Comments on: Jason Statham May Go Bronson in The Mechanic Remake

By: cheap r4ds

cheap r4ds — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:49:51 +0000

I'm not a huge Jason Statham fanboy but I do consider his presense in a movie a plus which will make me more likely to see a film. Where actors like Seth Rogan and Philip Seymour Hoffman are negatives and who might keep me away. And yeah I freely admit PSH is a great actor, I just don't like the guy.

By: Phoghat

Phoghat — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:46:45 +0000

I'd rather see "Death Wish". Instead of a little .32 caliber revolver how about a bichin' .50 Desert Eagle?

By: Phoghat

Phoghat — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:46:00 +0000

I'd rather see "Death Wish". Instead of a little .32 caliber revolver how about a bichin' .50 Desert Eagle?

By: Rob Jamal 24

Rob Jamal 24 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:38:43 +0000

Jason Statham is badass, i love his movies (All 3 transporter movies, both Crank movies [of course], death race, snatch, italian job, bank job, two lock stock and smoking barrels—the only movie i hated was WAR pretty much the last 10 minutes was just horrendous)– I do agree when people say that he is the ultimate badass and the ultimate B movie guy. I cant wait to see him in 13, the highly anticipated Expendables movie, and anything else–especially after the great Crank sequel.

By: Rob Jamal 24

Rob Jamal 24 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:38:00 +0000

By: Rhys Paine

Rhys Paine — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:35:47 +0000

Niel's right, after Crank 2, which completely bleeds badass (mainly because of Statham), I am willing to watch anything that sounds like a promising B-movie starring him.

By: Rhys Paine

Rhys Paine — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:35:00 +0000

Niel's right, after Crank 2, which completely bleeds badass (mainly because of Statham), I am willing to watch anything that sounds like a promising B-movie starring him.

By: Rob_Hunter

Rob_Hunter — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:22:53 +0000

My immediate instinct is to hate this idea because Statham pretty much sucks and will drag this movie down into shirtless ruin. But you're right when you say Bronson was a "B-movie action guy" which means Statham might be okay here. The only worrisome part remaining is them calling it a "reinvention." There's not much reinventing you can do with the film's original premise before it stops being The Mechanic. Mentor assassin trains student assassin and then they try to outwit each other. Period.

But here's hoping they get Zac Ephron to play the younger hitman!

By: Rob_Hunter

Rob_Hunter — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:22:00 +0000

But here's hoping they get Zac Ephron to play the younger hitman!

By: _Christopher_M

_Christopher_M — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:28:56 +0000

What happened to Stallone? I read he was going to star in the remake…it was also rumored that Ryan Gosling, Cillian Murphy, Ben Foster and Elijah Wood were wanted for the pupil role….

By: _Christopher_M

_Christopher_M — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:28:00 +0000

What happened to Stallone? I read he was going to star in the remake…it was also rumored that Ryan Gosling, Cillian Murphy, Ben Foster and Elijah Wood were wanted for the pupil role….