Action icon Jason Statham got the ball rolling in 2025 by starring in A Working Man, the action vehicle directed by David Ayer, but now a forgotten project from the star has become a surprising streaming hit over 10 years later. Statham stars alongside MCU veteran Benedict Wong in Redemption, formerly titled Hummingbird, the action film following a damaged former special forces soldier in London’s criminal underworld who steals another man’s identity. Redemption is streaming for free on Tubi and Pluto TV in the U.S. and on Starz globally, where it’s been one of the top 10 movies on the platform for 74 days. Redemption grossed only $12 million at the box office against a $20 million budget, and it earned “rotten” scores of 49% from critics and 38% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.
Steven Knight wrote and directed the script for Redemption, and he famously considered Cillian Murphy for the lead role in…
