The Mechanic (1972)

He has 100 ways to kill...and they all work! The iconic Charles Bronson (Death Wish I-V, 10 to Midnight) is at his no-nonsense best as the star of this action-drenched tale of an expert hired killer. Dignified, wealthy Arthur Bishop (Bronson) is a “Mechanic”—a professional assassin who “fixes things” for the all-powerful Organization. A man of refined tastes, his methods of engineering death are limited only by his boundless imagination. His specialty is doing every job differently, and always making his kill look like an accident. Bronson is perfect as the consummate hit-man, with his rugged, brooding self-assurance; Jan-Michael Vincent (Defiance), Keenan Wynn (Orca) and Jill Ireland (Breakheart Pass) are his marvelous co-stars. Writer Lewis John Carlino (Seconds) and director Michael Winner (Bronson gems Chato’s Land, The Stone Killer and Death Wish 1-3) pack the screen with hard-edged action, hair-raising chase sequences, exotic locales and shocking plot twists—making The Mechanic the ultimate ’70s crime thriller.