' A Working Man' Review – Jason Statham punches the clock yet again

 By Mrs M

If there’s one thing Jason Statham knows how to do, it’s stay employed. In his latest action flick, ' A Working Man' Statham returns to the screen with his signature scowl, gravelly one-liners, and a deep-seated vendetta that feels..familiar.Too familiar.

Set against the grey industrial backdrop of a fictional British dockyard town, A Working Man' follows ex-special forces operative turned forklift driver Jack Crews, who gets pulled back into a criminal underworld after his estranged brother is killed in a suspicious workplace accident

There are shootouts in storage containers, gravelly phone calls with vague threats, and of course — a climactic brawl in the rain.

Jason with his fiance Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

To be fair, the film is slick. The fight choreography is brutal and efficient. The cinematography carries a metallic coldness that matches the film’s tone. And Statham? He does what Statham does: broods, breaks bones, and walks away from explosions like they’re mild inconveniences. 

His presence alone carries a weight of watchability. But here’s the rub, we’ve seen this all before.

There’s a fine line between a signature style and a cinematic rut. Statham, for all his magnetism, hasn’t taken a real creative risk in years.

AWorking Man isn’t a terrible movie in fact, it’s serviceable. It’s fast-paced, technically competent, and caters directly to fans who know what they signed up for. But there’s no arc. No risk. No stakes that feel rooted in anything deeper than plot convenience.

The script doesn't give Statham much to chew on, and frankly, neither does the direction. The emotional beats which are family betrayal, loss,redemption  are sketched so thin they barely register. 

And while Statham has charm, his performance here is all muscle, no nuance. He's not given the room to stretch, and maybe, just maybe, he’s stopped asking for it.

There’s a moment near the end where Jack Crews looks out across the docks, reflecting on everything he’s lost. It lasts maybe seven seconds before a truck explodes behind him. That, in a nutshell, is the film.

'A Working Man'is not working against type, it’s married to it. If you’re here for fists and fireballs, you’ll leave satisfied. But if you’re hoping to see Statham evolve, to finally surprise us… keep clocking in. Maybe the next shift will deliver.

6.3/10 (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)