Charles Bronson - THE MECHANIC - Ending (spoilers)

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In The Mechanic (1972) Charles Bronson plays a hit man who takes an apprentice. In the end his apprentice betrays him, but Bronson avenges from the grave.

[@HerrEllsworth]

Even in death, Charles Bronson couldn't be outwitted. One of the best twists in film history.

[@georgevavoulis4758]

I wouldn't want to have Charles Bronson angry at me

[@thelstanedwardsson4374]

Its like he half expected the Jan Michael Vincent's character to kill him, so he studied and predicted his every move - so that he could let him fall into the trap.

[@thaspidergotcha]

Would you like to here something else? Have you seen the Guy In the movie 2021 The Gardner? I thought I was seeing a clone of Charles Bronson..lol!!

[@Hibernicus1968]

@@thelstanedwardsson4374 He _fully_ expected it. There's a scene earlier in the film where he discovered Steve was compiling a dossier on him, just like the ones he was teaching Steve to compile on the marks. As superior as this film is to the Jason Statham remake, I have to confess that this is the one part of this movie that never has, and still does not sit well with me: that Bishop uncovers evidence that the apprentice he has taken on is planning to kill him, and he doesn't take him out _first._

[@thelstanedwardsson4374]

@@Hibernicus1968 Yeah I noticed that scene where he noticed the dossier that Steve McKenna has obtained. I have the DVD, and I agree its unexplained... but...there are plenty of possible motives for Arthur Bishop letting it happen. He's murdered his 'friend' and Father of Steve McKenna and perhaps there is a conscience there. Perhaps also his health is a factor too - he passes out in the Marine Aquarium,... could that be a tumor or something..probably not.. But... there are possibilities.

[@KungFuRascals3]

What I loved about this movie is that THERE WERE NO WINNERS! NO SEQUEL!!! This is a true ending for a movie.

[@seanwhelanwhelan2648]

Had there been a sequel, it would hard to imagine Bronson doing insane stunts like Statham did in the remake sequel from 2016

[@joethekinghawk7514]

The way it should be

[@davidtatro7457]

I agree. The ending was so atypical of American films.

[@autodidact537]

@@davidtatro7457 You need to watch more films.

[@owen7185]

💯💯💯💯

[@LargestClassifieds]

How many of us missed the good old Charles Bronson's films?

[@billmurray7473]

Many of you weren't even born when Bronson was at his best. He once said his personal fave movies were all the ones he made with Jill Ireland, his wife. That's something you'll NEVER hear in Hollywood today.

[@davidfowler5181]

All.

[@michaelhaney3388]

the best

[@johnf.kennedy7339]

Largest Classifieds My father spied Bronson either 70s or early 80s. He told me he was sitting in his chair under the 59th Street bridge on a movie set. He saw Bronson as he was driving by. Might as well share the story since he told me a long time ago and long since passed. Bronson lives in the memory of many even my current neighbors.

[@naturesfinest4871]

You're just asking for likes....admit it.

[@jmar1973]

I consider this to be one of the best endings to a movie ever. Short,to the point,and satisfying.😹

[@joethekinghawk7514]

Boom, good bye Steve

[@johnq.public2621]

TWSS! 😜

[@jmar1973]

​@@johnq.public2621😹😹😹

[@jackgilreath3113]

No damn sequels or prequels. Just a totallt un-necessary remake.

[@cagneybillingsley2165]

if he was so forward thinking, how did he allow himself to be tricked? lol nice plot hole

[@kathe58]

This has to be one of the greatest double-twist endings in cinematic history.

[@jordywoody14]

Absolutely brilliant

[@valuecalc]

@@jordywoody14, Arthur Bishop checkmated his young student.

[@JohnAndy-r2i]

The " Bang, your dead " line was badass.

[@faffaflunkie]

Game over.

[@seikibrian8641]

* YOU'RE dead.

[@ningis21]

Good ending.....How good was Bronson as a hit man.....he even killed someone after he was dead...

[@charlesaguilar1708]

Jan-Micheal Vincent deserved it! ASSHOLE PUNK!!

[@valuecalc]

Charles Aguilar , right. McKenna thought that he'd outsmart the master with that horrible brucine, but he outsmarted himself.

[@ИгорьИжщенков]

That's why if you ever visit his grave you need to watch what you say.....they might find you dead alongside his tombstone. www.findagrave.com/memorial/7811840/charles-bronson

[@PizzaChet]

I met Jan in Austin, Texas on 6th Street in 1990. Not that great of an actor, nor Bronson but I loved them both!. R.I.P. to both. Get over it.

[@damianstarks3338]

Charles Aguilar my thoughts exactly !

[@rc2464]

Jan Michael Vincent was on his way to a long and great career, until he let the booze get in the way. Bronson on the other hand, was an icon whose career lasted 40 years.

[@Borg9]

Saw The Mechanic as a kid. Fell in love with it. He was the ultimate badass.....

[@Babybabybaby-hy9lj]

How time flies when we lose people we grew up on. Rip Charles and Vincent

[@MrAntiSellOut]

RIP Charles Bronson and Jan Michael Vincent

[@valuecalc]

MrAntiSellOut, right. Now both men are gone. RIP to both.

[@cooldude2245]

Crazy to see both gone.

[@MrAntiSellOut]

@@valuecalc They were both the best. Later tonight I'm probably gonna watch Defiance in memory of Jan Michael Vincent.

[@valuecalc]

Cooldude 22, it's true. How depressing.

[@valuecalc]

MrAntiSellOut, what a salute that'll be. Unfortunately, he had been in failing health. Retirement was likely not a time of comfort. We shall miss Jan-Michael. What a good star.

[@yeoedwin1619]

Didn't expect Jan Michael Vincent did a good job as villain before he did Airwolf. RIP to both legends.

[@HoldenNY22]

JMV played a completely Evil , Charming, Good-Looking, but totally Souless Sociopath is this Movie. In AirWolf ,he was defitnely the good Guy. I think that JMV had to Leave AirWolf of his Drinking Porblems. I think, but I am not positive that he died of Alcholism. Too bad that he didnt get into a Good Rehab and/or Try A.A.

[@AaronOlafson]

I was wondering where I've seen him and then you posted Airwolf. Bam, it hit me. Thanks for the reminder.

[@thelastperfectman4139]

@@HoldenNY22Jan Michael Vincent has got to be the number one “what if” case in Hollywood. Great actor with a perfect face, should have been a massive star, but his demons destroyed him.

[@None-zc5vg]

​@@thelastperfectman4139 Maybe it was his ego that killed him.

[@J_D_Sisson]

@@None-zc5vg Nope. Definitely the drugs and the booze. ALL the booze.

[@anastasiosgkotzamanis5277]

When movies did not need to have a happy ending.

[@alerey4363]

and one of the most dramatic, convincing, poisoning deaths ever!

[@vigilantecorp1201]

... But satisfying ending.

[@RCAvhstape]

Also, no sitting through 15 minutes of credits to wait for a final scene. "Bang, you're dead. Now leave the theater."

[@hvymettle]

The protagonist gets his revenge from the grave, that's not a happy ending?

[@voxtemporis4503]

I think that this is a happy ending.

[@kazuhirala]

Michael Vincent played his role so damn cool and with style it makes the performance feel fresh and never out of date

[@viadharmawheel]

They both did, to me one of my all time favorites.

[@_munkykok_]

Love's a powerful drug

[@randymillhouse791]

Jan Michael Vincent. The druggy who died young.

[@kazuhirala]

@@randymillhouse791 He died only a few years ago. Granted he battle an insane alcohol addiction that it literally disabled him both physically and mentally. It even made him age faster.

[@randymillhouse791]

@@kazuhirala Yep. A LOSER!

[@kawasakiwhiptwo5821]

Now THAT is how you end a movie.

[@JeffreyEpstein-f6y]

All future movies should end identically.

[@MrWINNSLAW]

"One of the best movie endings of all time!"

[@8thOverlord]

Got to agree

[@brdski_2238]

And was repeated in "Mechanic" with Statham

[@matthewdunham1689]

Absolutely

[@ThePacMancouk]

@@brdski_2238 Statham survived though...

[@dontabaltimore1974]

No doubt

[@ForcesofRandomness]

Bronson didn't die. He was watching from afar to see his plan worked then changed his name to Paul Kersey

[@ProgrammerInProgress]

The man had a deathwish, for screwing with Charles Bronson

[@brianbradburn]

I"m surprised he didn't wait until sometime between 10 to midnight to do it.

[@CB-xr1eg]

Do we have to Breakout the jokes?

[@dainolinecinema980]

His days of being a mechanic, were definitely Hard times....

[@dawsonkaiser3598]

@@brianbradburn Yeah, instead it happened sometime from noon till three

[@ztp2130]

At 0:42 Jan Michael Vincent states Napoli is a beautiful city ... in the 1970s? Can anyone verify that? One guy I knew in the U.S. Navy went there in the early 1980s and reported Naples, Italy, at the time, was a pit and you had a very good chance of being knifed if you went into a bar on shore leave.

[@jordywoody14]

That's why Jan also said ''See Naples and d!e'' to him after Charles died in this video.

[@bobbyricigliano2799]

As others have mentioned, Bishop planned this very carefully. It couldn't be an instant explosion when opening the car door. McKenna needed to know who killed him, and he needed to feel that bolt of terror and fear in his gut. Too much of a delay might have given him a chance to escape. McKenna enjoyed the flight home, spent a few minutes in his beautiful new mansion, decided to go for a spin, and.. boom.

