A Working Man
                                                                                                     
Director: David Ayer
Year: 2025
Rating: 6.5
Hollywood just keeps knocking out these mindless hyper violent action films in which a solitary man or woman with special skills either saves a child or gets revenge and kills pretty much everyone in the credits. And I say, keep them coming. Some are very satisfying such as Taken, Safe, the Equalizer 1 & 3, The Accountant, The Beekeeper, Nobody and some like this one, Homefront, Peppermint, The Cleaner are more by the numbers. But I have a weakness for the concept and enjoy them all in the moment. Later I may wonder why or have forgotten most of the details. But unlike very few films, they are repeat offenders for me when my brain just needs junk food.



Jason Statham has become the main actor in this genre now that Liam and Denzel are getting up to about my creaky age. But none of the men tend to be young because the role of the lone avenger or protector needs weight to be believable. All three of these guys fit that. Statham plays Levon, foreman at a construction site. But his bonifides are established quickly as he protects one of his men from a gang. But that is nothing compared to what comes next.



Jenny (Arianna Rivas), the very spunky teenage daughter (she gets in a nice kill on her own) of his boss is kidnapped by the Russian mafia to become a sex toy for some creepy millionaire. Well, we all know by now what happens to the Russian mafia in these films. Just ask the Equalizer or John Wick. Russians for good reasons have become the movie villains we love to hate. Levon it turns out was formerly a Royal Marine expert in pretty much everything that kills. That comes in very handy. It is of course absurd, Russians can't shoot worth a damn and are all cretins worthy of a bullet in the head. None of this surprises, but is still satisfying for the likes of me.