A Working Man (4K Ultra HD + Digital)

Will recommend to others

I am a big Jason Stratham fan and have seen all of his movies. I wish I had not bothered with this one. It was terrible in so many ways. First, it looks like it was filmed on a cheap cell phone. Second, the plot was so predictable you could have shut it off after the first five minutes and predicted the end. And the dialogue was forced. Apparently Stalone's producing the film included him writing the worst dialogue in movie history. Stay away. Don't waste your time or money.

I saw this at the theater and loved it. Obviously, the 4K disc won’t even arrive to me until June so I won’t know how it is on desk until June.

In this new movie based on the novel Levon's Trade by Chuck Dixon (who is also a co-writer on this), Levon Cade (played by Jason Statham) is a former soldier and a construction foreman. His boss' daughter Jenny Garcia (Ariana Rivas), is kidnapped, and he uses his skills to try to track her.This reunites Jason Statham and director David Ayer from the Beekeeper. One's surprised they just didn't do a sequel given its success and considering how similar Statham's character and the basic plot of a man avenging a wrong against a good person is, but apparently Sylvester Stallone (who also co-wrote) brought the script to Statham, and he brought the script to Ayer. Though I'd say Beekeeper was the superior film as it was more willing to go over-the-top, this film is a pretty solid follow-up.The action gets violent and crazy; the final fight is delightfully insane and memorable. Like Beekeeper, you've got a ton of distinctive baddies (played by a pretty solid bunch of actors, including League of Extraordinary Gentlemen/Pennyworth's Jason Flemying, who I'm surprised isn't better known. He's good in whatever he's done.)There are also some unique outfits and hideout designs in here. It can be a little weird seeing Cade walk amongst regular people and architecture only to walk into someone wearing brightly colored outfit in an eccentric looking-chari, but I wouldn't call that a deal breaker.The setup is a little wooden (though not slow, the movie speeds right through). The exposition about Cade's life doesn't feel natural. Plus, he's got a custody battle subplot that is supposed to help endear the character, but it feels forced and the daughter (The Outlaw's Isla Gie) and the former father-in-law (sorry, couldn't figure which actor was him) he's having the custody fight with don't sound like real people. However, once the movie gets to the action, that's when everything comes into place and things get going.Statham is again great as the tough guy who is determined and mows down everyone in his way, though he can't sell some of the poorly written dialogue moments. Michael Pena is good in his limited screen time as the emotionally distressed father of Jenny.Recommended. If you loved the Beekeeper, like I said, it won't be exactly it, but it'll probably wet your whistle. (Just walk into this knowing that A Working Man takes itself slightly more serious than the Beekeeper.)

Typical Statham. Predictable and disappointing because his writers can’t come up with something new. Best of his movies involve other good actors. His solo movies suck.

We loved this movie and hoping for a squeal. Full of action and justice was served.

Amazing movie

Saw this in the theater and the audience went wild! If you liked The Beekeeper, you would absolutely love this! The only downside is that the movie could have been a little shorter. It's 2 hours long.