That is because Charles Bronson in real life was a badass---certain actors (e.g. Clint Eastwood, Steve McQueen,John Wayne, Jack Nicholson) would snap most panzy-ass actors today in half. They were real men kicking real ass, thus, you believe it when they are on the big screen. RIP Golden-age Hollywood---I mean we have to look to Tom Hanks and Seth Rogen for acting?---I mean seriously? wtf!!!
@stp1311 tom hanks was a bad example cause he can actually act better than everyone on that list you named with the exception of maybe jack nicholsom imo i understand what your saying tho but the real reason is more likely the producers of films being corny and the actors that get cast i.e seth rogen
@YodaOwns clint eastwood is a typecast actor imo who has only shown his acting chops n his later years unfortunately but i still think hes great and steve mcqueen is overrated thats just my opinion
i've just watched the trailer for the new statham remake and i swear his acting is getting really bad - its like he's not even trying any more..... at the beginning of the trailer it sounds as if he's got some sort of dodgy russain accent, and then it just fades out, its got over 7 out of ten on imdb as well.... hmm (maybe its not meant for me - i hate chuck norris and steven seagal films - y'know - brainless actioners, why cant they have action and a brain aswell then everybodies happy!?)
oh man!....... ive been wanting to know what film this was for ages, it stuck with me as a kid - i always remembered "charles bronson putting something squishy in a book and then shooting it from across the way" i dont know why it stuck with me (well i suppose cos bronson is a badass). its unfortunate that the only way ive come across this is because ive just found out that the new Jason Staham is supposed to be a remake!?
There aren't many films that have such a great beginning and such a bloody good ending. Most of the stuff in the middle is a problem, though. But you just know that the remake is going to be terrible.
The tea sedates the target from smelling gas! The acid on the gas hose let's gas into the room. The paste is an explosive that ignites the gas when hit with a rifle shell! Brilliant!
The thing about Charles Bronson is...you could have filmed him just doing every day shit like putting up drywall, mowing the lawn, or making an omelette - and it would still look cool and meaningful and interesting. What a badass.
@Mirrorbeholding .....or putting acid on a gas pipe, some gell explosive in a book, switching a guy's prefered tea with tea spiked with a sedative.....
@findjinn Bronson and his brother used to take coal out of coal mines that were condemned because of multiple cave ins. In Pa, years ago. They were both bad asses.
This is such a great film; lean, mean & straight forward. Everyone always talks about "Death Wish" as Charles Bronson's most memorable role, but I think "The Mechanic" is his best. I like Jason Statham, but there's no way he can walk Charles Bronson's shoes.
I truly wish they weren't remaking this film; if it's the typical current hollywood film, it'll crap all over the original & we'll see nothing new...
@seattlejohn01 Agreed. Love Bronson in many other movies, but The Mechanic was particularly special.Shouldn't have taken on J-MV though, that kid was trouble. "Everybody kills, the police, the military ..."
@seattlejohn01 I agree.Hollywood has run out of ideas and are getting lazy. Although jason statham is my choice for the next "Mechanic".You can´t go wrong with Statham. Too bad they can´t come up with new cool characters.
@seattlejohn01 - I would not get excited about remakes. They are the way of the future - and have been happening for decades. The 1978 Elliot Gould version is no way superior to Bogey's 1946 turn in the Big Sleep - how could it be? Remakes now have the cultural and language dimension. Every European art house film is now going to be remade.
If you have some patience, and a DVD player, the remakes just serve to remind you of what there is to watch - and there is plenty out there.
@lukeslonergan Uh, no, the remake blows. Most everyone agrees the original is far superior to the lame remake. Now, get off the family computer before your mommy comes home & gets angry with you.
@seattlejohn01 doggy your 52 years old!! im suprised you can work a computer now get your old decrepit ass off the computer go make your 3 o'clock tv dinner sit your old ass down and watch your murder she wrote boxset
@kyuss841 Not looking forward to the remake either. I've been hearing about it for years and just figured nothing would ever happen with it. But...I guess its supposed to come out this coming December. Hopefully its upside will be that it draws attention to the original. I live in Hollywood and about a year ago they showed the original at The New Beverly Cinema on the big screen ...what a rare treat !!!
I haven't seen this since it was in the theaters as the opening of a double feature with Live And Let Die. And over those thirty-odd years, this scene has stuck with me for some reason. Thanks so much for posting,
too bad I didn't live in those times (the 60's-70's) ... oh wait! If I would have lived through those years, now I would be a bitter man (in case I didn't go with the times)
@iOnlySignIn Bishop has built a cup out of clay or putty to hold the acid. The acid has to eat through the putyy and then the gasline before gas is released. When the water is boiled for the tea, the gasline is still intact. Bishop apparently knows how long it takes for the acid to eat through the putty and gasline so there is time for the victim to drink his drugged tea and pass out before the apartment fills with gas.
