‘Absurd’ Amazon Prime thriller soars to number 1 with viewers stopping weekend plans to watch

Jason Statham - back at it again.

‘Absurd’ Amazon Prime thriller soars to number 1 with viewers stopping weekend plans to watch
Jason Statham is back as the action hero – yet again (Picture: Dan Smith/Amazon MGM Studios/AP)

It’s Spring Bank Holiday weekend – but Amazon Prime Video subscribers are staying indoors to watch an ‘absurd’ thriller movie instead.

A Working Man, which was co-written by none other than Sylvester Stallone, stars Jason Statham and Stranger Things actor David Harbour.

The film follows Statham, 57, as his character Levon Cade, an ex-Royal Marines commando who is called back into action when his boss’ daughter Jenny (Arianna Rivas) is kidnapped.

From there, Cade – who had been working in construction after retiring from the Marines – is pulled back into his former life to confront the Russian mafia and save Jenny.

A Working Man is directed by David Ayer, known for his work on the 2014 Brad Pitt war film Fury and the 2016 version of Suicide Squad, starring Will Smith and Margot Robbie.

And it seems movie fans can’t get enough of the Statham-lead action, with Amazon Prime Video subscribers apparently abandoning their Bank Holiday weekend plans.

The film follows an ex-Marine tying to save his boss’ daughter (Picture: Amazon MGM Studios/AP)

On X, @AKlay19 called A Working Man ‘exactly what you’d expect a Jason Statham movie to be,’ adding that it’s ‘a hard-hitting action flick that is quite fun when it leans into its absurdity’.

@YoakoJono admitted the film was ‘more of the same’ from Statham and Stallone but qualified that, adding that ‘these types of films are always entertaining’.

Elsewhere, @IAmKalki13 said: ‘[A Working Man is a] typical Jason Statham style fast paced action thriller. No dull moments – an easy, entertaining watch!’