Quantum ‘Mechanic’

Con Air director Simon West’s latest action thriller The Mechanic is in theaters Friday. Jason Statham stars as a “mechanic,” code for one of the best assassins in the business. When his mentor played by Donald Southerland turns up dead, he vows to make his next mission a personal one and make those responsible pay with their lives. But things get complicated with his mentor’s son, a fearless Ben Foster, finds Statham and asks to be trained as an assassin so he can join his mission of revenge. Mini Anden and Tony Goldwyn co-star. Rated R.