The film is the sequel to The Mechanic (2011) that stars Statham once again as hitman Arthur Bishop who is forced into conducting multiple assassinations that must look like accidents – only the targets are some of the most dangerous men in the world.
Dennis Gansel (Before the Fall) directed Mechanic: Resurrection from the screenplay written by Philip Shelby and Tony Mosher. Shelby is well known for writing “The Cassandra Compact” — the third novel in the “Covert-One” series based on notes and ideas from the writer Robert Ludlum.
Mechanic: Resurrection is slated to release to theaters in the US, as well as Poland and the UK, on August 26, 2016.