Jason Statham

David Harbour

Michael Peña

Jason Flemyng

Arianna Rivas

Noemi Gonzalez

Emmett Scanlan

Eve Mauro

Maximilian Osinski

Kristina Poli

Andrej Kaminsky

Isla Gie

Chidi Ajufo

Alana Boden

Sophie-Louise Craig

David Witts

Daniel Lundh

Piotr Witkowski

Andrea Vasiliou

Greg Kolpakchi

Neil Bishop

Jose Conejo Martin

Eddie J. Fernandez

Cokey Falkow

Benjamin Schnau

Jade Coatsworth

Joanna DeLane

Priyasasha Kumari

Muki Zubis

Max Croes

C.C. DeNeira

Tom Vaughan

Eli Sowden-Mehta

Nilesh Hindocha

Merab Ninidze

Ricky Champ

Kenneth Collard

Richard Heap

Alexander Bracq

Wayne Gordon

Leah Walker

Jonathan Nyati

Kya Brame

Andrew John Nolan

Seán Gannon

Patrick Franklin

Darren Morrissey

Benjamin Gunnery

Prince Marfo

Judy Matheson

Sylvester Stallone

David Ayer

Chuck Dixon

Chris Long

John Friedberg

Kevin King

Bill Block

Marvin Berrembou

Wayne Shields

Aidan Brindle

Luke Tumber

Jared Michael Fry

Shawn White

Tiziana Corvisieri

Catherine Heys

Waldo Mason

Christopher S. Aud

Laurent Kossayan

Richard Cornelius

Adam Coles

Millie Akerman-Blankley

David Bach

Simon Gillman

Ben Greaves

Mike Horton

Walter Spencer

Chris Whiteside

Simon Cockren

Neil Damman

Paul Dunn

Brett Ellis

Conor Hockley

David Rigley-Williamson

Joe Holden

Tony Neil Tanswell

Natalie Wright-Cella

Harpreet Bahia

Paul Bongiovanni

Stephen Adentan

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Victor Leon

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A Working Man

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Manuel São Bento

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

<em>'A Working Man'</em> 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 bad guy in this, or at least one of a few. He gives enough that we didn't need anyone else in my opinion, especially as 'higher-ups' Andrej Kaminsky and Maximilian Osinski give weaker performances. Chidi Ajufo is the best of the rest.

My other issue lies with the run time. I guess with so many characters it did need to be almost two hours in length, however you could've told this story within 90 minutes without a doubt. But again, as noticeable as that and the other issue is, it at least doesn't hinder much for me.

"A working Man" is an accidental satire of a US action films.

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 production to "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 that coming, right?

I won't mix words, this is cliched, biased, condescending, pro Western military, jingoistic, crap. Interesting too, how venture capitalists "State Street" make a brief appearance, in the opening credits. If they thought this would lift their profile, well all I can say is it didn't "do it, for me". Sorry guys. 

Is there an upside? In short no. Even the action has a ham fisted, "seen it all before", air of stale, stagnation, about it. 

In summary, a horrible facsimile of superior action films, you have probably seen before. Loaded down with trite cliches, stereotypes and jarring biases. One to avoid.

A Working Man( 2025)

Human traffickers beware.

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Written by Manuel São Bento on Thu Mar 27 2025

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