SPOILER WARNING: The next article accommodates main spoilers for A Working Man. In the event you’ve but to look at the 2025 film for your self, please flip again now earlier than an offended Jason Statham tracks you down (simply kidding concerning the final half).
With the upcoming Quick & Livid 11 and the introduced Beekeeper sequel on the way in which, it’s protected to say that Jason Statham goes to be a really busy man for the foreseeable future. Nonetheless, after watching A Working Man, which dethroned Snow White throughout its first weekend on the field workplace, I believe we might be Statham’s subsequent large motion franchise.
Although critics haven’t been too excited about Statham’s most up-to-date providing, initially titled Levon’s Commerce (CinemaBlend’s official overview didn’t essentially sing its praises), the ending of A Working Man did go away the door open for future installments and would possibly even present a clue for the place David Ayer’s franchise might go if the whole lot works out. That mentioned, let me break all of it down.
What Occurs Throughout A Working Man’s Ending?
In A Working Man, Levon Cade (Jason Statham), a former Royal Marine Commando and present building employee, is tasked with discovering his boss’ college-age daughter after she is kidnapped by human traffickers. Beginning in Chicago earlier than increasing his search to surrounding areas, Levon (pronounced Levin) takes on low-level criminals, bikers, crooked cops, obscenely rich human traffickers, and the Russian mob.
In the long run, Levon tracks down and saves Jenny Garcia (Arianna Rivas) from what can greatest be described as a clandestine on line casino and intercourse dungeon in a run-down mansion someplace south of the Windy Metropolis. Taking out just about everybody answerable for the kidnapping, torture, and different sketchy stuff occurring, Levon and Jenny survive the night time and stay to see one other day. Nonetheless, one unfastened finish is left untied when Symon Kharchenko (Andrej Kaminsky), the chief of the Russian mafia, survives the onslaught and doesn’t get his want to avenge his sons after they had been killed by Cade.
However The Unfinished Enterprise With The Russian Mob Might Lead To A Civil Conflict (And Extra Issues For Levon)
If A Working Man finally ends up resulting in extra motion pictures, I might completely see the unfinished enterprise with Symon Kharchenko not solely resulting in extra issues for Levon Cade (and his household) down the street but additionally a civil conflict throughout the felony group. On the finish of the film, when Symon calls the “Conflict Council” to say that Levon survived the assault, he’s informed that the group goes to let issues be, which doesn’t go over too nicely with the grieving father, as you possibly can think about.
I’ve watched sufficient nice motion motion pictures and gripping crime thrillers through the years to know {that a} dad or mum consumed by grief and ache isn’t going to let issues go, even when his allies inform him to put low. This could be an amazing setup for a sequel or sequels for A Working Man as it could proceed Levon’s story and his path in direction of a confrontation with Symon in addition to proceed to construct the world round them, including extra stakes within the course of.
There Will Additionally Certainly Be Some Main Ramifications In Levon’s Private Life After The Film’s Occasions
Levon Cade makes a case for himself as being one of the crucial deadly characters the motion style has seen in fairly a while, and he’s a caring father for his younger daughter all through the film, however boy, he can’t keep out of bother. All through the film, he’s continuously going at it along with his father-in-law, Dr. Jordan Roth (Richard Heap), who nonetheless holds Levon answerable for his daughter’s suicide. Although he does find yourself saving Dr. Roth when the Russian mob units his home on fireplace and leaves the retired surgeon for useless, Levon is the explanation they got here there within the first place.
With all of the high-dollar attorneys Dr. Roth used within the early a part of the film to make it just about unimaginable for Levon and his daughter to see one another, mixed with the truth that he nearly died due to the previous Royal Marine Commando. It’s onerous to think about there received’t be some form of ramifications for him after all of the mud settles. I imply, that’s what the opening chapter of a sequel is all about, proper?
It Additionally Feels Like Sure Characters Had been Launched To Be Expanded Later
Do you ever get the sensation {that a} film will introduce a personality and form of maintain again in hopes that they are often expanded in a sequel? Effectively, I skilled that with David Harbour’s Gunny Lefferty, one in every of Levon Cade’s previous army buddies who misplaced his eyesight whereas combating in a conflict. Although the wise-cracking and resourceful character has some extremely highly effective scenes, and he protects Levon’s daughter throughout the large climactic motion sequence, I nearly really feel like we haven’t seen all he can do.
There’s a scene early on when Gunny, who can’t see something, fires an arrow proper subsequent to Levon’s head. One other scene in a while exhibits him detailing all these weapons in particular areas with out utilizing his eyes. Yeah, he will get time to shine, nevertheless it appears like there’s rather more to discover right here.
This Might Turn into One Of Jason Statham’s Large Franchises Like The Beekeeper, The Transporter, And The Meg
I’m buzzing with pleasure for The Beekeeper 2, however there’s sufficient room in my coronary heart for extra Jason Statham motion franchises. Revisiting The Transporter earlier than the discharge of A Working Man was a killer expertise, and it bought me wanting much more motion pictures that includes the British motion star transferring ahead. I believe Levon Cade might be up there with the Frank Martins and the Adam Clays of the world, particularly with the large assortment of books Chuck Dixon has written concerning the character.
You may refill the whole schedule of upcoming book-to-screen variations with the adventures of Levon Cade, as there are 10 (and counting) entries within the sequence so far. With a lot supply materials and intense motion sequences to discover, this might be large! Who is aware of, perhaps this might even result in one other addition to The Meg franchise.
However All Of This Relies upon On How A Working Man Performs At The Field Workplace
The one means A Working Man goes to get a sequel and switch this into the subsequent Jason Statham franchise is for it to carry out nicely on the field workplace. As talked about above, it did nicely sufficient with audiences to take the highest spot throughout the opening weekend with $15.5 million in receipts, based on Field Workplace Mojo.
Whereas that’s not one of the best opener of Statham’s profession, it was simply $1 million lower than what The Beekeeper pulled in its first weekend of launch again in January 2024. In line with Field Workplace Mojo, the David Ayer motion flick ended its run at $162.6 million, which was sufficient to get a sequel. The pair’s newest outing isn’t assured to get that far, but when it does, we might be extra Levon Cade sooner or later.
Whereas I anxiously wait with bated breath for extra info on A Working Man and its future as a franchise, there are a handful of upcoming motion motion pictures that may maintain me over within the meantime.