A Working Man – The Warner Bros. 4K Blu-ray Edition

With A Working Man, director David Ayer returns to explore his favorite territory: tough men, rough environments, and personal justice. Jason Statham plays Levon Cade, a former soldier working on a construction site managed by a pair of Latino entrepreneurs. Behind his apparent tranquility lies a past ready to resurface when his employer's daughter is kidnapped by Eastern European criminals. From that moment, the man transforms into a war machine, with one goal: to bring the young woman home.

The plot doesn't shine with originality, which is quite surprising given that the screenplay also bears the signature of Sylvester Stallone. However, Ayer knows very well how to exploit the classic ingredients of action cinema: increasing pace, choreographed violence, and a protagonist who communicates more with his fists than with words. Statham is in his element: charismatic, physical, essential. The director does everything to make him dominate the scene, partly saving the spectacle for a third act that explodes in pure adrenaline. Despite everything, A Working Man remains watchable because it doesn't pretend to be anything else: concrete, brutal, and for this reason, it could be irresistible.

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Native 4K digital capture (Arri Alexa 35), master of equal quality, and excellent rendering. Original image format 2.39:1 (3840 x 2160/23.97p), HEVC encoding on a BD-66 dual-layer disc. Contrary to what is stated on the back cover with the corresponding logo, this edition does not benefit from Dolby Vision (already developed for theaters), which would have provided greater fidelity regarding light dynamics and color space, featuring only HDR-10. A remarkable technical spectacle but below reference level, delivering an overall picture that satisfies despite some uncertainty in solidity during less bright transitions.

AC-3 5.1 channel track in Italian (640 kbps), barely sufficient for HT listening, generally favoring the most exciting moments, with a certain stage presence also from the rear speakers, although not very dynamic, like the subwoofer. It improves significantly with the original Dolby TrueHD 7.1.4 with ATMOS objects (24 bit), for a spectacle to be heard, further enhancing the not-so-brilliant narrative. Solid and aggressive, while remaining below the technical peak.

BD-50 disc with the 2K version included. No extras.