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‘A Working Man’ Review: Jason Statham’s Blue Collar Barely Hides Character’s Commando Roots in Routine Vigilante Bruiser
Russian sex traffickers kidnap the wrong girl, unleashing stops-at-nothing vengeance from Jason Statham in a competently made but forgettable rehash.
Reuniting the British action star with “The Beekeeper” writer-director David Ayer, “ A Working Man ” makes the least effort yet to provide backstory or motive before sending Statham’s latest character, Levon Cade, on a spectacularly violent rampage. Statham plays the “reluctant” vigilante, putting aside his uniquely lethal skill set for a respectable job and shared custody of his young daughter (Isla Gie), which isn’t so easy while living out of a rented pickup truck. For a time, he struck me as an important voice, someone who immersed himself in the language and culture of urban crime (evident in his early scripts for “Training Day” and the original “The Fast and the Furious”) and brought a credible, crackling authenticity to his projects.
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