Maps of Movies

The Mechanic (2011)

Where The Mechanic says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A hitman thriller that opens in Colombia but was filmed in Louisiana, where almost no scene can be pinned to a place

Scenes and places

The cartel boss's pool (2011)

Bishop slips into a cartel boss's house and finishes the job in the boss's own pool, leaving it looking like an accident. The scene shows what a "mechanic" does: quiet work that never looks like murder.

Set in A Colombian cartel boss's home — Bishop sneaks into the house of a Colombian cartel boss.

Bishop's home in Louisiana (2011)

Bishop comes home from the job and meets Harry, the older man who taught him the trade. Harry is the one person Bishop trusts.

Set in Bishop's home, Louisiana — Back in Louisiana, Bishop meets his friend and mentor Harry McKenna.

Dean gives the order (2011)

Dean tells Bishop that a South African mission went wrong and that Harry is the threat. Bishop has to choose between his mentor and the rules of his trade.

Set in Meeting with Dean — Dean, Bishop's employer, explains a failed mission in South Africa.

The staged carjacking (2011)

Bishop reluctantly carries out the order and stages the death as a carjacking, the kind of crime nobody investigates twice.

Set in A car park where Harry is killed — Bishop kills Harry and stages it as a carjacking.

Harry's funeral (2011)

Bishop stands at the grave of the man he killed and meets Harry's estranged son Steve. Steve wants revenge on the carjacker, and Bishop steps in to stop him.

Set in Harry's funeral — At the funeral Bishop meets Harry's estranged son Steve.

Steve's first contract (2011)

Steve talks Bishop into training him, and Bishop gives him his first target, another assassin named Burke. The plan is simple, but Steve is impatient.

Set in A cafe Burke visits — Steve and Bishop watch Burke, a fellow assassin and Steve's first contract.

Steve and Burke (2011)

Steve ignores Bishop's instructions and follows Burke home, where the job becomes a long fight with a much larger man. Steve barely gets through it, and Bishop learns that his pupil does not follow orders.

Set in Burke's house — Steve goes home with Burke instead of drugging him as instructed.

The hotel room of cult leader Vaughn (2011)

Steve proposes an adrenaline injection to fake a heart attack, but Vaughn's doctor puts him on a drip that would cancel it out. The two have to improvise and then shoot their way past the guards.

Set in Andrew Vaughn's hotel room — Bishop and Steve go after cult leader Andrew Vaughn.

The airport (2011)

Bishop and Steve split up to fly home. At the airport Bishop spots a face that should not be there.

Set in An airport — Bishop and Steve fly home separately; at the airport Bishop notices someone he should not see.

The attack on Dean's convoy (2011)

Bishop and Steve face the team that Dean sends after them.

Set in Dean's convoy — Bishop and Steve go after Dean and the team he sends.

The gas station (2011)

Bishop plans to vanish with a new identity and the two stop for gas.

Set in A gas station — The two stop for gas on the road.

Bishop's house, the garage and the turntable (2011)

Steve goes back to Bishop's house and breaks two rules Bishop had given him: he plays the record on the turntable and takes the Jaguar.

Set in Bishop's home, Louisiana — Steve returns to Bishop's home.

Filmed at World Trade Center New Orleans, 2 Canal Street — Scene not identified Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana — Scene not identified Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Arthur Bishop — A professional assassin who makes his hits look like accidents, suicides and petty crimes.
• Steve McKenna — The estranged son of Harry McKenna, who asks Bishop to train him as a hitman.
• Harry McKenna — Bishop's friend and mentor.
• Dean — Bishop's employer.