A Working Man (2025)

Manuel São Bento March 27, 2025

★ 3/10

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/a-working-man-review/ "A Working Man is a textbook example of a movie that fails in every fundamental aspect of its own genre. Without impactful action sequences, engaging characters, or any valid attempt at innovation or narrative depth, David Ayer delivers a frustratingly generic, utterly forgettable experience. Jason Statham does his best to elevate a project doomed from the first draft of the script, but not even his charismatic presence can save a film that will inevitably end as one of the worst of the year." Rating: D

r96sk March 28, 2025

★ 8/10

'A Working Man' is imperfectly very good. I do have a couple of issues with it, but all in all I have to say that I did enjoy this to a fairly strong degree. Jason Statham seldom disappoints in an action thriller, I'm a fan of his so was always likely to get the required fun out of this. Statham is great, naturally without him the movie would be vastly less entertaining. Away from the former British diver (still can't quite believe that's the same guy!), there are too many characters - which is one of the issues I have. There didn't need to be so many peeps in this. Even so, those onscreen are all decent enough and none register as overt negatives in my mind. David Harbour does well in a small role, he usually speaks the same way in roles but this feels minorly different. Michael Peña and Arianna Rivas are solid, as is Jason Flemyng. The latter's character should've be the only…

MovieGuys April 1, 2025

★ 3/10

"A working Man" is an accidental satire, of the US action film genre. Working class guy, who served in the military and now works for a migrant families construction company, looks to save their angelic daughter, the vision of perfection, from the evil Russian human traffickers. Everything is an exaggeration. From the notion of the working class guy, a rough diamond, a patriot, with a heart of gold. The migrant family with the dutiful, over achiever on steroids daughter, the true inheritors of the American dream. Even, the minimum wage construction workers, who are told to make sure they "keep their fingers" (you can see occupational health and safety is a big thing) are so happy they look like they belong in the original production of "Snow White" (the real one, not the hideous remake). As for the Russians, well surprise, surprise, they are brutal, cruel and stupid. No one saw t…

Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots April 4, 2025

★ 5/10

On paper, director David Ayer‘s revenge action thriller “A Working Man” should be a slam dunk for Jason Statham. Based on Chuck Dixon’s novel “Levon’s Trade,” it has all the familiar elements that not only cater to the actor’s strengths, but also to the desires of his most die hard fans. Unfortunately, very little about the film works, and it comes across as dull, predictable, and unmemorable. Levon (Statham) is a former black ops solider turned construction worker who is forced to return to his lethal past when his boss’s daughter (Arianna Rivas) is abducted by human traffickers. What starts as a rescue mission soon unravels a deeper web of corruption, pushing Levon to do what he does best: take down bad guys with ruthless efficiency. The premise is well-worn but serviceable, but never quite rises above its own mediocrity. The stunt work is strong and the fights …

CinemaSerf April 5, 2025

★ 6/10

Well if you just thought Jason Statham was going to make a movie about the dangers of the construction industry then the first few scenes will put you straight and give a clue that his past is altogether more violent. That is going to come in handy when the daughter of his boss is kidnapped-to-order by some people traffickers and he is, initially reluctantly, drafted into track her down. With consummate ease, he sets about his task facing down some of the menacing Russian brotherhood who rule the roost supplying girls, drugs and booze to whoever can afford to pay! Can he find the girl? Will the sun come up? There’s not the slightest hint of jeopardy to any of this derivative outing for a star whose usual charisma has been left in his Winnebago. It’s got bits of “Die Hard” (1988) mixed in with, I thought, that Clint Eastwood “Cry Macho” (2021) affair plus the seriously camped …

Dean June 21, 2025

★ 8/10

Was really good. Jason's movies never disappoint.

Dark Jedi April 22, 2026

I was fairly sure that I would like this movie. For starters it is a Statham movie and I almost always like Statham but, in addition, the ever so useless “critics” at the rotten site wrote it down (the audience gave it 87% fresh). It is a pretty conventional action movie with elements from a lot of previous action movies. It has the usual bits in it like the lone very kick-ass hero, a kidnapped daughter, some mafia guys and other assorted criminals to beat up in various ways and plenty of guns and things that goes boom. It is never going to win any rewards for its script, acting or realism. That is fine with me. This movie takes all the good elements that an action movie should have and strings them together into a very entertaining action roller coaster. In short, it is a very Statham movie. The action is great and they did not try to do some nonsense like going for a PG…

Dr Nostromo August 21, 2026

★ 7/10

72/100 An ex-special forces soldier is now working as a foreman when his boss' daughter is kidnapped. Time to go get her. There is absolutely nothing original here. But, if you like watching Jason Statham doing his thing, something my wife and I enjoy immensely, you'll have a great time with it. It's a well made film full of colorful characters, some good lines and lots of action that isn't trying to be deep or complicated ...just entertaining. Considering the ratings, I think many have forgotten that sometimes a movie doesn't need to be a masterpiece to be fun. - DrNostromo.com