Jason Statham Puts More Villains in a Fix in First 'Mechanic: Resurrection' Trailer
Jason Statham may have taken a brief break from his usual grim-and-gritty routine to poke fun at his stoic-badass movie persona in last year’s Spy, but as the new trailer for Mechanic: Resurrection confirms, that hiatus is about to end in severely brutal fashion.
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This August, Statham will reprise his role as Arthur Bishop, an assassin of almost superhuman skill, in the follow-up to 2011’s The Mechanic, which was a loose remake of a 1972 film starring Charles Bronson.
Watch a quick promo for the original ‘Mechanic’ starring Charles Bronson:
This time around, Statham’s killer has retired from the murder business, but is blackmailed into taking out a series of high-profile targets by a villain who’s kidnapped his girlfriend, played by Jessica Alba in the expected revealing bikinis. Less predictable is the participation of Tommy Lee Jones sporting a bushy soul patch that may stand as the year’s most unintentionally funny facial hair.
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From Statham perilously scaling the exterior of a skyscraper (and its glass-bottom swimming pool) to his slow-motion leap off the top of a gondola car, the star seems to be in fine over-the-top heroic form in Mechanic: Resurrection, which looks like the sort of late-summer release aimed at delivering stripped-down no-nonsense goods. Moreover, it will likely serve as a suitable (if potentially formulaic) combat-heavy warm-up before Statham reprises his villainous part in next summer’s Fast 8.
Check out the debut trailer for Mechanic: Resurrection above. The film barrels into theaters on Aug. 26.
Jason Statham in 2011′s ‘The Mechanic’: Watch a featurette:
