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Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)

Mechanic: Resurrection poster
Directed by
Dennis Gansel
Genre
action film, crime film, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
R
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 3,694 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A retired assassin is forced back into action when his enemy threatens the woman he loves. He must pull off three seemingly impossible kills to save her.

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What happens

Mechanic: Resurrection is a 2016 American action thriller film directed by Dennis Gansel and written by Philip Shelby and Tony Mosher, with a story by Shelby and Brian Pittman. It is the sequel to the 2011 film The Mechanic, which was a remake of the 1972 film of the same name. The film stars Jason Statham, Tommy Lee Jones, Jessica Alba, and Michelle Yeoh. Mechanic: Resurrection premiered in Hollywood on August 22, 2016, and was theatrically released in the United States on August 26, 2016. It received generally negative reviews from critics, but grossed $125 million worldwide against a budget of $40 million, eclipsing the total of its predecessor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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