The plot: Levon Cade left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live a simple life of working construction. However, when human traffickers kidnap his boss’s daughter, his search to bring her home uncovers a world of corruption far greater than he ever could have imagined.
A Working Man was quite fun.
Pros: Jason Statham does still kickass which does kick a lot of ass in this film. The main plot is simple and basic. A lot of the dialogue comes off so cheesy. I like the action set pieces. This one feel like a little bit serious compare to his previous film the beekeeper & the ending was so satisfying.
Cons: You don’t get to know any of the side characters. The villains did feel like cartoons at times & I didn’t like the look at the nighttime.
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Directed by David Ayer
Screenplay by Sylvester Stallone, David Ayer
Produced by Jason Statham, David Ayer, Sylvester Stallone, Kevin King Templeton, Bill Block, John Friedberg, Chris Long
Screenplay by Sylvester Stallone, David Ayer
Based on Levon’s Trade by Chuck Dixon
Starring: Jason Statham; Jason Flemyng; Michael Peña & David Harbour.
Cinematography: Shawn White
Edited by Fred Raskin
Music by Jared Michael Fry
Production companies: Black Bear, Cedar Park Entertainment, Punch Palace Productions, Balboa Productions
Distributed by: Amazon MGM Studios (United States), Warner Bros. Pictures (United Kingdom)
Cast:
- Jason Statham as Levon Cade; an ex-Royal Marinescommando-turned-construction foreman
- Jason Flemyng as Wolodymyr “Wolo” Kolisnyk, Captain of Russian Mafia
- Merab Ninidze as Yuri
- Maximilian Osinski as Dimitri “Dimi” Kolisnyk
- Cokey Falkow as Dougie, an ex-special forces working for Russian Mafia
- Arianna Rivas as Jenny Garcia; Joe’s daughter
- Michael Peña as Joe Garcia, Jenny’s father and Levon’s boss
- David Harbour as Gunny Lefferty, a blind ex-Marine Raider and Levon’s friend
- Noemi Gonzalez as Carla Garcia, Jenny’s mother
- Emmett J. Scanlan as Viper
- Eve Mauro as Artemis
- Isla Gie as Meredith “Merry” Cade; Levon’s daughter
- Kristina Poli as Svetlana Kolisnyk
- Andrej Kaminsky as Symon Kharchenko
- Greg Kolpakchi as Danya Kharchenko, Symon’s son
- Piotr Witkowski as Vanko Kharchenko, Symon’s son
- Chidi Ajufo as Dutch
- Ricky Champ as Nestor
- Max Croes as Karp
- Kenneth Collard as Mr. Broward
- Richard Heap as Dr. Jordan Roth, Merry’s grandfather
- Joanna DeLane as Joyce Lefferty
- David Witts as Johnny the Bartender
- Wayne Gordon as Tobias Garret
- Sophie Craig as Caroline Dupree
- Alana Boden as Nina
- Jade Coatsworth as Chantel
I recommend watching this film on Prime Video.
Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident film reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe