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Movie - The Mechanic
« on: January 16, 2011, 02:57:38 PM »
Saw an advert for a movie opening soon, called "The Mechanic" apparently about an assassin. In the ad, a long gun is shown being fired with the action cycling, the ejected casing also has a bullet attached.

The trained killer simply fails to shoot a round as it ejects with the casing.

I don't know if I explained this too well, but the ejection is shown fairly slow with a tumbling round as a complete "prefired" package.

Looks pretty stoooopid.
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Re: Movie - The Mechanic
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2011, 03:11:24 PM »
Haven't heard about it, but more horrible, it's likely a remake of the Charles Bronson classic.
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Re: Movie - The Mechanic
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2011, 04:17:37 PM »
Hollyweird seems to be making alot of gun goofs lately.
That said, I do like watching Jason Lathem (Sp??) kick some ass.
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Re: Movie - The Mechanic
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2011, 04:18:11 PM »
Isn't "The Mechanic" an old movie starring that never-quite-made-it-big action "hero" who played the Russian boxer in the Rocky movie? I'm drawing a blank on the name ... oh, yeah: Dolph Lundgren.
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Re: Movie - The Mechanic
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2011, 04:19:43 PM »
It was a Charlie Bronson movie, and it was a good one.
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Re: Movie - The Mechanic
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2011, 04:28:28 PM »
Quote from: castle key on January 16, 2011, 02:57:38 PM
Saw an advert for a movie opening soon, called "The Mechanic" apparently about an assassin. In the ad, a long gun is shown being fired with the action cycling, the ejected casing also has a bullet attached.

The trained killer simply fails to shoot a round as it ejects with the casing.

I don't know if I explained this too well, but the ejection is shown fairly slow with a tumbling round as a complete "prefired" package.

Looks pretty stoooopid.

This the one at 1:17-1:18? Looks OK to me.
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Re: Movie - The Mechanic
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2011, 05:07:33 PM »
Charles Bronson and Jan Michael Vincent... excellent movie.

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Re: Movie - The Mechanic
« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2011, 05:18:14 PM »
Quote from: SADShooter on January 16, 2011, 03:11:24 PM
Haven't heard about it, but more horrible, it's likely a remake of the Charles Bronson classic.

It is a remake.
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Re: Movie - The Mechanic
« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2011, 05:24:21 PM »
Quote from: bedlamite on January 16, 2011, 04:28:28 PM
This the one at 1:17-1:18? Looks OK to me.

Yeah the slow mo with the rifle was an empty casing.
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Re: Movie - The Mechanic
« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2011, 05:49:49 PM »
Is Jan Michael Vincent still alive? Can he still use the bathroom without assistance?
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Re: Movie - The Mechanic
« Reply #10 on: January 16, 2011, 05:58:29 PM »
Inquiring minds want to know...  =D
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Re: Movie - The Mechanic
« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2011, 07:30:06 PM »
Quote from: JamisJockey on January 16, 2011, 05:24:21 PM
Yeah the slow mo with the rifle was an empty casing.
Casing is for sausage.  Cases are for ammunition.
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Re: Movie - The Mechanic
« Reply #12 on: January 16, 2011, 07:32:51 PM »
Quote from: Fly320s on January 16, 2011, 07:30:06 PM
Casing is for sausage.  Cases are for ammunition.

Yeah yeah yeah
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Re: Movie - The Mechanic
« Reply #13 on: January 16, 2011, 10:33:49 PM »
Someone within reach please spank 280plus for that spoiler!

The Charles Bronson flic is out in a $5 three film cheapie.  Even bundled with two turkeys, $5 for The Mechanic is worth it.
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Re: Movie - The Mechanic
« Reply #14 on: January 16, 2011, 10:40:07 PM »
You mean there's still someone out there who hasn't seen it?   :lol:
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Re: Movie - The Mechanic
« Reply #15 on: January 16, 2011, 10:56:48 PM »
It almost looks like a blank case to me.  You can see something that looks like crimp at the nose.  If I could figure out how to move frame-by-frame, maybe I could get a better look at it.  Are blank .50 BMG rounds crimped?

Okay, I answered my own question.  The M1A1 blank round is crimped at the nose.
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Re: Movie - The Mechanic
« Reply #16 on: January 16, 2011, 11:54:24 PM »
Quote from: Bogie on January 16, 2011, 05:49:49 PM
Is Jan Michael Vincent still alive? Can he still use the bathroom without assistance?

I think so ......
After a show he was in, Airwolf,  was cancelled about 1987, he got involved in alcohol & drugs (IIRC) and suffered from a motor vehicle accident which I think injured his vocal cords.
The last thing I recall seeing him in was an episode of Nash Bridges maybe about fifteen years ago (when ever that show aired? ) in which he played Bridges' brother, a Vietnam vet who was supposedly MIA in 'Nam.
That was sort of a bizarre twist in a way, since  the character he played in Airwolf (Stringfellow Hawke) had a MIA brother (St. John Hawke).
I suspect he's retired by now....
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