[@brettsoyars4341]

If only he'd have seen the note & read the note before opening the door. He had it in his mind that he could relax, thought he had outwitted Author Bishop. But he was wrong. If he'd have known about the bomb that his car was rigged like that, chances are if he'd have shot the car thrown a stick of dynamite at it that might have saved him.

[@manishagarwal2018]

@@brettsoyars4341 o

[@Studentofgosset]

@@brettsoyars4341 If he had known he was going to die he would not have died... right.

[@brettsoyars4341]

@@Studentofgosset He would've smelled the cup first before taking a drink of that wine. Not after. That's what I think.

[@brettsoyars4341]

I always thought Stephen had used the chemical stuff they use to develop the pictures to poison Bishop. That's my hunch anyways.

[@tomennis7414]

The Days when Movies were great 😊

[@4411825]

They still are!

[@RCGoetzke]

Charles Bronson ... he was a badass even after he was dead.

[@benschmidt3967]

+Robert G. I've set a trap for a cocky apprentice assassin- a cruel irony. Charles used his weakness on him too....

[@olvinyldude]

+Robert G. You know thats right !..Working the coalmines, when he was 10 yr old, to help his family..(Johnstown PA ..Derry, actually

[@pneulancer]

+Robert G. you're goddamn right he was! :)

[@masercot]

+Robert G. He doesn't even know that he's dead because his doctor is afraid to tell him.

[@benschmidt3967]

I love in the end how he reads the note on the car and then realises- o crap game over... your ded... wisecracking young prick. Bronson more than done him in. He should have said goodbye parted with the money and never seen each other again. His ego got the best of him- Im sure Charles knew about his weaknesss too.

[@alexgataric]

It really is exactly 13 seconds from the time the door opens and the explosion. The note was perfectly written to have just enough time.

[@joethekinghawk7514]

Spot on match.

[@viadharmawheel]

Yep, this is not some BS movie from today when it could be 7 or 20 seconds.

[@viadharmawheel]

Would you expect anything else...

[@shane99ca]

That kind of temporal accuracy is very rare in movies. In fact, I think this is the first time I've ever seen it done properly. Usually time is either sped up or, more often, ridiculously slowed down for dramatic effect.

[@Crazymike1975]

RIP Charles Bronson and Jan Michael Vincent..

[@valuecalc]

BigMike1975 , we shall miss both men.

[@greendesertgoddess]

The absolute best comeuppance!

[@glennhoddle10]

Moral of the story : *Learn SPEED READING.*

[@willdrucker4291]

Best movie ending ever....sorry Jan....you just NEVER cross CHARLES BRONSON

[@evm6177]

Really ok.. What caused the explosion in the end? 🍷

[@tiffsaver]

Jan Michael Vincent wasn't the best actor in the world, but his "I don't give a shit" attitude was PERFECT for this film.

[@curlyfry44]

This is Bronson's best.....Jan-Michael was beautifully handsome...in the '70's his career at this time was hot....I was very happy for his come back with the hit tv show "Airwolf" sad to see how Jan lost it all now because of drugs, alcohol.

[@susanmccormick6022]

He needed help he never got

[@dominiqueechevarria1889]

THE LORD PICKS UP THE TAB FROM HERE

[@peteowen3539]

He died, but not before his leg was amputated. Very sad.

[@susanmccormick6022]

@@peteowen3539 Jan's birthday today.Pure Cancerian. 🍰 🕯️ 🍾Miss u String & fly high with Tet & Dom.Te adoro.

[@viadharmawheel]

A gem. Bronson in good form and JMV arguably in his best form.

[@johnm1720]

Little did Steve know his first hit would be himself.

[@valuecalc]

Laugh my ass off!

[@PermanentGogeta66]

Lmfao

[@soakingbook]

Steve's career as an independent hitman was very brief.

[@ftswarbill]

Your career as a comedian died even quicker.

[@pendragonU]

he killed the wrong no-victim

[@valuecalc]

@@ftswarbill , he wasn't trying to be funny.

[@ftswarbill]

@@valuecalc Well then thats unfortunate. I should have gone with Captain Obvious then.

[@milkediah2051]

They should never remake these movies.They were great with the great actors of their time.Nuff said.

[@vincentrogiest997]

I have informed about this for many many years now, to many remakes these last years I wonder why,... Lack of imagination ? Or something else.

[@dawsonkaiser3598]

They need to quit remaking bronson movies

[@BenitoRManzo]

Charles Bronson my all time best actor.

[@MrTheHillfolk]

Cant stand most remakes. Gone in 60 seconds sucks dick, just call it something else.

[@73Trident]

Yep leave, them be.

[@ConspiracistLizardMan]

Even death can't stop Charles Bronson. Remember this the next time you think of insulting him!

[@5inthehole]

End of game, BANG your dead!!!

