Review of Mechanic: Resurrection (2016) by Kevin M — 23 Aug 2016

Already saw this on a free screening. Some of this might have been impacted by the low quality theater that these studios seem fit to show them at but here it goes. I grow tired of having letter-box movies only fill a partial landscape of the screen.

Now it could be because they are filmed with larger screens in mind but still, stretch the damn thing out. Even today's HD/4k tv's don't leave black bars anymore why all of a sudden theaters do? The Regal theaters in Natomas Calif.

Failed to put this screens digital surround sound on and it sounded like it was a mono-sound movie the whole time. If that's not the case then cough up the HD-DTS Regal and update your systems! Reminded me of the $1 theaters back in the day.

It was crap. The stunts were slow, more weapons less hand-to-hand that I come to love about Statham. The story is typical, explosions obviously fake transitioning from miniature models to green screen explosions reminiscent of Babylon 5.

There are oh so obvious green screen moments where the lighting just doesn't mesh right to hide the lack in quality and this movie wasn't even Digital quality. Some stunts were good, most showed his age as he relied on gear and weapons.

overall, this movie has the obvious appearance of direct to Blu-Ray sequel. I was really disappointed and have seen better from Jason. This was a low-budget sequel not even worth the $5 Tuesday cheap movies.