The title of Jason Statham’s latest movie, A Working Man, is very appropriate because he’s the working man’s action hero.
Since Statham’s breakout role in The Transporter, he’s worked steadily in Hollywood with a lot of action credits to his name.
The Transporter is arguably one of Statham’s best movies, and it shares some themes in common with A Working Man’s anti-human trafficking plot. But like several of Statham’s top films — including Crank and Wrath of Man — The Transporter isn’t readily available on a mainstream streamer.
That made it a challenge for What to Watch to put together this list of three Jason Statham action movies to watch if you liked A Working Man. But these films will give you the action fix that you need.
‘Transporter 3’ (2008)
Transporter 3 may not be as amazing as the original film in the franchise, but it’s a joy to watch Statham playing Frank Martin one more time. Although Frank is largely retired from being the underworld’s No. 1 getaway driver, he’s forced back into action by a corrupt executive, Jonas Johnson (Prison Break’s Robert Knepper).
To ensure Frank’s cooperation, he and a hostage, Valentina Tomilenko (Natalya Rudakova), are forced to wear bracelets that will explode and kill them if they move too far away from the car. But if Johnson thinks that’s enough to keep Frank in line, then he’s in for a very rude awakening.
Transporter 3 is streaming on Tubi.
‘Safe’ (2012)
Safe features Statham at his most vulnerable as his character, Luke Wright, wrestles with suicidal despair after the loss of his wife and unborn child. Luke made the mistake of winning a fixed MMA fight, and the Russian mafia punished him by killing everyone he knew and loved. That leaves Luke homeless and contemplating the end of his life.
Luke finds his chance for redemption when he stumbles upon the attempted kidnapping of Mei (Catherine Chan), a young Chinese girl who is used by criminals as a living calculator. Mei’s a mathematical genius, and the Russian mob wants the number that she has memorized. By keeping Mei out of the wrong hands, Luke may even be able to get his revenge on the men who murdered his family.
Safe is streaming on Prime Video.
‘Wild Card’ (2015)
Statham also plays a down-on-his-luck character in Wild Card. The improbably named Nick Wild (Statham) has a severe gambling addiction, which he fuels by offering out his services as a bodyguard. But as a favor to his friend Holly (Dominik Garcia-Lorido), Nick agrees to confront the man who sexually assaulted her, Danny DeMarco (Milo Ventimiglia), and secure her restitution.
DeMarco is connected in the criminal underworld, and he won’t let Nick’s actions go unanswered. That comes back to haunt Nick when he’s escorting a young man, Cyrus Kinnick (Michael Angarano), on a personal tour of Las Vegas’ high-rolling casinos.
Wild Card is streaming on Prime Video.
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