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On the surface, the new movie – previously called Levon's Trade, the same name as the book it's based on – is essentially The Beekeeper in different clothing, with a splash of Taken and John Wick ...

Just call it Jason Statham and put a number after that for all the inevitable sequels. In fact A Working Man seems set up to start a franchise for Statham in which he plays Levon Cade, a former Royal ...