Is The Mechanic actually good?

The Mechanic sits in the 78.8% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 78.8% of them.

How does The Mechanic compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1970s, The Mechanic lands in the 73.3% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is The Mechanic's score based on?

99 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Mechanic's score.

1972

global pct

78.8

Film · 1972 · Films · 1970s

The Mechanic

Name: The Mechanic
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1972

Scored from 99 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 peers).

78.8%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

73.3%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1970s · 2,406 titles

93.0%

AI-adjusted percentile

99 calibrated reviewers

Summary

The Mechanic (1972) is a film IMDb files under the action, crime and thriller genres.

Only 99 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 101 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1970s films — 2,406 of them.

Is The Mechanic (1972) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1970s · 2,406 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 99
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1970s

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