A Working Man is Jason Statham doing Jason Statham things, directed by Guy Ritchie. If that sentence excites you, you will have a good time. If it does not, this film will not change your mind.
Statham plays a construction worker with a very particular set of skills who gets drawn into rescuing a kidnapped girl. The story is functional and moves cleanly from setup to payoff. Guy Ritchie directs with his usual confidence and some stylish flourishes that lift individual sequences well above the average for this kind of genre film. Statham is fully committed, as always. The action is practical, well-shot, and satisfying.
A Working Man is not trying to be anything other than a well-made action film, and on those terms it delivers completely. It is exactly the film the poster promises. Sometimes that is exactly what you want.
A Working Man is Jason Statham doing Jason Statham things, directed by Guy Ritchie. If that sentence excites you, you will have a good time. If it does not, this film will not change your mind.
Statham plays a construction worker with a very particular set of skills who gets drawn into rescuing a kidnapped girl. The story is functional and moves cleanly from setup to payoff. Guy Ritchie directs with his usual confidence and some stylish flourishes that lift individual sequences well above the average for this kind of genre film. Statham is fully committed, as always. The action is practical, well-shot, and satisfying.
A Working Man is not trying to be anything other than a well-made action film, and on those terms it delivers completely. It is exactly the film the poster promises. Sometimes that is exactly what you want.