[@flintironstag2381]

Charles Bronson SUCKS!!! (walking to my car, getting in, sees a note on my rearview mirror......BANG!!!!) :-)

[@MyJustin316]

Flint Ironstag no he doesn't you do

[@viadharmawheel]

He knew JMV was going to try to kill him but he didn't just run away. He lived his action-packed life. Like JMV said he couldn't hack it alone. But he had the final say in taking out JMV after he was dead. They don't make endings like this any more.

[@nothosaur]

The 13-second delay from 4:11 - 4:24 gave him enough time to read the note so he would know who killed him. I think Edgar Allen Poe wrote about that theme once: it is very important for the target to know, before he dies, who killed him, and why. That is the reason that the killer is willing to take the risk that the target will escape while that lesson is taught. Otherwise, it would have been only a 3 second trigger.

[@stevescontriano860]

Exactly. Do you ever wonder why these movies are so great to watch. It’s because its something we want to do to someone but can’t because of our moral nature. We all have our Darksides. Control by the Angela of our nature. But we get to live out these feelings watching people get blown up and shot and murdered.

[@nothosaur]

@@stevescontriano860 I agree

[@Borg9]

duh!

[@firebird6522]

@nothosaur Well, I'm 12 years too late on the reply, but you are right, nothosaur. It was Poe who brought up that theme in his famous story the Cask of Amontillado. Great post, even if I'm 12 years behind.

[@nothosaur]

@@firebird6522 You're right. I was not sure which of his many stories that came from. The Cask of Amontillado is it. "I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong."

[@jeremysanders1904]

Bronson's house in this flick is the coolest in film history.

[@gonzisonsbc]

I totally agree. His Mustang is cool too.

[@Plainsimple67]

TOTALLY 70'S !!!

[@dannylee1987]

@@Plainsimple67 greatest era ever ! ☮✌

[@kirkjohnson51]

I love the bruicine part. They were both so good in the movie

[@tsarbomba1]

I wonder if it's still in existence. I'm sure it doesn't look the same inside these days.

[@MaxSharma1989]

The most underrated action film of the 1970s. Charles Bronson's best performance.

[@g.sergiusfidenas6650]

I think his best movie of that decade was Hard Times but this one is still a classic anyway; Charley Varrick is also one of those awesome 70's action movies that are criminally underrated, the Seven-ups is very good too, great decade for action movies.

[@MaxSharma1989]

@@g.sergiusfidenas6650 The Seven Ups (1973) didn't have Bronson. Roy Schieder starred in that. Hard Times (1975) comes a distant second for me. I didn't see the ending coming in this one and that is why I like this one better. Also the first 15 minutes with no dialogue was a terrific scene for an action film. This is Bronsan's masterpiece. He was never better. I do agree with you that The Seven Ups is a good film but only because of that terrific chase scene.

[@g.sergiusfidenas6650]

@@MaxSharma1989 I guess it is a matter of taste but for me his best movie was Once Upon a Time in the West but it was not carried only by Bronson, Cardinale, Fonda and Robards were all excellent too. Anyway Charles was way better than the last stage of his career for which he is mostly remembered for sadly.

[@MaxSharma1989]

@@g.sergiusfidenas6650 Have to agree with you on the last part.

[@maryvilla4269]

I also liked him in "The Magnificent Seven"

[@pantucci]

Love Bronson and those 70 movies--they took their time to tell a story. And the leading actors were more interesting looking than today's model-types. Go Bronson!

[@Josh-fp2qn]

Wow this is an old comment. But, I just wanted to say that Bronson is just an interesting man to watch on screen. Looks like he’s seen some shit.

[@philipcross8121]

​@@Josh-fp2qnI'm pretty sure he served in WWII.

[@shane99ca]

Elvis was a truck driver.

[@55Quirll]

@@Josh-fp2qn He was a gunner in WWII and worked in the coal mines before then if I recall correctly

[@markviking7617]

So much better than the remake.

[@williampaz2092]

TRUTH!

[@sigmckone]

Remake was total garbage.

[@kjthekunoichi]

@Slomofogo I don't even know abt it too until I saw a rec vid abt it bcuz I look up this ending of mechanic 1972 doh😅😅😅cringe... they always wanna do remakes and at times, it just fails... just like death wish😅😅it was good for Bronson's version imo

[@robertpreston2220]

They always are

[@theoretickle2084]

@@robertpreston2220 Most remakes are awful!

[@nhmooytis7058]

Other than The Godfather and maybe some Dirty Harry films, best movie revenge scene ever!

[@g.sergiusfidenas6650]

Get Carter, the original, is up there too in that category.