@TheEve30 , wait until the riots the foreign agent attorney get started. You will beg for your life while i eat you family. And yes I plan to burp and fart
@TheEve30 , I am one of the nicest folk on this planet. fuck you. You have no clue what the attorney has ordered. you will be one of the first to go. The jew will kill you and your family easy
@attorneydestroyusa It is plain to see that you are a psychopatic monkey get lost or I would rather you shoot yourself in the head with two guns one on the left and one on the right get ready bam ,bam you are dead MONKEY BYE BYE BYE!!!
@attorneydestroyusa You are so boring your channel 717 views and February 17,2010 you joined youtube ,you don't even have friends you keep on sending messages to yourself then you want to argue with me DEVIL GET ALIFE for there is no life for you on youtube nobody likes you so just kill yourself!
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@TheEve30 , it is evident you are a homosexual. you are so confused about simple things such as reading that is impossible for you to not have become so confused that you think you are to suck penis.
But certainly the most unnecessarily complicated hit. The guy was apparently so important that drugs, plastic explosive , gas AND a rifle were required to kill him.
Kinda makes you wonder why he was being kept in a sh8tty skid row flophouse with the shades undrawn.
One of the things that made this movie great was the music score. An example is the opening moment of the movie where Bronson's head appears after getting out of his car. That music was perfect for setting the tone for the movie and Bronson's character IMHO.
Such a good movie and so underrated! So many excellant scenes, I am hard put to choose any one. In the movie, he is a paper doll of a human, evolving into a feeling being, which in the end kills him. A masterpiece.
"A very clean, accident-looking termination of the objective. Our organization is very impressed with your work. As for placing the rest of this movie on YouTube, you may proceed with that plan Mr. Bishop"...click
Never get tired of this movie. It's a world unto itself :)
Got to see the intro uncut though-no edit. Seedy SoCal, they way it was and is behind all the glitz bullshit. Love the shitty neighborhood the beginning is filmed in.
The location was in Downtown Los Angeles around the intersection on 3rd and Wall Street....very different looking today....love this movie. Great locations!
It's interesting the complete contrast between the depressing poverty stricken shithole where he is to do the hit and the luxury of his home on expensive Mulholland Drive. The opening is more powerful when not edited down though. It's a great film with quite a bit of depth to it and Bronson's best in my opinion.
Which movie (early 80's i believe) is it where he's investigating a guy, visits him and asks to use his bathroom and finds a penis pump apparatus. in the end the guy is chasing his daughter naked and Charlie pops him in the forehead
One of my fav. Bronson movies, I always loved it.....but that pellet CO2 rifle thing is nonsense.....in the movie it penetrates a window first and than hit the book.....that´s impossible in my opinion.....I´m sure the pellet would have missed the target. BB as well as pellet, both had missed if you shoot through a closed window. I would have used a 22. caliber rifle with sound supressor......that would have been more credible.
Well for that matter the forensics people would have figured out what happened, and looked in the room he used, found fibers, DNA etc. The point of the whole scene is how patient, profesional and emotionless he is while he performs his job.
Good point. He grows up hating his father yet he gets everything he wants whenever he wants it. I'd label him a sociopath though. I think a psycho would be deranged (not know right from wrong), but a socio would know yet would give a shit (no emotion or empathy).
I fucking love this movie though. I'll quote certain parts of it to my employees (most of them born in the mid to late 80s) and they look at me like I'm crazy. I'll take this movie to the grave with me though-
I love this movie, and I think this scene is done very realistically. The only caveat I have is that evidently Bishop uses a CO2 pellet rifle to strike the incendiary agent hidden in the book.
However, I find it highly unlikely that a CO2 pellet gun from 1972 of that size could penetrate a window and #1 not ver off course to hit the book, and even if it hit the book to still have enough energy to ignite the incidiary substance.
I've had the same problem with this sequence. I used to target practice with a similar CO2 rifle and it was OK for shorter distances but became inaccurate if the target was to far away. I think that the impact of the pellet hitting the window would have affected its intended trajectory. Interesting twist for the film I guess.
how bout they dont make one...i'm sick of hollywood fucking up my favortie movies...especially with the upcoming disaster remake of the taking of pelham one two three
I agree..."The Mechanic" is better left alone! I didn't know that a remake was in the works for Pelham 123..I'm sure that'll be wrecked no doubt. That film was good too. I've only seen it a couple times on TV>
can you believe it....john travolta is playing robert shaws part and your never going to guess who's playing matthau's part....denzel washington, why??...blah...other notable shit remakes are, The Longest Yard, Vanishing Point, and The Getaway.....they actually re-made pelham 123 already, it was a made for t.v bout 15 yrs ago.........its just recycled bullshit....
