Judged on any measure of film acumen, Mechanic: Resurrection may garner a 3 or 4 stars out of 10. But because it has Statham*, Alba* & Michelle Yeo*? Thats three more stars + another star because it has Statham, Alba & Michell Yeoh. Just wanted to clarify my rating.
In the vein of the Ringo Lam masterpiece the one with JCVD and the hot blond actress where he has a twin, but NOT Double Impact damn MAXIMUM RISK!!! (always forget that one's name) While nowhere near as good as Maximum Risk, Mechanic: Resurrection has that same kind of feel. Excellent action scenes strung together with a love interest who is involved with the wrong people. Where as Maximum Risk maintains a consistent style and pace throughout every scene, Mechanic:Resurrection is comically bad in terms of writing, acting - really anything involving the story. Luckily the action scenes do sparkle, and have a really fun brutality. The action also escalates from the beginning to the last scene, which is nice - many half assed action movies place the best action scenes early or in the middle, when they really should follow this model of growing intensity throughout the movie.
What should not be followed is the script written by someone who played a whole lot of Metal Gear Solid, Hit-man, or any of a number of stealth/tactical espionage video games. There is a really artificial feel to a great deal of this movie, and while I fully recommend video games borrow content from movies I'm not so sure going the other way around is such a good idea. I'm sure many people would find this movie unwatchable, but not me
Because it has Statham, Alba & Michelle Yeoh.
It also has Tommy Lee Jones, but I won't hold that against the movie - 7 out of 10
In the vein of the Ringo Lam masterpiece the one with JCVD and the hot blond actress where he has a twin, but NOT Double Impact damn MAXIMUM RISK!!! (always forget that one's name) While nowhere near as good as Maximum Risk, Mechanic: Resurrection has that same kind of feel. Excellent action scenes strung together with a love interest who is involved with the wrong people. Where as Maximum Risk maintains a consistent style and pace throughout every scene, Mechanic:Resurrection is comically bad in terms of writing, acting - really anything involving the story. Luckily the action scenes do sparkle, and have a really fun brutality. The action also escalates from the beginning to the last scene, which is nice - many half assed action movies place the best action scenes early or in the middle, when they really should follow this model of growing intensity throughout the movie.
What should not be followed is the script written by someone who played a whole lot of Metal Gear Solid, Hit-man, or any of a number of stealth/tactical espionage video games. There is a really artificial feel to a great deal of this movie, and while I fully recommend video games borrow content from movies I'm not so sure going the other way around is such a good idea. I'm sure many people would find this movie unwatchable, but not me
Because it has Statham, Alba & Michelle Yeoh.
It also has Tommy Lee Jones, but I won't hold that against the movie - 7 out of 10