Stathan revs up the action in 'Mechanic'

Jason Statham doesn’t have a death wish for starring in a faithful remake of 1972’s “The Mechanic,” a hard-core action title made famous by the late Charles Bronson. In fact, Statham and Bronson share a lot in common as big-screen manly men: They have limited range. But what they can do, they do really well. Statham proves the point again as a pedal-to-the-metal “Mechanic,” today’s standard but mostly fulfilling genre piece. Extreme R-rated catharsis comes courtesy of the bullet spray, vicious combat and bloody but justifiable revenge.