"None can do it better than the Mechanic. This was my favorite Bronson film along with The Great Escape and one mafia movie that I can't think the name of."
Thats The Valachi Papers. True story. They play it on the History Channel.
There will be a screening of "The Mechanic" in LA CA @ the Silent Movie Theater (611 N Fairfax Ave. LA Ca 90036) on 3-21-08 @ 10:30 pm. Admission is $10.00
He must have pissed of "The Man" ...in the film "The Man" is a nameless head of a very powerful syndicate that Bronson works for. You should check out the whole movie, It's quite good.
Definately pick up a copy. The story is clever than it seems on first viewing. The syndicate that he works for is very manipulative, and it could be argued that Bronson's character was set up all along. There are some hints along the way that suggest a more complex series of decisions by his employers.
If you can find a copy of the novelization by Lewis John Carlino its a great read and gets into a lot of detail. A great companion to the movie, as the movie is very subtle at times
In 1972 forensics were far from an exact science. And if you look closely he uses a pellet gun to initiate the explosive in the book which therefore sets off the natural gas. Great flick!
It's actually a very good way to kill him unless you wanna get traced. You see if Bronson was to follow what you just said...chances are he might get traced because he registered that hotel room across from where the victim is. Then he fires the bullet & kills the victim right. The forensic people will look at where the projectile came from & it came from the room Bronson registered.
Only thing is that the fire would have destroyed any evidence of a projectile, (broken window etc...) unless of course someone just happpend to be walking by the building...but remember it was 3:30 in the morning. Plus with the gas leak they'll assume that's what caused it, accidental....
This portion of the film often makes me wonder how much clever planning and careful preparation it must have taken those cold men of steel who assasinated JFK and got away with it.
None can do it better than the Mechanic. This was my favorite Bronson film along with The Great Escape and one mafia movie that I can't think the name of.
I teach high school and a group of the kids were talking about arnold schwarzenegger as being one of the biggest baddest guys in movies. I asked all 5 of them if they ever heard of Charles Bronson. One kid asked if he was Dirty Harry. Really sad that more people don't remember this guy.
Mr. Bishop? Yes. We would like you to go ahead with this one.
corvettegeorge1979 2 months ago
the only thing that chuck norris fears is the ghost of charles bronson
ghostwhiskey 4 months ago
Back then Hollwood had instant classics. Now, all they have are pathetic remakes and comic book movies.
clayp72 6 months ago
I'll never call a man a badass again. I'll just call them a Bronson.
doublepenetr8or 6 months ago
You can have Arnold, Stalone, & Willis. Give me a Bronson flick anyday.
clayp72 6 months ago 2
What next a Hollywood remake of dirty harry!
guestandsons 7 months ago
This is the best from Bronson. Regarding the remake, I will wait until it costs $1 to watch it. No fucken way it is going to beat the original
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IsrealFigueroa 8 months ago
That is because Charles Bronson in real life was a badass---certain actors (e.g. Clint Eastwood, Steve McQueen,John Wayne, Jack Nicholson) would snap most panzy-ass actors today in half. They were real men kicking real ass, thus, you believe it when they are on the big screen. RIP Golden-age Hollywood---I mean we have to look to Tom Hanks and Seth Rogen for acting?---I mean seriously? wtf!!!
stp1311 8 months ago
@stp1311 i agree with u 100%
TheNightster2008 7 months ago
@stp1311 tom hanks was a bad example cause he can actually act better than everyone on that list you named with the exception of maybe jack nicholsom imo i understand what your saying tho but the real reason is more likely the producers of films being corny and the actors that get cast i.e seth rogen
lukeslonergan 6 months ago
@lukeslonergan clint eastwood is also very good too and steve mcqueen
YodaOwns 6 months ago
@YodaOwns clint eastwood is a typecast actor imo who has only shown his acting chops n his later years unfortunately but i still think hes great and steve mcqueen is overrated thats just my opinion
lukeslonergan 6 months ago
OOOwh man this one is so much cooler
Jason Statham didn't do good to play in the remake that one suced big time
bmw0z3 9 months ago
My favorite movie!
talon115 11 months ago
Charles Bronson > Jason Statham
I don't know why hollywood keeps remaking Original classics. They should all burn in hell !!!
JSlashPSlash2009 11 months ago
as badass as he was but he forgot to put on latex gloves if csi was around they would have got his fingerprints
MRPric3LEss 11 months ago
@MRPric3LEss Can you really get fingerprints after an explosion and fire?
