The action of the action will unfold around a professional mercenary, which not only easily kills people, but can also present any death as an ideal accident. Having decided to finish the Hero of Jesson Statama with a criminal career, the receiver (Ben Foster) finds a receiver and begins to kill his art.
Directed by Simon West in an interview with Craveonline.com spoke about how he decided to shoot a remake, on the screen duet Statam and Phoster, as well as plans for the future.
How did you start working on the "mechanic"?
Irwin Winkler called me (producer of the film "Mechanic" of 1972) and said that they have the idea of creating a remake, and that they would really like me to take the director's chair. I know how many magnificent classic films did Irwin, of course I became interested. It was a chance to work with such a famous Hollywood producer. He sent me a script, then I had not yet known that the picture was in development for 17 years and that during this time hundreds of scenarios were written, but none was approved, so I was sent by the original manuscript John Lewis Carlino. In addition, we invited Richard Wen ("16 blocks") to help us with the plot. We gathered all together and completely updated the story, settling the invariable rod of the narration
Jason Statham and Ben Forester created an interesting screen duet. True, that Stathem was approved for the role of the first?
Jason was invited to the role at the very beginning when the script was not rewritten.
But with Character Ben had more problems. We revised a lot of guys, but no one came up. Then I was asked who I absolutely imagine at this place, and I replied: "What about Ben Foster? All I have seen with him - was fantastic. "
As a result, it turned out to complement each other a couple: the hero of the phoster is irresponsible, inclined to uncontrolled aggression, while the hero of Statam, on the contrary, is organized and cold-blooded. Together they are an explosive cocktail.
What project do you plan to work in the future?
I have already started working on the militant "Medallion", the main role in Him will play Nicholas Cage. This is a film about the robber of the bank, which just came out of prison. He must find his daughter who kidnapped and locked in one of the New York taxi.