The Mechanic Movie Review

After coming back from the rig, the first thing I wanted to do was to catch a movie at the cinema. Even though I had been watching shows on the rig, the experience at the cinema with pop corn at hands was totally a different thing.

This time, I watched "The Mechanic" by Simon West staring Jason Statham, one of my favourite action actors.

The show was about the life of a hired assassin, Arthur Bishop (Jason Statham). Arthur's job was to kill the criminals who had escaped the hands of law. He liked his job very much and he had been doing it well under the guidance of his mentor, Harry Mckenna (Donald Sutherland). However, things changed when he was tricked to murder his mentor. He didn't hesitate when he did it. But when he found out he was fooled by his employer, he took revenge with the help of his mentor's son, Steve Mckenna (Ben Foster). Arthur had been coaching Steve after Harry's death. He did it out of guilt.

Arthur's preparation for every assignments was almost flawless, even when he was against his employer. Nevertheless, things got complicated when Steve found out Arthur was the one who murdered his father and he decided to get back to Arthur. Did Arthur manage to escape the fate? That's worth finding out. :)

Food for thought

Indeed, as one of the scene portrayed, "Victory loves preparation". I personally think that also applies to even things that we have been doing over numerous times. A lot of times we thought nothing would go wrong with things that we have done so many times, but complacency kills.

Things that we feel most confident with would always be the only thing that brings us down. Being confident is one thing, being over confident is another. It's always best to prepare, and keep on preparing even after we have achieved victory, just like Arthur in the movie. :)