Feijoada1 11 months ago
So... The Mechanic with Jason Statham is a remake?!?...
mardeepmode 11 months ago
i've just watched the trailer for the new statham remake and i swear his acting is getting really bad - its like he's not even trying any more..... at the beginning of the trailer it sounds as if he's got some sort of dodgy russain accent, and then it just fades out, its got over 7 out of ten on imdb as well.... hmm (maybe its not meant for me - i hate chuck norris and steven seagal films - y'know - brainless actioners, why cant they have action and a brain aswell then everybodies happy!?)
TheFesta01 1 year ago
oh man!....... ive been wanting to know what film this was for ages, it stuck with me as a kid - i always remembered "charles bronson putting something squishy in a book and then shooting it from across the way" i dont know why it stuck with me (well i suppose cos bronson is a badass). its unfortunate that the only way ive come across this is because ive just found out that the new Jason Staham is supposed to be a remake!?
TheFesta01 1 year ago
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They should do a remake of The Fountainhead.
norb1937 1 year ago
This movie was great but very confusing!
Bestmanme08 1 year ago
There aren't many films that have such a great beginning and such a bloody good ending. Most of the stuff in the middle is a problem, though. But you just know that the remake is going to be terrible.
blank5317 1 year ago
2 people better not drink their tea and check their gas stove for leaks.....
KungFuRascals3 1 year ago
The way this hit was done is not seen in "hitman" movies that I've seen. Mr. Bishop did it so well that it was deeemed an accident.
KungFuRascals3 1 year ago
there will be blood there is no dialogue for atleast twenty mins
kevronpauls 1 year ago
one of the best Charlie Bronson films! IMO
chef4cook 1 year ago
Arthur Bishop cancelled his ticket right then and there.
WilliamDRowlett 1 year ago
Bronson is one of the best actors ever
ProtectAus 1 year ago
Seeing this makes me wanna return to times like like then when all was well unlike now.
jhangirk 1 year ago
No class to the 2 who dislike.
jhangirk 1 year ago
Didja know that Bronson flew 25 missions as a B-29 tail gunner over Japan during the Second World War??
leesherman100 1 year ago 2
...on a related note.They should have picked Statham tomplay Hitman 47 in the movie adaptation.NOT Timothy Elephant or whatshisname...
RunrRant 1 year ago
The tea sedates the target from smelling gas! The acid on the gas hose let's gas into the room. The paste is an explosive that ignites the gas when hit with a rifle shell! Brilliant!
rds13601 1 year ago
mechanic also means cardsharp
McBallsKicker 1 year ago
The thing about Charles Bronson is...you could have filmed him just doing every day shit like putting up drywall, mowing the lawn, or making an omelette - and it would still look cool and meaningful and interesting. What a badass.
findjinn 1 year ago 30
@findjinn Yes, or plastering the walls, wiping dog's ordure from his shoes, making the bed, doing plumbing, and still cool.
Mirrorbeholding 1 year ago
@Mirrorbeholding .....or putting acid on a gas pipe, some gell explosive in a book, switching a guy's prefered tea with tea spiked with a sedative.....
KungFuRascals3 1 year ago
@findjinn So true, unfortuantely what class actors do we have today besides Johnny Depp that can fit pratically into any role a make it their own?
jhangirk 1 year ago
@jhangirk
Jeremy Renner is getting there.
CELT1CPRED 1 year ago
@findjinn Bronson and his brother used to take coal out of coal mines that were condemned because of multiple cave ins. In Pa, years ago. They were both bad asses.
norb1937 1 year ago 2
Mr. Bishop? Yes . We would like you to go ahead with this one.
corvettegeorge79 1 year ago
mel brokks silent movie has only one word
TheOldfatherJ 1 year ago
This is such a great film; lean, mean & straight forward. Everyone always talks about "Death Wish" as Charles Bronson's most memorable role, but I think "The Mechanic" is his best. I like Jason Statham, but there's no way he can walk Charles Bronson's shoes.
I truly wish they weren't remaking this film; if it's the typical current hollywood film, it'll crap all over the original & we'll see nothing new...
seattlejohn01 1 year ago 18
@seattlejohn01 Agreed. Love Bronson in many other movies, but The Mechanic was particularly special.Shouldn't have taken on J-MV though, that kid was trouble. "Everybody kills, the police, the military ..."
gumballrally427 1 year ago
@seattlejohn01 I agree.Hollywood has run out of ideas and are getting lazy. Although jason statham is my choice for the next "Mechanic".You can´t go wrong with Statham. Too bad they can´t come up with new cool characters.
RunrRant 1 year ago
@seattlejohn01 - I would not get excited about remakes. They are the way of the future - and have been happening for decades. The 1978 Elliot Gould version is no way superior to Bogey's 1946 turn in the Big Sleep - how could it be? Remakes now have the cultural and language dimension. Every European art house film is now going to be remade.
