén, Christa Campbell, James Logan +2 more

Genre 2

action film, thriller film

Producer 2

Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff

Screenwriter 2

Lewis John Carlino, Richard Wenk

Assessment 1

Bechdel test

Composer 1

Mark Isham

Country of origin 1

United States

Director 1

Simon West

Distributed by 1

Netflix

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Filming location 1

New Orleans

Followed by 1

Mechanic: Resurrection

Followed by (predecessor) 1

Mechanic: Resurrection

Instance of 1

film

Narrative location 1

New Orleans

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Performer 1

Mark Isham

Production company 1

Millennium Media

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ The Mechanic — director (P57): Simon West. allocine.fr. Retrieved 2016-04-15. allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ The Mechanic — screenwriter (P58): Lewis John Carlino. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ The Mechanic — screenwriter (P58): Richard Wenk. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ The Mechanic — composer (P86): Mark Isham. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ The Mechanic — genre (P136): action film. metacritic.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15. metacritic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ The Mechanic — genre (P136): thriller film. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ The Mechanic — followed by (P156): Mechanic: Resurrection. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ The Mechanic — cast member (P161): Ben Foster. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ The Mechanic — cast member (P161): Jason Statham. metacritic.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15. metacritic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ The Mechanic — cast member (P161): Tony Goldwyn. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ The Mechanic — cast member (P161): Donald Sutherland. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ The Mechanic — cast member (P161): Mini Andén. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ The Mechanic — cast member (P161): Christa Campbell. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ The Mechanic — cast member (P161): John McConnell. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ The Mechanic — cast member (P161): Katarzyna Wolejnio. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ The Mechanic — cast member (P161): James Logan. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ The Mechanic — cast member (P161): David Leitch. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ The Mechanic — producer (P162): Irwin Winkler. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ The Mechanic — producer (P162): Robert Chartoff. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ The Mechanic — performer (P175): Mark Isham. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ The Mechanic — production company (P272): Millennium Media. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ The Mechanic — director of photography (P344): Eric Schmidt. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ The Mechanic — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ The Mechanic — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ The Mechanic — review score (P444): 5.6/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-05. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ The Mechanic — review score (P444): 54%. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ The Mechanic — review score (P444): 49/100. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ The Mechanic — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ The Mechanic — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ The Mechanic — publication date (P577): 2011. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ The Mechanic — publication date (P577): January 28, 2011. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ The Mechanic — publication date (P577): April 7, 2011. IMDb. Retrieved 2016-08-20. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ The Mechanic — distributed by (P750): Fórum Hungary. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ The Mechanic — distributed by (P750): Netflix. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ The Mechanic — distributed by (P750): Dong-A Export. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ The Mechanic — narrative location (P840): New Orleans. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ The Mechanic — official website (P856): http://www.themechanicmovie.com/. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ The Mechanic — filming location (P915): New Orleans. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ The Mechanic — title (P1476): The Mechanic. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ The Mechanic — different from (P1889): Mechanik (ujednoznacznienie). wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ The Mechanic — duration (P2047): 100 minutes. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ The Mechanic — Kijkwijzer rating (P2684): 16. kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved 2025-06-21. kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ The Mechanic — Kijkwijzer rating (P2684): 12. kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved 2025-06-21. kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ The Mechanic — Filmiroda rating (P2747): Category III. terjesztesre_kerulo_filmalkotasok_nyilvantartasa.xlsx. wikidata.org.

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