A Jason Statham movie is an action flick of compendious violence, softened a bit by a story of reluctant, emotional heroism. Following the pattern of The Beekeeper, A Working Man situates Statham as an ex-super-soldier now working as a construction site foreman struggling to keep seeing his cute young daughter. When the construction company owner’s angelic daughter is kidnapped by human traffickers allied to Russian mafia, the “working man” is let loose; much choreographed action ensues, much blood is spilled. I make A Working Man sound puerile. Let me say, rather, that if stylized violence in entertaining thrillers does entertain you (as it does me, in small doses), then this is a perfectly acceptable means of whiling away an hour and a half. Go for it…
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