If you have some patience, and a DVD player, the remakes just serve to remind you of what there is to watch - and there is plenty out there.
tdwon 1 year ago
@tdwon They really are just homages. They are not meant to replace the original
Feijoada1 11 months ago
@seattlejohn01 Yep, the lame remake reminds me of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger starring in the remake of Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw's The Getaway.
ZhuangziZhou 11 months ago
@seattlejohn01 I agree. The original is the best. I surely hope they do not ruin another classic of Death Wish. Just leave it alone.
DC322 8 months ago
@seattlejohn01 put on your big boy pants the remake was actually quite good with a good cast
lukeslonergan 7 months ago
@lukeslonergan Uh, no, the remake blows. Most everyone agrees the original is far superior to the lame remake. Now, get off the family computer before your mommy comes home & gets angry with you.
seattlejohn01 6 months ago
@seattlejohn01 doggy your 52 years old!! im suprised you can work a computer now get your old decrepit ass off the computer go make your 3 o'clock tv dinner sit your old ass down and watch your murder she wrote boxset
lukeslonergan 6 months ago
@lukeslonergan
52 isn't old.
zapwatt 6 months ago
@zapwatt it aint young either lool
lukeslonergan 6 months ago
@seattlejohn01
Agreed. there are mostly only pansies these days to cast for his role.
70umqua70 3 weeks ago
Damn, I love this movie.
dpman72 1 year ago
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kyuss841 1 year ago
@kyuss841 Not looking forward to the remake either. I've been hearing about it for years and just figured nothing would ever happen with it. But...I guess its supposed to come out this coming December. Hopefully its upside will be that it draws attention to the original. I live in Hollywood and about a year ago they showed the original at The New Beverly Cinema on the big screen ...what a rare treat !!!
dukeofkbs 1 year ago
I haven't seen this since it was in the theaters as the opening of a double feature with Live And Let Die. And over those thirty-odd years, this scene has stuck with me for some reason. Thanks so much for posting,
w8geek 1 year ago
too bad I didn't live in those times (the 60's-70's) ... oh wait! If I would have lived through those years, now I would be a bitter man (in case I didn't go with the times)
WastedChildhood 1 year ago
When the guy boils the tea, why doesn't the already leaked gas blow up?
iOnlySignIn 1 year ago
@iOnlySignIn Bishop has built a cup out of clay or putty to hold the acid. The acid has to eat through the putyy and then the gasline before gas is released. When the water is boiled for the tea, the gasline is still intact. Bishop apparently knows how long it takes for the acid to eat through the putty and gasline so there is time for the victim to drink his drugged tea and pass out before the apartment fills with gas.
v0n1b0 1 year ago 2
I loved this clip just wonderful!
TheEve30 1 year ago
This has to be the dumbest shit I have ever seen.
attorneydestroyusa 1 year ago
@attorneydestroyusa you haved no manners whatsoever!
TheEve30 1 year ago
@TheEve30 , wait until the riots the foreign agent attorney get started. You will beg for your life while i eat you family. And yes I plan to burp and fart
attorneydestroyusa 1 year ago
@attorneydestroyusa You are mischievious and you have no behaviour!
TheEve30 1 year ago
@TheEve30 , I am one of the nicest folk on this planet. fuck you. You have no clue what the attorney has ordered. you will be one of the first to go. The jew will kill you and your family easy
attorneydestroyusa 1 year ago
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TheEve30 1 year ago
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TheEve30 1 year ago
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attorneydestroyusa 1 year ago
@attorneydestroyusa Well who are you going to kill yourself?, or the "THE FUCKERS ",who produced you?
TheEve30 1 year ago
@TheEve30 , it is evident you are a homosexual. you are so confused about simple things such as reading that is impossible for you to not have become so confused that you think you are to suck penis.
attorneydestroyusa 1 year ago
But certainly the most unnecessarily complicated hit. The guy was apparently so important that drugs, plastic explosive , gas AND a rifle were required to kill him.
Kinda makes you wonder why he was being kept in a sh8tty skid row flophouse with the shades undrawn.
gweijai 1 year ago
dont you need a denotator to set off the plastic explosive?
yeah, i know. who cares.
baddmanaz 1 year ago
Bronson is legend!
Flerg3 1 year ago
Is the music by the same guy who did the music for Dirty Harry? sounds similar
upstart1776 2 years ago
The music for "The Mechanic" was done by Jerry Fielding...
dukeofkbs 1 year ago
One of the things that made this movie great was the music score. An example is the opening moment of the movie where Bronson's head appears after getting out of his car. That music was perfect for setting the tone for the movie and Bronson's character IMHO.