[@cindyinnew]

@@g.sergiusfidenas6650 my husband is obsessed with Get Carter. His all time fav film

[@g.sergiusfidenas6650]

@@cindyinnew it is great, Caine was a big star already by that time so the producers were quite surprised he was willing to interpret such character but thank god he did what a gem of movie; apparently Hendry (the guy who played Eric) was their first choice to play Carter but by that time he was such an alcoholic that there was no way he could pull that role despite being a great actor in his own right, he also seemed to detest Michael Caine and envied his success given that his own career was declining and thus the enmity seen in the screen was partially based in real life.

[@evm6177]

Really ok.. What caused the explosion in the end? 🍷

[@santoven]

Great film with a fantastic twist ending. It's a shame how Jan-Michael Vincent destroyed himself with alcohol and drugs.

[@aansul888]

how?

[@santoven]

@@aansul888Arrests, car accidents that resulted in permanent injuries, and a host of other troubles that come from drug and alcohol abuse.

[@HouseholdDog]

Bronson can kill with a voiceover.

[@robertboyle2573]

Superb ending from a great film.

[@evm6177]

Really ok.. What caused the explosion in the end? 🍷

[@robertboyle2573]

@@evm6177 Bishop booby-trapped the car to kill Steve.

[@MarzanWorldwide]

And It’s Exactly 13 seconds..... Check it!!

[@KyiRui]

Moral of story: Learn to be a speed reader

[@jimmyg.6885]

Speed reading wouldn't have helped. He shut the door and started the timer.

[@jimmyg.6885]

Jimmy G. Actually when counting back from the explosion, the timer started when the car door was unlocked. Payback's a bitch!

[@TheX4honda]

LMAO

[@Weird-City]

Jimmy G. Yes I timed it with a stopwatch feature and it started from the second the lock was opened.

[@scottjo63]

+KyiRui Another Moral, Don't kill Charles Bronson.

[@michaelhaney3388]

What goes around comes around, best ending of all time.

[@evm6177]

Really ok.. What caused the explosion in the end? 🍷

[@alerey4363]

@@evm6177 when he opened the door he cut a wire triggering a 13-second timed detonator and 💣

[@evm6177]

@@alerey4363 Nice thought, Man it makes sense that the car was always Booby trapped. Bronsan's charector even warns Stevey earlier not to ever touch his car. Stevey never knew but he just couldn't resist finding out! 🍷

[@alerey4363]

@@evm6177 and greed was his ultimate doom

[@dolyharianto]

I think Bishop has a death wish, all those panic attacks, depressing life and loneliness finally got to him. That's why he played along and was just waiting to see how his protégé/boy lover would kill him. Of course not to be outwitted, he planted a bomb in his fancy car just in case his protégé was dumb enough to fall for it. He probably planted other traps or bombs in the house too.

[@vfigueroa1]

Don't fuck with Charlie Bronson!

[@Weird-City]

Watch it again - I believe it was the door opening a second time that actually tripped the bomb. The 13 seconds was just to create a sense of panic and prevent the mark from thinking things through (maybe exiting through a window). The reason I think this is so Charles could have disarmed the bomb manually from the inside visa a switch. That way the trap stays live and active for the duration of his "career" and partnership - so he isn't resetting it every day and taking unnecessary risks.

[@Sophia-hs3rz]

Very intuitive , ,

[@Strathobbiesandknickknacks]

Awesome observation. Makes perfect sense through and through. If a hit man was treacherous enough to bomb his target's car, why would he feel a moral compunction to write a truthful note to the target?

[@joethekinghawk7514]

Steve was dead either way, good ridden

[@Borg9]

I timed it from the moment he opened the door. It WAS 13 seconds!!!!

[@BobPapadopoulos]

If that's the case, then it's doubtful he rigged it to go off opening a second time and more likely he rigged the trip to the inside door handle, which Steve would need to get out but not in.

[@jordywoody14]

This was a genius ending. When you think it's going one way and then there's a lovely twist at the end. 😁

[@joethekinghawk7514]

Love it, Charles Bronson is the mechanic.

[@jordywoody14]

@@joethekinghawk7514 He's my man. Sorry Jason but Charles was the OG.

[@louisp.3332]

Best Hollywood ending in memory

[@lamonthamilton667]

WELLLL!!!!! Add Original 68 ending Planets Of The Apes, Still gives me chills.

[@russellbrown7028]

CB was a very hard working actor for some time, and especially through the 1970's. Not bad at all considering he was a relatively late starter in the profession. He was doing some of his best action films when he was in his forties and fifties. I have to admit being a fan of "Death Wish IV" Its a really bad film, but Bronson still does a good job with his role. You never see him sleeping his way through a movie like some established stars do. He always delivered.

[@asadiqbal123]

Watch Red Sun. Brilliant movie

[@crazyralph6386]

He was a bad ass on/off screen, like many of those WW2/Korean War vet turned actors were back on the day.

[@arekpetrosian4965]

@@asadiqbal123 Amazing movie, and a great recommendation. I would also suggest "Hard Times", which I feel is one of his best.

[@LG123ABC]

He was really good in "The Great Escape".

[@philipcross8121]

Some of his earlier work was really good, too. Showdown At Boot Hill (1958) is a classic example.

[@4Topwood]

What a classic. My husband keeps pestering me to see the remake just to irritate me. I LOVE this movie.

[@princeavinashmishra421]

Please don't watch the remake.

[@4Topwood]

@@princeavinashmishra421 I never did. And I never will.

[@55Quirll]

The thing about the remake, Jason doesn't die and there's a sequel.

[@nightform8011]

@@4Topwood You did. And you will.

[@nickrat4416]

New movie sucks, don't see it.

[@jasonwheel]

good matchup but you knew Bronson would get him in the end. He was too tough and besides the older guy is smarter. Never was cinema any better than with these 70s exploitation films.

[@vincentrogiest997]

Because of this exploitation by the corporate pimps and there prostitutes in the European union movies are really getting bad and boring, LOL

[@cooldude2245]

The old saying- a teacher never tells the pupil Everything.

[@valuecalc]

Cooldude 22 , correct! He tends to be tougher and wiser. Defeating a master is extremely difficult.

[@johnnyangel9163]

A lot of up camera shots.

[@dalehall2067]

If I Jim Michael Vincent could’ve got his act in gear before he lost his leg his life his legacy. I remember when a great movie actor said “don’t smoke”. I would like to be able to say in my life “don’t drink”

[@TrueTreeRadioNetwork]

The fact that this movie was rated PG is fucking hilarious.

[@infinightsky]

It means parents should be guiding children towards good action films

[@sydlandis5941]

Coolest ending to a movie period. His weakness was his curiosity of the note. Still wanting to learn. It always gets you. Bronson knew it. I taught you everything you know, not everything I KNOW!

[@geinikan1kan]

Loved this film when I was a kid. I watched it every time it was on late night movies. Couldn't wait for this scene.

[@joethekinghawk7514]

Boom!

[@killerfrank8974]

The killer of killers always gets his target, even from beyond the grave! What an ending, man.

[@valuecalc]

McKenna thought that he was doing well. Oh, he was checkmated fast.

[@viadharmawheel]

The sign of the best at his craft. Yes, JMV was correct about his weakness of not being able to cut it alone. But JMV, made the mistake of underestimating the master. He told him he was an associate, not a partner. JMV, still had a lot to learn...

[@thisisverytrue]

This film was also helped by a pretty good soundtrack music score - Jerry Fielding? The sequence where Bronson discovers that Vincent has been ordered to kill him is a very well executed example as are the opening minutes of the film. Never tire of watching this film now and again. Still stands up well.

[@1986SSMONTECARLO]

''End of Game Bang you're DEAD!!!''

[@ericpomainville7367]

stephen dwyer what?

[@Puzzoozoo]

Eric Pomainville He's a WUP.

[@thepromiseman7745]

Best saying motto ever

[@chrisevans5259]

Love the grainy look of the movies of the 1970s, ...they had a gritty realism that sadly lack in modern day movies,....and this Charles Bronson classic, ticks all the boxes.

[@rodolfodearaujo6801]

Yes back then muvies looks more real then today muvies.

[@shane99ca]

That's from the film grain. Today's movies don't use film.

[@alandunlap4106]

I saw that in Seattle with my brother. We were both on the edge of our seats waiting for the finale as we had about 10 minutes to catch the ferry. As soon as the kaboom, we ran outta the theater as fast as we could. Made it! Great show. Miss them both.

[@ianmangham4570]

😎

[@craigthomas8198]

Yes! edge of seats!

[@Cybrsk8r]

I love the way Bronson timed it to the second, so JMV would ALMOST make it out of the car.

[@phdtobe]

Yeah, but the delay trigger went off after only 12 seconds.

[@ericsmith8373]

@@phdtobe If it was attached to the door, then it is 13 seconds. JMV opens the door at about 4:09.5, and the bomb goes off at 4:23. But either way, it a real cool ending.

[@chrisvig123]

Cybrsk8r Should have used a smaller charge just blow off a couple of body parts😀

[@phdtobe]

Eric Smith Oh, yeah! I counted using “one thousand”s. I guess my “timer” was slow.

[@joethekinghawk7514]

A very meticulous man

[@bensantiago4557]

Casually strolls to his car not a care in the world.Danger furthest thing from his mind

[@blaktigr84]

You forgot one more rule: He's always ONE STEP AHEAD!

[@Rose.Of.Hizaki]

Jan Michael Vincent was a handsome bastard. He later went on to make one of my favorite TV shows of all time... Airwolf

[@Mlreau]

For Michael Winner.

[@ya000ful]

stay in school kids, reading faster can help save your life some day.

