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Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

The Mechanic
1972
**½
Director: Michael Winner
Cast: Charles Bronson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Keenan Wynn, Jill Ireland

Charles Bronson plays a professional hitman who gets more than he bargained for when he agrees to take on a young apprentice. A typical Bronson/Winner vehicle with a memorable ending. The film includes some wonderfully inventive ways to kill people. Remade in 2011.