A Working Man
Amazon MGM Studios | Release Date: March 28, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
16
Negative:
5

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
RogerEbert.comRobert DanielsMar 28, 2025
Even when there’s a comically large moon that feels ripped from a Méliès movie undercutting whatever emotional drama Ayer wants to pull in the film’s climactic raid on a brothel, it doesn’t matter. Because if “The Meg,” “Wrath of Man” or “The Beekeeper” proved anything, it’s that it doesn’t matter how outlandish or overcooked the movie is. Nothing can slow down Statham. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzMar 26, 2025
It’s a solid notch in Statham’s career, but nothing that will change anyone’s mind about the actor. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriMar 28, 2025
The villains in this movie aren’t merely cruel and sadistic; they’re also profoundly stupid and incompetent, which actually feels closer to the way things tend to be in the real world. Read full review
70
ColliderNate RichardMar 28, 2025
With two movies under their belt, Statham and Ayer have proved to be the perfect match for delivering entertaining and simple action flicks to the big screen. Read full review
70
The New York TimesGlenn KennyMar 27, 2025
It’s a satisfying cast all the way down. Read full review
70
The Daily BeastNick SchagerMar 26, 2025
A macho fantasy about a dad acting out his daughter-saving fantasy by rescuing a surrogate child, with Statham talking tough and acting tougher in typically forthright fashion. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMar 26, 2025
Statham’s simmering charisma is on ample display here, and if he never quite convinces as an average Joe, he’s more than convincing as someone a bad guy should never want to see coming. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMar 28, 2025
Those who want something substantial in their cinematic diet may recoil from what A Working Man offers. But for anyone whose primary concern is to see the righteous slaughter of bad guys at the hands of the noble Statham, A Working Man doesn’t disappoint. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeOdie HendersonMar 26, 2025
As much fun as A Working Man can be, I kept thinking there’s a better movie peeking out through the cracks of this rather OK one. Read full review
63
The Associated PressMark KennedyMar 26, 2025
A Working Man is exactly what you expect when you unleash Statham on a noble mission. Read full review
60
LooperDominic GriffinMar 27, 2025
It doesn't matter how regressive or repetitive these flicks are. They scratch a necessary itch. Read full review
60
VarietyPeter DebrugeMar 26, 2025
Jason Statham is good at his job, which explains why he keeps booking the same kinds of movies — well, that and the fact that people keep watching them. Read full review
60
VarietyPeter DebrugeMar 26, 2025
Jason Statham is good at his job, which explains why he keeps booking the same kinds of movies — well, that and the fact that people keep watching them. Read full review
58
Original-CinThom ErnstMar 28, 2025
Typically, action films benefit from a standout villain in an unexpected role. But with A Working Man, Ayer, along with Stallone and Chuck Dixon as co-screenwriters, dilutes the role of the villain so much and so often, that it becomes challenging to determine whom to harbour a grudge against and to what extent. Read full review
58
IndieWireDavid EhrlichMar 26, 2025
It’s always been clear that Ayer is a sensitive guy, and you can tell that he delights in forcing Statham to embrace his vulnerable side. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 31, 2025
It works, in that arch-action-vehicle-built on-cliches sort of way. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesAmy NicholsonMar 28, 2025
A Working Man strikes an unsteady balance between solemn and ridiculous. Read full review
50
Washington PostChris KlimekMar 27, 2025
The latest collaboration between ever-reliable Brit of Few Words Jason Statham and writer-director David Ayer — who teamed up more fruitfully on last year’s “The Beekeeper,” a revenge flick as wonderfully unhinged as its title — seems to belong to a bygone, channel-surfing era. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalKyle SmithMar 27, 2025
A Working Man is watchable enough, with the occasional interjection of humor, but it’s a formulaic punch-’em-up that simply jams in as many fights as it can with little effort expended on plausibility. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussMar 26, 2025
This Statham exercise, like most, is mainly about body count. While that seems to be what his faithful fans want, it just gets kind of tedious for the rest of us. Read full review
50
SlashfilmJeremy MathaiMar 26, 2025
There's a place for brainless, R-rated action movies like this in theaters, and there always will be. But, hopefully, it's not asking too much for one that properly justifies the average moviegoer's time and hard-earned money. Read full review
50
Screen DailyTim GriersonMar 26, 2025
In its more diverting moments, A Working Man echoes its no-fuss protagonist, executing compact action set pieces that eschew flashy CGI in favour of good-old-fashioned shootouts and hand-to-hand fighting. But that spareness too often belies the lack of ingenuity elsewhere. Read full review
50
Screen RantMary KasselMar 26, 2025
It's a mindless good time. Read full review
40
The TimesKevin MaherMay 9, 2025
It’s sloppily directed by David Ayer (Sabotage) with a depressing lack of urgency and a sense that everything here has been done better, more efficiently and with more emotional engagement before. Read full review
40
The TelegraphTim RobeyApr 11, 2025
Companionable as he always is, the way this flaunts Statham’s star power leaves a lot to be desired. He’s a totem of meathead carnage, barely sustains a scratch, and doesn’t get nearly enough moments of the deadpan bemusement he excels at best. Read full review
40
The GuardianJesse HassengerMar 26, 2025
Some of the movie’s cartoon mayhem is fun enough. The rest feels like, well, work. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineDerek SmithMar 26, 2025
David Ayer’s film proceeds as an unambiguous celebration of its hero’s vigilantism. Read full review
30
Little White LiesHannah StrongApr 1, 2025
It’s a truly forgettable slab of action filmmaking with little respect for its audience’s intelligence or even their time, and one has to hope Ayer and co don’t make good on their threat of producing more. Read full review
30
IGNHanna FlintMar 27, 2025
Ayer and Stallone's script is messily realized and cornily directed – even its violent fight sequences fail to measure up to the impressive feats of action we're so used to seeing Statham serve up. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubBrianna ZiglerMar 26, 2025
The beats become terribly repetitive even when the fight choreography is at times satisfying, and the R-rating at least allows for some CGI blood spurts. But in spite of the dreary tedium, there are moments of genuine levity that shine through the gloom, be they intentional or not. Read full review
20
EmpireJohn NugentMar 26, 2025
Like a parody of a Jason Statham film, without any of the joy that might imply. This Working Man just doesn’t work. Read full review
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