KungFuRascals3 2 years ago
Yes...such a great music score by Jerry Fielding. The music is perfectly matched to this film.
dukeofkbs 2 years ago
Such a good movie and so underrated! So many excellant scenes, I am hard put to choose any one. In the movie, he is a paper doll of a human, evolving into a feeling being, which in the end kills him. A masterpiece.
davidsurn 2 years ago
good stuff long gone
dumbbina 2 years ago
one of my favorite films!
mrbeans19 2 years ago 2
A great, surreal, trippy feel 2 this film, I love it, very unique. Airwolf and Mr Majestyk.
mrmajestyk81 2 years ago
"A very clean, accident-looking termination of the objective. Our organization is very impressed with your work. As for placing the rest of this movie on YouTube, you may proceed with that plan Mr. Bishop"...click
pullybrit 2 years ago 3
@pullybrit Anytime (click)
KungFuRascals3 2 years ago
The fat guy on the beach that died of a heart attack was my favorite kill.
hangemhigh2000 2 years ago
to uberkrispy the poison is called brucine, colorless, odurless, tastless death.
whiteorpheus9 2 years ago
This movie got me into classical music...how crazy is that?
talon115 2 years ago
Never get tired of this movie. It's a world unto itself :)
Got to see the intro uncut though-no edit. Seedy SoCal, they way it was and is behind all the glitz bullshit. Love the shitty neighborhood the beginning is filmed in.
Anyone know exactly where that was??
dunghead1 2 years ago
The location was in Downtown Los Angeles around the intersection on 3rd and Wall Street....very different looking today....love this movie. Great locations!
dukeofkbs 2 years ago
It's interesting the complete contrast between the depressing poverty stricken shithole where he is to do the hit and the luxury of his home on expensive Mulholland Drive. The opening is more powerful when not edited down though. It's a great film with quite a bit of depth to it and Bronson's best in my opinion.
Could only have come out of the 70s.
sciencemobster 2 years ago 2
This is movie is awesome!! I can't seem to find any stores that carry it though =(
squitown 2 years ago
UberKrispy: "Could have just poisoned his tea"
But then it wouldn't look like a gas leak/explosion.
teufeldritch 2 years ago
you don't think forensics would find the bullet in the wreckage?
UberKrispy 2 years ago
it wasnt a bullet...if you watch closely...he uses a pellet rifle. The pellets are made from lead and would melt from the blast...
dukeofkbs 2 years ago 2
the gas leak with plastique has it's flaws
MickeyLove01 2 years ago
maybe his best work along with "Hard Times"- and that haunting music- beautiful-
piscean60 2 years ago
Charles Bronson was one BADDD ASSSS MOTHERFUCKER !!!! I'd like to be him for one whole week . . .
richieroller67 3 years ago 3
You and bunch of others!! He is awesome!! Love this and many more of his films. Have you seen "Chato's Land"? If you haven't ...check it out!!
dukeofkbs 3 years ago
I think Vincent started to look like Bronson in his Airwolf days
CONANTHEBARBARIAN222 3 years ago
Could have just poisoned his tea
UberKrispy 3 years ago
Arthur Bishop was a master of his craft
UberKrispy 3 years ago
My brother and I always light a candle on the day of his death. Three Cheers to the Angel of Death.
wolfblitzer7 3 years ago 2
Which movie (early 80's i believe) is it where he's investigating a guy, visits him and asks to use his bathroom and finds a penis pump apparatus. in the end the guy is chasing his daughter naked and Charlie pops him in the forehead
UberKrispy 3 years ago
The movie your thinking of is "10 To Midnight" Very good movie!
msmith2036 3 years ago
One of my fav. Bronson movies, I always loved it.....but that pellet CO2 rifle thing is nonsense.....in the movie it penetrates a window first and than hit the book.....that´s impossible in my opinion.....I´m sure the pellet would have missed the target. BB as well as pellet, both had missed if you shoot through a closed window. I would have used a 22. caliber rifle with sound supressor......that would have been more credible.
ganimed1976 3 years ago
Agreed...I've always had a problem with the pellet gun in this scene. Great film though!
dukeofkbs 3 years ago
Well for that matter the forensics people would have figured out what happened, and looked in the room he used, found fibers, DNA etc. The point of the whole scene is how patient, profesional and emotionless he is while he performs his job.
UberKrispy 3 years ago
I loved this beginning. Bronson played the ultimate professional.
rockyriverman 3 years ago
jan michael vincents greatest role
psbyowner 3 years ago
Yeah, Jan did a hell of a job in this movie. Was it just me or did Jan Michael Vincent's character seem like a complete psychopath (void of empathy)?
rockyriverman 3 years ago 2
Good point. He grows up hating his father yet he gets everything he wants whenever he wants it. I'd label him a sociopath though. I think a psycho would be deranged (not know right from wrong), but a socio would know yet would give a shit (no emotion or empathy).
