With sequel, ‘The Mechanic’ gets more mileage from a modest hit

You might not remember when “The Mechanic” came out, and that’s OK. The remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson action thriller, with Jason Statham as a hitman who kills so expertly it looks like an accident, opened nearly as stealthily on Jan. 28, 2011. “Mechanic’s” tepid $11.4 million haul ranked it third at the box office that weekend, behind two other […]