[@davidsheets8932]

The fuse was a ruse. The trigger was the door handle. The bomb is armed when the door the closed. The bomb is detonated when the door is opened.

[@myrnalaboy2840]

Never outsmart the master. I always say.

[@BelloBudo007]

Now THAT'S what I call a finish. Love the Charles Bronson movies involving revenge. These days I'm watching people like Liam Neeson. Not quite as good but you take what you can get.

[@Womp_womp629]

Even when Steve is at bishops house you can still feel bishops presence as if he were there.

[@DianeAldrich-s2l]

There were a lot of great movies on late sixties and mid seventies

[@sundevilification]

a filament controlling a thirteen second delay trigger....Ha Ha!

[@lasquid]

Note to Hollywood, leave these classic's alone! Come up with some original ideas or hire some people that can do it for you!

[@CLASSICALFAN100]

It will never happen, Cap'n! Hollywood is all about the quick buck now. They have told their screenwriters and directors: **STICK TO SIMPLE-MINDED KID STUFF!!** And (guess what!), that's exactly what they've done...

[@BigLisaFan]

@@CLASSICALFAN100 Someone once said if Hollywood ever came up with an original idea, it would die of loneliness.

[@870Rem12gauge]

Perfect end to a movie.

[@joel8583]

+Joe Smith Hell yea!

[@None-zc5vg]

In the original script, the two killers were meant to have a gay relationship, with bedroom scenes, but this was considered unacceptable by most actors who were approached to play these two characters.

[@aansul888]

Bronson was a real tough guy.

[@ekop1778]

THE REMAKE WITH JASON WAS A JOKE

[@Craigstern73]

My man Bronson, so cool in the movies. All his cowboy flicks are great but my favorite is Hard Times, such a classic, Mr. Majestyk was too.

[@MrTheHillfolk]

Yea i love the truck scenes

[@DixiePokerAce]

Hard Times was the best.

[@sclogse1]

Once Upon A Time In The West

[@aim6613]

Mr. Majestyk was awesome.

[@mikepatrick5909]

So sad what happened to JMV in real life.

[@EternalHennessy]

Amen. JMV was as beautiful as young Brad Pitt was. Pitt though navigated the treacherous waters of being unearthly good looking and he also navigated stardom well despite several clunkers he's made. Amazingly though, JMV will be nearing 70 soon.

[@suzietrecallion1042]

Dan Mills he was a small time kid thrown in the Hellywood deep end n told "real men here drink deep if u want to fit in"And as long as he was making them money,the studios turned a blind eye.People like Ernest Borgnine tried to help.I think if he n Bonnie had stayed together,the tragedy might not hv happened.As it is,Jan is just another in the long line of those broken n thrown aside.I do hope he is doing good now,but,hell String,miss u n Dom.LYF.

[@milliondollar2981]

He lives in VA with his sister,,,you can still contact him,,he has a fan club,,dose hats n t shirts

[@leonieladner8631]

@@milliondollar2981 va where exactly. Didn't know he had a sister

[@maggiemae7749]

@@milliondollar2981 he died last year

[@boredfartless4221]

infinitely better than the crappy remake

[@231Joshie]

i disagree. unless your 50..

[@boredfartless4221]

Jinno J. Really, so you think the end part where the Transporter McPlastic Man dodges the blast was a better ending? They are essentially the same, apart from in this version there is some acting going on, and in the remake the mechanics apprentice is a charisma free idiot.

[@DaCerebrus]

+Boredand Faartless Nostalgia is a bitch the remake is alot better with better soundtracks, even the acting was good ( last scene was alot better also ) but yea guess they should've just killed 'em both in the end.

[@GoMrTom]

Sorry but Jason Statham and Ben Foster haven't got the acting quality of Charles Bronson and Jan-Michael Vincent. Plus: They let Bishop surive. Come on, this is a cheap hollywood ending where heroes always survive because people want this "good-feeling cinema".

[@tanveerzahoor816]

Didn't like remake. Jason Statham is a decent actor but not in the league of Charles Bronson.

[@4Topwood]

"See Naples and die." RIP, Jan Michael Vincent.

[@nymike06]

Great ending.

[@valuecalc]

nymike06 , indeed it was. Bishop (Bronson) was a deadly master who was not to be toyed with.

[@nymike06]

@@valuecalcThe remake was horrible. Vincent and Bronson were fantastic in the original. One of the best movie endings in movie history. R.I.P Jan Michael Vincent

[@valuecalc]

nymike06 , I understand your sentiment. Nothing will beat the original classic. Both men are now gone. It's depressing, but we have the movie to keep thriling us.

[@nymike06]

@@valuecalcTrue. I still watch it to this day. It never gets old. Great acting and great location sites. Both deceased and quite depressing. Hollywood lost two gems.

[@hey.hombre]

1:19 That is why Putin took his own cup to the G20 meeting in June 2019.

