Jason Statham’sA Working Manredeems his disappointing previous collaboration with Sylvester Stallone. In AWorking Man,Statham plays a black ops agent turned construction worker who is forced back into his old life when a teenage girl is kidnapped by human traffickers. Director David Ayer, who helmed the Statham-led 2024 filmThe Beekeeper. A Working Manwas co-written by Ayer andSylvester Stallone, who has worked with Jason Stathambefore.
A Working Man’s critical reviewsare mediocre, citing David Ayer’s film as standard action fare, although general audiences seem to have a much higher opinion of the newest Jason Statham project.The actor has found a lot of success in projects similar tothis one, so it stands to reason thatA Working Manwill land among them, even if it likely won’t end up on many people’s lists of thebest Jason Statham action movies.
A Working Man Is A Better Jason Statham Action Movie Written By Sylvester Stallone Than Homefront
The Two Films Are Similar, But A Working Man Is Better
Homefrontwas a 2013 action film also led by Jason Statham and written by Sylvester Stallone, about a retired DEA agent who has to protect his young daughter from the whims of a dangerous gang.Homefront and A Working Man share a similar ploteven if the specific details are different, but many action movies follow a similar story structure. However, both movies were also adaptations, withHomefrontbeing based on a book of the same name, whileA Working Manwas based ona book calledLevon’s Trade.
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Sylvester Stallone is the other major connective tissue between these films. He was one of the major players behind the scenes ofHomefrontandA Working Manbefore Jason Statham’s involvement. WhileA Working Manisn’t anything particularly special,it plays to its lead’s strengths as an action star much better thanHomefront.Homefrontfelt very generic, even by the action genre’s familiar tropes.A Working Manis a solid vehicle for Statham, and could easily become one of the actor’s more beloved films, especially consideringStatham’s recent streak of flops.
A Working Man Beat Homefront’s Rotten Tomatoes Score, But They’re Both Still Rotten
Critics Still Don’t Tend To Love Jason Statham Movies
A Working Manhas been received better thanHomefront, butthe difference in their critical reception isn’t all that stark when directly compared.A Working Mancurrently holds a 55% Tomatometer score with 78 reviews, compared toHomefront’s 42% with 114 reviews. The newer film is an improvement, evidenced further byHomefront’s much lower audience score of 61%, butA Working Manstill wasn’t able to find the critical success that has eluded Jason Statham’s recent string of films.