I fucking love this movie though. I'll quote certain parts of it to my employees (most of them born in the mid to late 80s) and they look at me like I'm crazy. I'll take this movie to the grave with me though-
dunghead1 2 years ago
As well as Bronson's in my opinion
clintbronson5 3 years ago
I love this movie, and I think this scene is done very realistically. The only caveat I have is that evidently Bishop uses a CO2 pellet rifle to strike the incendiary agent hidden in the book.
However, I find it highly unlikely that a CO2 pellet gun from 1972 of that size could penetrate a window and #1 not ver off course to hit the book, and even if it hit the book to still have enough energy to ignite the incidiary substance.
Zermelo 3 years ago
I've had the same problem with this sequence. I used to target practice with a similar CO2 rifle and it was OK for shorter distances but became inaccurate if the target was to far away. I think that the impact of the pellet hitting the window would have affected its intended trajectory. Interesting twist for the film I guess.
dukeofkbs 3 years ago
makes me wanna become a hitman, lol
twsstar 3 years ago
Can anyone think of any other movie that has absolutely no dialogue for the first 19 mins? How cool was that?? :)
cgavin1 3 years ago 10
2001 A Space Odessey...nearly 26 minutes in before the first word is spoken. I believe its 25:38 to be exact.
dukeofkbs 3 years ago 9
2 DISC. NOW!!! I can see it already with Michael Winner commt. Orig. Trailer non of this KILLERS OF SHITTERS SHIT!!! Also deleted scenes
HELL I want Bronson bloopers!! I can see it now
YEEES. THE BUTTER WAS GOOD TRY SOMETHING LIKE THAT..Aw "BLEEP"(to stage hand) Was it letter?
I'm always forgetting that. (BRONSON TRYING TO KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE) WAS IT BECAUSE OF YOUR FATH-ATH-HA-HAHA I-I CAN'T DO IT
clintbronson5 3 years ago
@dukeofkbs 25.38.02...your slacking
Wikipediot 1 year ago
@Wikipediot Ouch...ya got me !! Missed it by .02 sec again !!! LOL!!
dukeofkbs 1 year ago
@dukeofkbs that sais (lol) this film should be remade....love it
Wikipediot 1 year ago
@Wikipediot it is being remade same title The Mechanic (2011) with Jason Statham as the same character Arthur Bishop
Halifax45acp 1 year ago
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tonyrome67 1 year ago
@cgavin1 There Will Be Blood.
facecycle 1 year ago
@cgavin1 WALL-E
goosing 1 year ago
Some say ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST-DEATH WISH
MR.MAJESTYK-RIDER ON THE RAIN...NO!! It's THE MECHANIC
clintbronson5 3 years ago
WE NEED A 2 DISC SPECIAL EDITION
clintbronson5 3 years ago
It's interesting that you compare him to eastwood -- they both had big-time roles in Leone's spaghetti westerns.
johnnieanon 3 years ago
jerry fielding, the composer did an excellent job, he never got the credit he deserved,his music was as good as the ending shocker.
hypnoboy3 3 years ago
how about de niro and kevin zegers
josatinho 3 years ago
Who could play the Charles Bronson and Jan-Michael Vincent roles in a remake of this great movie? How about Bruce Willis and Paul Dano? Any thoughts?
kathe58 3 years ago
No way. Bruce is too wimpy for the Bronson role.
Jan-Micheal's character has to be Johnny Depp. Bronson's could be Deniro.
kevjo66 3 years ago
how bout they dont make one...i'm sick of hollywood fucking up my favortie movies...especially with the upcoming disaster remake of the taking of pelham one two three
nickygentz 3 years ago 2
I agree..."The Mechanic" is better left alone! I didn't know that a remake was in the works for Pelham 123..I'm sure that'll be wrecked no doubt. That film was good too. I've only seen it a couple times on TV>
dukeofkbs 3 years ago 2
can you believe it....john travolta is playing robert shaws part and your never going to guess who's playing matthau's part....denzel washington, why??...blah...other notable shit remakes are, The Longest Yard, Vanishing Point, and The Getaway.....they actually re-made pelham 123 already, it was a made for t.v bout 15 yrs ago.........its just recycled bullshit....
nickygentz 3 years ago 2
How compassionate of Mr. Bronson to wait until his target dozed off before he activated the explosion.
WilliamRowlett 3 years ago
"None can do it better than the Mechanic. This was my favorite Bronson film along with The Great Escape and one mafia movie that I can't think the name of."
Thats The Valachi Papers. True story. They play it on the History Channel.
ChungryNomad 3 years ago
im fan.......
guitarspectre 3 years ago
There will be a screening of "The Mechanic" in LA CA @ the Silent Movie Theater (611 N Fairfax Ave. LA Ca 90036) on 3-21-08 @ 10:30 pm. Admission is $10.00
dukeofkbs 3 years ago 2
pretty fast firetruck response for 1972
sirlordwhitman 3 years ago
why he killl that man?
