There’s a new Jason Statham movie, A Working Man, opening in theaters this weekend, so get ready for some good old-fashioned, face-punching action. Those evil human traffickers don’t stand a chance!
Directed by David Ayer, with a screenplay written by Ayer and Sylvester Stallone (who also produced the film via his Balboa Productions company), A Working Man is based on the 2014 novel, Levon’s Trade, by Marvel Comics writer Chuck Dixon. The film stars Statham as Levon, a construction worker whose modest life is upended when his boss (Michael Peña) needs his help rescuing his teenage daughter (Arianna Rivas) from human traffickers. Apparently, Levon has a particular set of skills from a past life that will be useful in this situation. Now, where have I heard that one before?
Also starring David Harbour, Jason Flemyng, and Noemi Gonzalez, A Working Man sounds an awful lot like Taken, but with Jason
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