A Working Man

Statham, who may be the most reliable B-movie star of the 21st century, does what he can, but his heart doesn’t seem to be in it. He’s punching a clock, and that’s all.

It's very punchy, crunchy, stabby, stabby, shooty, but not funny... it's a lower ranking Stath thing.

The fun is undermined by dialogue that is overmasticated, Russian-accented word mulch. In the end, A Working Man takes itself rather too seriously for a movie that unironically uses Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata as a recurring musical motif.

Statham is at the top of his game in this formulaic but satisfying, wannabe pre-summer blockbuster, and he’s the last of a breed of stone-faced theatre kids playing unstoppable badasses.

Ben Greaves’ sound mixing is notable. Shawn White’s cinematography is of a higher grade than one usually sees in the genre, working with production designer Nigel Evans to generate some memorable images and textures.

A Working Man isn’t afraid to make its spectacles of slaughter visually enchanting.

A Working Man might throw a lot of punches, but it's made Jason Statham a punchline we're laughing at – not with.

If you are searching for an action film with a little more than look elsewhere because this is really The Perfect Statham against the Walking Cliches.

I have no problem with seeing Statham dishing out doses of lethality and body count like a working man, but the narrative is too bland to be taken seriously. [Full review in Spanish]

'A Working Man' gets the job done for action fans.