MyLuckyCars 4 years ago
He must have pissed of "The Man" ...in the film "The Man" is a nameless head of a very powerful syndicate that Bronson works for. You should check out the whole movie, It's quite good.
dukeofkbs 4 years ago
Thanks, I'll check it, BYE....
MyLuckyCars 4 years ago
It sure is dukeofkbs, one of my all-time faves.
robj200735 3 years ago
Definately pick up a copy. The story is clever than it seems on first viewing. The syndicate that he works for is very manipulative, and it could be argued that Bronson's character was set up all along. There are some hints along the way that suggest a more complex series of decisions by his employers.
toadiebreyer 4 years ago
So he kill him, funny,
not everytime Charles
act the good guy.
and thanks for
telling me
that,BYE.
MyLuckyCars 3 years ago
If you can find a copy of the novelization by Lewis John Carlino its a great read and gets into a lot of detail. A great companion to the movie, as the movie is very subtle at times
dukeofkbs 3 years ago
In 1972 forensics were far from an exact science. And if you look closely he uses a pellet gun to initiate the explosive in the book which therefore sets off the natural gas. Great flick!
monsterdrk 4 years ago
Love the eerie piano music....sets the tone real nice!
bcgrad90 4 years ago
one of the top 5 coolest actors of all time!
gitardave 4 years ago
Didn't take the ambulances long to get there. Must have been all of 5-10 seconds.
Danimal77 4 years ago
This film has a great soundtrack by Jerry Fielding
dukeofkbs 4 years ago
Love the piano and the viola
Awesome soundtrack and feel it is Messir Fielding's best!!!
clintbronson5 3 years ago
Yeah Buddy!!!
dukeofkbs 3 years ago
@dukeofkbs I saw this on THE BIG SCREEN ;) "sniff"
clintbronson5 1 year ago
@clintbronson5 That was awesome....what a rare treat !! Harry....stay loose !!!
dukeofkbs 1 year ago
The movies city scenes are depressing and scary. Who would want to live there?
bluemule24 4 years ago
That was a stupid way to kill him.
Why go through all that bullshit?!
He could have popped him with the rifle.
Or he could have poisoned his tea.
superhandman 4 years ago
well you see this way there's an explosion, and there's nothing cooler than an explosion
Videoguything 4 years ago 2
some aren't meant to go quietly.
suzabelle162 4 years ago
You know the saying..."Make it look like an accident." :)
Of course, a movie is supposed to be more entertaining than real life.
DerClunk 4 years ago
And how many other people got taken out in the explosion?
I wouldn't hire him, too sloppy
liojohn 4 years ago
It's actually a very good way to kill him unless you wanna get traced. You see if Bronson was to follow what you just said...chances are he might get traced because he registered that hotel room across from where the victim is. Then he fires the bullet & kills the victim right. The forensic people will look at where the projectile came from & it came from the room Bronson registered.
Starsky5000 4 years ago
Only thing is that the fire would have destroyed any evidence of a projectile, (broken window etc...) unless of course someone just happpend to be walking by the building...but remember it was 3:30 in the morning. Plus with the gas leak they'll assume that's what caused it, accidental....
bcgrad90 4 years ago
I like the scene with the picture and the music playing.
It gives the feel that there is nothing personal at all about his killings. It like a business and hes just relaxing before the next hit.
ChungryNomad 4 years ago
excellent movies 10 start to this movies , plus watch my video of charles bronson that i made is excellent.
ferna4879 4 years ago
Yes thats it thanks I can't wait to watch that movie again
vburch4 4 years ago
This portion of the film often makes me wonder how much clever planning and careful preparation it must have taken those cold men of steel who assasinated JFK and got away with it.
Lonette 4 years ago
Yeah...that Oswald was a serious bastard to be sure!!
Albertanator 4 years ago
And not to forget about the bullet.
futureryan 4 years ago
None can do it better than the Mechanic. This was my favorite Bronson film along with The Great Escape and one mafia movie that I can't think the name of.
vburch4 4 years ago
What about the window that fell inside when it was shot.
futureryan 4 years ago
THE VALLACHI PAPERS
clintbronson5 3 years ago
BRONSON RULES! You were our family's vigilante.Rip:( Thanks to share this classic quantplus. 5 votes
gelgecler 4 years ago
I teach high school and a group of the kids were talking about arnold schwarzenegger as being one of the biggest baddest guys in movies. I asked all 5 of them if they ever heard of Charles Bronson. One kid asked if he was Dirty Harry. Really sad that more people don't remember this guy.
Camel22221 4 years ago