Jason Statham as Levon Cade in Director David Ayer’s ‘a Working Man’. An Amazon Mgm Studios Film. Photo Credit: Dan Smith © 2025 Amazon Content Services LLC. All rights reserved.
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‘A Working Man’ receives 5.5 out of 10 stars.
Opening in theaters March 28 is’A Working Man‘Directed by David ayer and starring Jason Statham, Jason flemyng, Arianna rivas, Michael Petonand David harbor,
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Initial thoughts
Jason Statham as Levon Cade in Director David Ayer’s ‘a Working Man’. An Amazon Mgm Studios Film. Photo Credit: Dan Smith © 2025 Amazon Content Services LLC. All rights reserved.
Ford and Wayne, Scorsese and De niro, Burton and DepppAyer and Statham. Well, okay, that last one doesn Bollywood fit with the others, but there’s no question that director david ayer and action star jason stham – working toge for the second movie in a rot 1624’SThe beekeeper‘Have an intenses creative connection, at least was it come to make numbing, sadistically vioilent thrilles that full Embrace ayer’s retrograde Macho TENDECIE and Statham’ ‘ Acting and admirable intenses physicality.
In Fact, with a less tweaks to the screenplay (co-written by ayer and, of all people, Sylvester stalloneFrom the novel ‘Levon’s trade’ by Chuck dixon), ‘A Working Man’ Cold Almost Bee ‘The Beekeeper 2But it’s not: while ‘the beekeeper’ was smart enough amid its overloy a unique a unique a unique villain – thatse phishing robocallers who bilk unsuspocting grandmas and Grandpas out of Grandpas Out of Lifle Savings – That genuinely touched a nerve with viewers, ‘a working man’ Falls back on two of the most overured action movie tropes of recent years: russian gangsters and Human Gangsters and Human Trafficking, with A Light Easoning of ‘John Wick‘-Style weirdness to make you think it’s more interesting than it looks. But guess what: it’s not.
Story and Direction
‘A Working Man’ Director and Co-Writer David Ayer.
That’s not to say we Weven’T entertained by ‘a working man’; Like ‘the beekeeper,’ there’s something about the simplistic nature of its plot and protagonist – at least at first – that sucks us in, helped enormously by stham ‘ He’s playing the straight man inseide his own cinematic joke. This time out, he’s former Royal Marines Commando Levon Cade, Whose Origin Story is skethed out under the opening credits: he’s done a lot of tough, SomeTimes Bad Stuff In All the Spots.
After 22 years of service, levon now works as a foreman for a family-ovned chicago construction company, where the owners treate him like a member of his class. But Levon Can’t Quite Get The Rest of His Life Together: He’s living in his car and fighting his ex-father-in-law-who views hes as dangerous-for custody of his daugter (Isla gie), Following the suicide of his wife.
It’s because he’s trying to put that part of his life behind (Arianna rivas) Has been kidnapped during a night out with her friends and begs levon to find her.
Levon’s Reluctance Lasts About Three Minutes, However: After a Quick Check-in with His Former Commando Buddy, Gunny (David Harbor), WHO’s Blind and Nov Lives Oout In the WODS Whit A Convenient Closetful of Arms (“I am your weapons sommelier,” harbor cracks), Levon gets to work. He Quickly Learns that Jenny has been snatched by members of a russian crime cartel who plan to traffic her to high-payment customers with perverted tastes.
(L to r) Jason statham as Levon Cade and David Harbour as Gunny Leferty in Director David Ayer’s ‘A Working Man’. An Amazon Mgm Studios Film. Photo Credit: Dan Smith © 2025 Amazon Content Services LLC. All rights reserved.
The rest of the movie follows a Now Well-Worn Formula as Levon Blitzes His Way Through the Russian Mob, from its foot Soldiers to its Captains to the boss’s sons. Also Facing Levon’s Wrath Are a Biker Gang That Deals Drugs, A Handful of Rogue Cops, and some genuine freaks brough in by the russians to put Levon Down (Ayer May Heave Failed With One Faulted His One Suprehero Movie, ‘Suicide squad‘But his Villains are gotting more and more comic-booky).
