{"id":624353,"date":"2026-10-08T12:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T12:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/624353\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T12:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T12:38:11","slug":"jason-stathams-116-minute-john-wick-meets-taken-action-thriller-remains-one-of-the-biggest-streaming-hits-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/624353\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Statham’s 116-Minute “John Wick Meets Taken” Action Thriller Remains One of the Biggest Streaming Hits in History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite a few box office setbacks this year, Jason Statham<\/a> continues to cement himself as the streaming king when it comes to the world of action<\/a>. One of the genre icon\u2019s most recent action thriller efforts, which deftly smashes together modern action classics John Wick and Taken with The Stath at its center, is now not only one of his best-received movies, but is now officially one of the biggest streaming hits of all time on Prime Video<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The Stath Versus Human Traffickers<\/p>\n

Reuniting The Stath with The Beekeeper\u2019s David Ayer, and adapting a script written by Statham\u2019s <\/a>Expendables <\/a>co-star Sylvester Stallone, the action thriller is based on the 2014 novel “Levon’s Trade” by Chuck Dixon, and finds the Transporter star resurrecting his particular set of skills to rescue a local girl after she\u2019s kidnapped by human traffickers. <\/p>\n

Titled A Working Man<\/a>, the action thriller boasts an all-star cast that includes David Harbour (Stranger Things), Michael Pe\u00f1a (End of Watch), Jason Flemyng (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), and Arianna Rivas (The Black Phone 2), alongside Statham, who takes the lead as a decorated military man and black ops agent now living a simple life working construction. But when his boss’s daughter, who is like family to him, is taken by human traffickers, his search to bring her home uncovers a world of corruption far greater than he ever could have imagined. <\/p>\n

‘A Working Man’ Has Been a Historical Streaming Hit for Prime Video<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, combining elements of Taken, sprinkling in some John Wick, and adding a hefty dose of Jason Statham to the mix has proven to be hugely popular with audiences on streaming. A Working Man was released on Prime Video back in May 2025, and while Amazon doesn\u2019t release specific viewership figures, the action thriller has consistently held a place<\/a> in the Prime Video global top 10 ever since. Now one of the platform’s biggest successes of all time, A Working Man currently finds itself at #10 in the charts, with the likes of Masters of the Universe, Project Hail Mary, and The Runner also featured. <\/p>\n

Top 10 Prime Original Films (English & Non-English) Worldwide <\/p>\n

RANK<\/p>\n

TITLES<\/p>\n

01.<\/p>\n

The Love Hypothesis<\/p>\n

02.<\/p>\n

You+Me \u2013 Against the World \/ Toi+Moi – Seuls contre tous (International Original \u2013 France)<\/p>\n

03.<\/p>\n

Drawn Together \/ Enfrentados: Marfil (International Original \u2013 Spain)<\/p>\n

04.<\/p>\n

The Last Sunrise<\/p>\n

05.<\/p>\n

The Runner<\/p>\n

06.<\/p>\n

Livestream From Hell<\/p>\n

07.<\/p>\n

Project Hail Mary<\/p>\n

08.<\/p>\n

Masters of the Universe<\/p>\n

09.<\/p>\n

The Get Out<\/p>\n

10.<\/p>\n

A Working Man<\/p>\n

And all this success happened despite A Working Man proving to be deeply divisive among critics and audiences upon release. The action outing now holds a green-splattered 46% from critics on the review aggregator site, alongside a \u201cVerified Hot\u201d 87% from audiences on the Popcornmeter, making it one of the actor\u2019s biggest hits<\/a> with the latter and putting it just behind the likes of The Beekeeper (92%) and The Stath\u2019s Guy Ritchie-helmed outings Wrath of Man (90%), Snatch (93%), and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (93%). <\/p>\n

Such success begs the inevitable questions surrounding A Working Man 2. Currently, there is no official word of a follow-up, but considering it\u2019s based on a franchise with 12 novels, there is plenty of material to mine from should The Stath find time in his busy schedule that includes another David Ayer project, John Doe, Guy Ritchie\u2019s Viva La Madness, John Wick director David Leitch\u2019s meta action comedy Jason Statham Stole My Bike, and The Beekeeper 2<\/a>, which is set for release on Jan. 15, 2027. <\/p>\n

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Release Date<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMarch 28, 2025<\/p>\n

Runtime<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t116 minutes<\/p>\n

Director<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDavid Ayer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite a few box office setbacks this year, Jason Statham continues to cement himself as the streaming king…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-624353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}