Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Brutal
- gritty
- tense
- bruising
- action movie night
- Jason Statham marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found Jason Statham’s restrained performance and colorful supporting cast appealing, but considered the film repetitive, overlong, and too generic to match its action ambitions.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Levon Cade has abandoned counter-terrorism for construction work and fatherhood before returning to his former skills.
Levon conducts his own missing-person investigation and rescue after a local girl vanishes.
The hero is framed as a construction worker and devoted father while functioning as a mythic former operative.
The missing-girl plot is connected to criminal trafficking and conspiracy rather than an isolated abduction.
Films like A Working Man, and why
Taken
shared hard-boiled missing-person investigation, vigilante justice, and blue-collar action hero
The Beekeeper
shared working-class protagonist, criminal conspiracy, and bruising hand-to-hand action
Nobody
shared ex-operative protagonist, rescue mission, and muscular revenge-thriller structure
Movie Details
- Director
- David Ayer
- Release Date
- 2025-03-26
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (2102)
Cast
- Jason Statham
- Jason Flemyng
- Merab Ninidze
- Maximilian Osinski
- Cokey Falkow
- Michael Peña
- David Harbour
- Noemi Gonzalez
- Arianna Rivas
- Isla Gie
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is A Working Man about?
- A construction worker’s quiet life fractures when a vanished girl forces him to revive the lethal counter-terrorism skills he tried to bury.
- What is A Working Man like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of A Working Man as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is A Working Man violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in A Working Man as brutal.
- What did critics think of A Working Man?
- Critics broadly found Jason Statham’s restrained performance and colorful supporting cast appealing, but considered the film repetitive, overlong, and too generic to match its action ambitions.
- Which films are like A Working Man?
- Films with a similar feel include Taken, The Beekeeper, and Nobody.
- How long is A Working Man?
- A Working Man runs 116 minutes.
- Where can I watch A Working Man?
- In United States, A Working Man streams on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