[@puplover7991]

This is how I like to remember Jan Michael Vincent.

[@benschmidt3967]

+Ron I. the car yes. Those early 70s mustangs are getting harder to find.

[@saxonsteve]

ME TOO!! POOR GUY HAS HAD A REAL TOUGH LIFE.

[@rockethutchins8547]

pup lover oh jeez

[@suzietrecallion1042]

pup lover hey,don't talk like he is dead.He is still.here, thankfully.

[@mk84ldb]

@@suzietrecallion1042 Date of death: February 10, 2019

[@boledle]

One of my all-time favorite movies. Raw, pre-CGI, pure cinema.

[@flurry]

The coolest ending ...EVER! On top of that, the 15+ minutes of totally speechless beginning was a milestone in action films.

[@anttyzale5455]

Well why would a hitman have to blowup a building ? All he had to do was wait inside and shot the dum dum with dum dum bullets.

[@danbanks7930]

And that's how you end a movie and clear out a theater rolling credits

[@edmundgonzalez8731]

Saw this as a kid when it came out, don't really know why but love the inside of that house.

[@terrycharnley]

Oh, yes, I remember seeing that years ago, and what an ending!! Pure Bronson, pure brilliance!! Just goes to prove you should never fuck with the man from Death Wish!!

[@BrodashMx]

Charles Bronson > Chuck Norris

[@turqu01se]

@Rob C exactly

[@saxonsteve]

R. I. P. Mr. Bronson & Mr. Vincent. You certainly were a great team here.

[@nobodyreally6345]

This is a 1971 Mach 1 guys. What a waste. Mine was a 1972. Same color; same interior. Lower compression on the engine due to 1972 regulations. 1971 Cleveland 351 had higher compression ratio. 1970 Mach 1 is my favorite Mustang. I also had a 1967 fastback much like the 1968 in 'Bullet' movie.

[@robertmitchell8728]

You shouldn't be so sure he died. When he returns home in the cab there isn't a note on the rear-view mirror. After he leaves the house there is. Shhh! Our secret.

[@Dan.50]

I've always suspected that Bishop faked his own death.

[@JayKhwaja]

I really miss life in the 70s & 80s: real people, music, movies and culture. 2000's no imagination or excitement left but pure trash that fails miserably next to the great times experienced beforehand!

[@ianmangham4570]

AMEN

[@theadisunboys2]

So true

[@jgozzo4997]

Born in 66, best time ever!

[@rodolfodearaujo6801]

I agree the good old days is over.

[@johndoe-pk6tj]

Jan Michael Vincent...the man who gave Brad Pitt a career. :)

[@johndoe-pk6tj]

You dumb ass. After a star dies, retires, or stops acting...Hollywood usually looks for an actor that was from the past that was successful and tries to replace him/her with someone who resembles that person. You don't really think Vanessa Williams was the first light skinned, light eyed black woman that White ? Jewish Hollywood said was acceptable? Go look up the "original" Original Vanessa Williams. Young Hugh Jackman = Young Clint Eastwood (even more so than his son) Steve Mcqueen=Daniel Craig, and on and on. Movies are not the only things Hollywood retreads. Exactly, no Brad films before 1991..and Jan came way before 1991. Do some fucking research. Learn some history! The Hollywood Jews have you people brainwashed!

[@johndoe-pk6tj]

I'm a slow reader...but damn it would not have taken me 13 seconds to read that! I could have read that note and still had time to roll down the window and crawl out! Damn!

[@nhmooytis7058]

john doe Yeah try it and get back to us, Big Talker.

[@KilliK69]

who was the Original Vanessa Williams?

[@johndoe-pk6tj]

MARKI BEY!

[@HiddenSoulsMusic]

Way better than the remake.

[@suzietrecallion1042]

RA The Vigilante absolutely.

[@ismaelnunez3888]

I agree

[@coomer1451]

Looks like trash

[@10-CRAZY-K]

RIP Jan-Michael Vincent

[@bikerbisht110]

Good tribute to two great action heroes, and a great film

[@soldtobediers]

they don't kill e'm like they used to.

[@markcorrell741]

Great film, u cant beat the originals , Bronson was awesome ⭐️

[@rodolfodearaujo6801]

This is one of my favorite movies great actors very good story I really like this muvie. I watched the first time back I think 1983 ou 84 on tv and I really like sense the 1st time I saw.

[@woverby1963]

One of Bronson's best, Jan Michael Vincent great too.

[@cflo1386]

Mr. Bronson and Mr. Airwolf.

[@nonenoneu1199]

JL MR AIR WOLF HAS NO WORK...

[@emptyhand777]

I didn't see either Bubba Smith or Ernest Borgnine in that clip.

[@suzietrecallion1042]

nonenoneu 1 he has earned his retirement.