Machine

Director Simon West’s remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson opus to the hardened assassin, The Mechanic, opened this weekend to a mixed critical response. We had the chance to sit down with the director and talk about his approach to adapting a the 70s era film for a modern audience. The original film birthed a new sub-genre in action — the hit-mans tale; and the style and tone of the film was in line a time when far more ambiguous stories and characters were common.

We asked the director about some of the new directions that this incarnation of the story took, as well as which elements that he felt were essential to maintain.....