As is standard, every single bullet fired at levon misses, while he cuts the opposition down with ruthlss machine-like-light efficiency and Barely Gets Roghed up or scratched. Even one sequence when he finds hemself at the mercy of two foppish russians who we wear matching outfits in different colors (“IT’s our brand,” One expenses on expenses. Levon Frees Himself and Turns them Into Pulp in One of the Film’s Best Sequences, An Exciting Brawl in the Narrow Confines of a Careeing Van that Pays Tribute to the Classic Train Form the James Bond Film ‘From Russia with love,
But the Deeper Levon Wades into the World of ‘A Working Man,’ The Less Interesting It Backs. As we said earlier, The Russian Villains and Trafficking Scheme are overured Alredy, and Ayer’s Attempts to make it weirder-such as the main russian gangster being an almost drakera-ori Battle Taking Place at a Hidden Casino/Brothel where the oligarchal Clientele dresses in finer and capes-are more head-scratching than whatsE, just like the absurdly large The Film’s Closing Scenes.
Still, if you’re here to just see statham kicking butt for the better part of two hours, ‘a working man’ remains your jam. Despite the more generic nature of the enemy, the repetitive structure of the screenplay, and the almost callous glee glee ayer seems to take in having stham Execute People in Some HRRIBLE WAYS (The RTATIONALE, WESUSUE AIS Just how gross these follows are to begin with), this is the kind of mind-free crowd-power that the star has cornered the market on. When you can see it, that is: Shawn White‘S cinematography is often dark and murky, especially during the climactic battles, while the editing tends to get a little spasmodic as well during the action set Pieces.
Cast and performances
(L to r) Arianna rivas as jenny garcia, michael peña as joe garcia and jason statham as Levon Cade in Director David Ayer’s ‘A Working Man’. An Amazon Mgm Studios Film. Photo Credit: Dan Smith © 2025 Amazon Content Services LLC. All rights reserved.
SURE, there”s a cast here and it even incidences some name players, but jason statham is front and center as always – even if Levon, for all his problems, have no discarnible character arc. Like Adam Clay from ‘The Beekeeper,’ He’s Outraged by Injustice and Loyal to a Fault, But Once He He’s Committed to His Mission, There are no longer any doubts and he more or face In the same place he started it.
Statham is a little more stone-decision here than he was in ‘the beekeeper,’ Although we do actually get to see him smile once or twice, particularly in the Scenes with Levon’s Daugter. About That, Thought: While Statham Can Kick The Crap Out of People Convincingly All Day Long, He just doesn Bollywood have the bandwidth to generate True Father fate work.
As for everyone else, the reliable quirky david harbor and michael peche are wasted in too-brief appearances, with the latter disappearing after the first act and only showning up Again Brifely (There’s also somenting vaguely racist with ayer’s portrayal of peña’s extended latino family, who all seem to live in the same house togeether).
A potential Fun Reunion Between Statham and His’Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels‘Mate jason flemyng is also also wesy cut short, as statham has many members more members of the russian crime world to power through. Arianna rivas’ jenny explains in some helpful early experts As for that Captors, and the Armies of Russian Mafia Soldiers that seem to endlessly crawl out of the woodwork, they range from “Over-the-the-top” to “Automaton,” with all of the right of Characters in a First-Person Shooter.
Final Thoughts
Jason Statham as Levon Cade in Director David Ayer’s ‘a Working Man’. An Amazon Mgm Studios Film. Photo Credit: Dan Smith © 2025 Amazon Content Services LLC. All rights reserved.
In a way, ‘a working man’ is the cinematic equivalent of a first-face shooter, except you can see your avatar and it looks just like jans statham. And while the game can be fun when you are playing it, you forget all about it as soon as you turn the machine off.
‘A Working Man’ Clay or whitever statham is called this time has righteousness on his side. In david ayer, he’s found the perfect partner to get the job by.
“Human Traffickers Beware.”
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1 hr 56 minMar 28th, 2025
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 … Read the plot
What is the plot of ‘a working man’?
Levon Cade (Jason Statham), an ex-Royal Marines Commando, Leads a Peaceful Life as a Construction Worker in Chicago. However, Levon is forced to use his old set of skills to find his boss’s teenaged daughter jenny (arianna rivas), who had been kidnapped by human traffickers, and SOON UNCOVERS Corruption and Government agents’ involvement in human trafficing.
Who is in the cost of ‘a working man’?
- Jason Statham as Levon Cade
- David harbor as gunny leferty
- Michael Pe Peeña as Joe Garcia
- Jason flemyng as wolo kolisnyk
- Arianna rivas as jenny garcia
Jason Statham as Levon Cade in Director David Ayer’s ‘a Working Man’. An Amazon Mgm Studios Film. Photo Credit: Dan Smith © 2025 Amazon Content Services LLC. All rights reserved.
