‘A Working Man’ review: Jason Statham solves a Chicago sex trafficking problem
- Jason Statham stars as Levon Cade in 'A Working Man', a new action thriller.
- The film adapts Chuck Dixon's novel 'Levon's Trade', the first in a series of twelve.
- Levon Cade, a Royal Marines veteran and construction foreman, battles Russian mobsters in Chicago and Joliet.
- Levon's personal struggles, including a custody battle and past trauma, fuel his violent actions; Ajufo says: "You ain't a cop."
- Directed by David Ayer and written by Ayer and Stallone, the film received 2 out of 4 stars and is rated R for violence, language, and drug content.
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‘A Working Man’ review: Jason Statham solves a Chicago sex trafficking problem
Jason Statham’s latest thriller “A Working Man” is “Taken,” if “Taken” took place in Chicago and Joliet and their environs. For those who don’t live in the area, Joliet is a 45-minute or so drive southwest of Chicago, depending on traffic. “A Working Man” imagines an insidious sex trafficking network run by Russian mobsters in very silly tracksuits, whose owners clearly are just asking for it. What is “it”? “It” is Statham. Based on the book “Le…


Operation aimed at combating sex trafficking leads to multiple arrests
Several arrests have been made following a multiagency operation to locate individuals suspected to be involved in sex trafficking.
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