tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post5169116760709157018..comments2024-03-24T14:03:33.932-07:00Comments on Every 70s Movie: The Mechanic (1972)By Peter Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385971732301020652noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-45084859873063395602017-07-19T14:44:01.149-07:002017-07-19T14:44:01.149-07:00Still one of the best opening fifteen minutes (giv...Still one of the best opening fifteen minutes (give or take) of any film. Bishop's methods and the world in which he operates are superbly delineated and, aside from some rhubarbing (no real dialogue) and a little music, it's purely visual. Had Winner been watching French movies (Rififi, Le Samourai)? Not likely. And also a good ending - I can't think of many (or in fact any at the moment) other films that have such a strong beginning *and* ending. Shame that some of the filling is so bad it makes me want to chew my my own face off. <br /><br />The scene with Ireland is great, though: like the last line of the first Prime Suspect (British television) and Paul Newman's cheating on the train in The Sting, it's both inevitable and surprising, and manages to be fresh each time I see it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04608092218218754085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-51595834569326488932013-03-19T08:38:43.797-07:002013-03-19T08:38:43.797-07:00Nice review, definitely one of the quintessential ...Nice review, definitely one of the quintessential Bronson films. Tommy Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02150131602787950689noreply@blogger.com