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
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
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