Anyone else dissapointed in the ending? *SPOILERS*

I thought the movie was solid, beginning to end.

That is why you watch the original movie first, before you watch the remake.

the film was stupid period, let me give a VERY quick review and my overal thoughts of the film then comment on the OP's valid points

pointless film don't watch unless you're bored, the script is predictable and too desperate to try to make twists in the movie

SPOILERS

asphyxiated scene was lame and not believable in a 2011 situation where people can test if a person died before rehung. Even in the 70s they knew this (maybe lazier cop work but they had the technology if you watch tv shows like QUINCY M.E)

jason killed a innocent man then the son which is not neceesary pointless deaths all over the film. He didn't even bother to ask his mentor anything i.e why? or his story, just a dog payed to do what he does.

the film felt like a cheap ride to show action and sex scenes, the sex was out of the blue and finished as quick as it started

ok now for the OP's thoughts. Stratham was painted as a nice person, laughing and smiling and giving the hooker a dog, but in the end his a dangerous dog, A-hole if you will.

* first off killing the son who just wanted justice is bullsh*t
* second of all stratham must be more of a pr*ck because to have killed the son he must of planted and set everything up before hand, thus the story writer showing stratham noticing the gun was pointless. (not to mention no way he would known its the same gun WHILST its holsted...for all he knew it was just a big desert eagle pistol.

Unless he WANTED the son to find the gun so he placed it where the bags were so the selfish b*tch had an excuse to kill him.

* if stratham was about honor he'd let the son get justice and kill him, if he felt he didn't deserve to die, he could of at LEAST give the son the illusion of revenge. Yet stratham wouldn't even allow that, he had to kill him in the most cowardly way possible.

* FYI if i was the baddie I would've told foster about stratham whilst I was dying in the car, hoping to save my life, not egg two killers by saying F.U.

Not all movies have to end in a 1 hour fight with the "good guy" and "bad guy" like in movies such as the Matrix 3 or any other popular action movie :P

The ending of this movie was perfect and matched the character, the whole movie was about him killing people without anyone ever knowing he was there. His house was ALWAYS boobytrapped. Notice when he played the player he pushed the button to disable the trap? The trap was always there. The kid just played it without pushing the special button that they even showed Statham push.

The car boobytrap seems more like he placed that especially for the kid. As it had the note and everything. Though we don't know when he put the note and we don't know when and why he boobytrapped the car.

It felt odd that Bishop killed both Harry and Steven. Steven was the avenger, but got screwed in the end because of a super roll Bishop performed. I would've preferred that Bishop really did burn in that fire.

On the other hand, maybe Bishop loses in the end with the film ending anyways. Now he has the guilt of killing both Harry and Steven looming over his head, plus his house is burned down along with his car on top of that.

Either one works if you think about it, I guess.



the Mechanic: http://www.reelworth.com/reviews/mechanic-the-2011/

I wasn't disappointed with the ending.

A lot of people complain, in regards to action movies, that the endings are predictable, and the reason the endings of most action movies are predictable is because the general public wants the "good" or "better" guy to win, and that is what the film-makers usually portray. So it seems like people often criticize action movies for being too predictable and that it's unreasonable for the protagonist to always win (seriously, how often can John McClane kill a group of terrorists and survive), but when they do something a little bit unpredictable or unconventional, such as killing off the good or better guy in the end, it still gets the same people upset because they actually want that type of predictability. It's as if some viewers want the predictable AND the unpredictable. Also, there's only so many surprises you can put into a straight-up action movie -- in many action movies, going against the grain is in itself predictable -- so I don't mind that the movie attempts to give a slightly different ending than what some viewers may have preferred or predicted.

The other argument is that an ending like this might actually be more realistic. The general focus of this film is about professional killers and the people who work with them or hire them. In the world of hired killers in real life, I'm assuming that the "good," "better," or even more sympathetic guys don't always prevail and that often times, the last person standing is just the better killer. As much as Foster's Steve character improved in the field of killing, Statham's Arthur is shown throughout the movie that he's an extremely intelligent, planned, and skilled killer. I think the ending is probably more reasonable in having Arthur "beat" Steve.

Of course, I'm not speaking for the writers/director of this movie (or the writers/director of the original The Mechanic) when I say all this. Maybe they really just did it because Statham never loses in his movies. Maybe they just did it because they wanted the option of creating a sequel, and Statham is much more equipped at being the lead of an action movie (and based on The Transporter and Crank series, he's open to sequels).

Whatever the reason for the ending, I don't think there was a prevalent enough direction or tone to the movie to lead to one specific end, so as long as they'd have done it well enough (which I think they did with the existing ending), I'd have been fine with just about any variation of the end, except maybe Arthur and Steve killing each other (that may be the only ending that I'd have disliked).

nah i think the ending was pretty decent. he gave him a chance but the pansy thought he could take on statham. lol. it ended the way it should have.
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Man, this movie is called "Mechanic" for a reason I guess. The ending with Ben Forster toasted instead of Statham is actually a bit refreshing, if not a little overdone in the attempt to differentiate itself from other bunch of actioners.

The idea is simple, there are no good guys in this movie. Though Bishop was as thirsty as Steve to avenge Harry the old-good contract killer, Bishop is the real pro with the whole thing well thought out. If watched closely, one should notice that Bishop was reluctant to recruit Steve because the later's a loose cannon(or maybe Bisshop judges there will be too much unexpected consequences including moral hazards). Even after the recruitment, Steve is still the one who regularly disobeys instructions/orders or screws up some details during missions. My vote is that Bishop soon realized that he shouldn't have tied the avenge with help nursing/training Steve anyway. After they shot the main bad guy Dean into a honeybee's nest near the end of the movie, Bishop was finally seriously considering making Steve a true apprentice/family member. Yet, as Steve attempted to kill him, the logical conclusion is no. Not only for the reason that the kid wanted the one who pulled the trigger Bishop dead, but also for the reason that he's too naive/volatile that he will nver make a true professional to be called "Mechanic" like Bishop.

On the other hand, as the other users have pointed out, Steve "practically doesn't give a *beep* as he himself said it. In his reckless personality, he may become a great marksman, a first-class CQC user and even a good strategist, but he will never match up to Bishop's integrated quality, as he took things totally personal and didn't follow rules(i.e. trying to kill his mentor. By the way I've read some martial arts novels but the first and foremost test an apprentice need to take is how the face the temptation of killing his/her master.)Still, one can say he died in the end of the movie because he's incompetent in many ways, like ignoring the booty traps, failing to double-check if Bishop really was killed, etc.



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