Movie · 2025 · Action, Crime, Thriller · 1h 56m · R · English
Curator score: 0.7/10 (208.2K ratings)
Human traffickers beware.
Overview
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.
Ratings
Curator score: 0.7/10
IMDb: 5.7/10
Letterboxd: 2.36/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 47%
Metacritic: 52
TMDB: 6.7/10
Director
David Ayer
Production
Cedar Park Entertainment, BlockFilm, Punch Palace Productions, Balboa Productions, Black Bear Pictures, Fifth Season
Cast
Jason Statham, Jason Flemyng, Merab Ninidze, Maximilian Osinski, Cokey Falkow, Michael Peña, David Harbour, Noemi Gonzalez, Arianna Rivas, Isla Gie, Emmett J. Scanlan, Eve Mauro, Kristina Poli, Andrej Kaminsky, Greg Kolpakchi, Piotr Witkowski, Chidi Ajufo, Ricky Champ, Max Croes, Kenneth Collard
Where to watch
Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM Plus, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Curator Review
Verdict
A generic but occasionally entertaining Jason Statham vigilante thriller: blunt, overfamiliar, and often too talky, yet it delivers enough brute-force momentum and absurd action-movie confidence for fans of the star and director. The appeal is less suspense than watching a human wrecking ball methodically tear through a corrupt underworld.
Best for
Jason Statham completists
fans of grimy, mid-budget action thrillers
viewers who enjoy revenge plots with a rescue mission
audiences who can laugh at pulpy excess and blunt dialogue
Skip if
you want originality or sharp plotting
you dislike violence built around trafficking/revenge premises
you need strong character development or emotional nuance
you’re impatient with long stretches of setup between action beats
Overview
A Working Man is built from familiar parts: ex-special-ops drifter, kidnapped loved one, corrupt network, and a star who can turn a shrug into a threat. David Ayer stages it as a hard-edged, blue-collar action thriller, but the movie keeps tripping over its own seriousness when it should be leaning into the pulp. The result is uneven, sometimes dull, and occasionally so ridiculous it circles back to fun.
Worth noting
What keeps it watchable is Jason Statham doing Jason Statham things with machine-like efficiency. The film understands his appeal as a blunt instrument in a world of crooks, and when it stops pretending to be prestige crime drama, it lands better. The final stretch, with its increasingly unhinged escalation, is the part most likely to stick in your memory.
Bottom line
If you’re here for polished plotting, skip it. If you’re here for a rough, disposable action movie with a few gloriously silly visual and tonal choices, it does the job well enough.
Top Letterboxd reviews
Bryan Espitia (3.5★) · 4166 likes
You’re not prepared for how big the moon is during the final shootout. I guarantee you it’s the biggest moon you’ve ever seen.
Edvin Karelius (3★) · 1938 likes
This may come as a huge shock but Jason Statham is an assassin in this
zoë rose bryant (2.5★) · 1796 likes
best watched with your dad as he reacts to every jason statham action sequence like a 13-year-old cheering for the chicken jockey
adambolt (2.5★) · 1435 likes
**aggressively pours maple syrup onto plate**
Sydney🚀 (1.5★) · 1368 likes
Kind of shocked by how not good this is, David Ayer is back on my shit list, Jason Statham is still my husband, another night at the multiplex