Explosive
Summary
Jason Statham rarely disappoints on the action front and A Working Man is no different proving that a team up with David Ayer needs to happen regularly. This has a massive bodycount and the finale is everything I’d want from an action movie aside from a proper one on one showdown with a main antagonist. This is still old school action at its best.
Plot: Levon Cade left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live a simple life working construction. But when his boss’s daughter, who is like family to him, is taken by human traffickers, his search to bring her home uncovers a world of corruption far greater than he ever could have imagined.
Review: A new Jason Statham movie is always satisfying as you have a good idea of what to expect – bad guys being destroyed by The Stath using his particular set of skills and I am 100% here for it every time. A Working Man has him reuniting with Beekeeper director David Ayer and a script from Sylvester Stallone, so expectations were high for me.
In the Beekeeper, Statham was taking down a network of scammers and this time it’s on to human traffickers which we’ve admittedly seen hundreds of times before. As they are the lowest forms of life however, it never gets old watching them get what they deserve.
As you’d expect we get plenty of brutal beatdowns with Statham at his badass best and as I always say I would not want to be on the receiving end of one of his punches. He looks the part in the action scenes and you could (almost) believe he could beat up a group of thugs without breaking a sweat. I do wish we got a proper one on one fight with a villain at the end who actually poses some kind of physical threat, but we know that’s not about to happen.
David Harbour elevates any movie he is in and is a great supporting character playing Levon’s blind comrade in arms Gunny Lefferty.
Sly Stallone and David Ayer wrote the script and it feels like a true throwback to 80’s style action and is almost like Commando for the bullet riddled finale. There are few choice one-liners, but it maybe could have been a little sharper at times. It has some nice character moments where even though Levon is the invincible badass he will do anything for his friends and family.
The music score was quite awesome and I especially loved the opening credits theme with the visuals.
Overall, A Working Man may be familiar in terms of story but delivers exactly what you’d expect from a Statham flick and that’s no bad thing with plenty of brutal beatdowns and an action packed finale. It’s nice to know that a movie like this can still get made and people will go see it. Our cinema was full tonight so get out there this weekend and support R rated action.