Parker

2013 "To get away clean, you have to play dirty."
6.2| 1h58m| R| en| More Info
Released: 25 January 2013 Released
Producted By: Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
Country: United States of America
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A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.

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Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
Davis P Parker (2013) did have the potential to be a better film than it turned out to be. I watched this movie because I am a Jennifer Lopez fan and I liked the sound of the plot. The casting was done well, I enjoyed Jennifer Lopez and Jason Statham in the starring roles. Both Statham and Lopez portrayed their roles well, Of course for Statham this kind of role isn't anything out of the ordinary, or something he isn't familiar with. Lopez doesn't normally play these types of roles, but she did well with it none the less. The action sequences are pretty run of the mill and what you would expect, nothing new on that front. The plot is alright, kind of the same thing as the action scenes. Script is good at times and kinda lackluster at other times. The movie also seems sort of disjointed sometimes, moving slowly and losing the audiences attention. That is always very bad, maybe even the worst thing for an action film. It's not like that the entire runtime, but the times when it is that way makes you feel like you want to fast forward. 5/10 for Parker.
Jackson Booth-Millard I have a mixed opinion about the leading British star best known for the Transporter films, he does the same thing almost every film, but I do quite often like them, and I was sure this one would be the same thing, directed by Taylor Hackford (An Officer and a Gentleman, The Devil's Advocate, Ray). Basically Parker (Jason Statham) is a professional thief with a conscience and a code, he will not steal from the poor and hurt innocent people, his latest job is joining a crew of four men he doesn't know: Melander (The Shield's Michael Chiklis), Carlson (The Wire's Wendell Pierce), Ross (Crank: High Voltage's Clifton Collins Jr.), and Hardwicke (Micah Hauptman) in taking the gate money from the Ohio State Fair. They are successful, but Parker is disgusted when an innocent man is killed during, he sees it as unprofessional standards, he refuses to do another robbery with them and demands his cut, the crew refuse and decide to shoot Parker and leave him for dead. The crew are unaware that Parker is found by people passing, in hospital he has survived his beating, being shot, thrown from a moving car, and being shot again, after recovering he makes his way out of the hospital and vows to get back at the ones who tried to kill him, another one of his codes. Parker poses as a wealthy Texan businessman looking for a new high-price property, he hires real estate agent Leslie Rodgers (Jennifer Lopez) to show him around Palm Beach, Florida, in fact he is searching for the crew from a lead from his mentor Hurley (Nick Nolte) to a new heist they plan. Parker finds where the crew are holding up and plans his plot to get them, but they learn he is alive and contact the mob they are now working for, they send hit-man Kroll (Daniel Bernhardt) to take care of him, and Parker's girlfriend Claire (Emma Booth) gets herself caught in the middle as well. Leslie also finds out through researching that Parker was not who he said he was, she is intrigued by him and follows him, she is keen to help him in any way he can, not realising Parker plans to kill the men who betrayed him. The crew pull off another big robbery of valued jewellery, but Leslie and Parker find their hideout and the thief is able to kill the four men, he promises to help Leslie and her family get a better life, and in the end, months later she is shocked to have a delivery of thousands of dollars from Parker. Also starring Patti LuPone as Ascension, Leslie's mother and Ant- Man's Bobby Cannavale as Jake Fernandez. Statham does his usual hard man seeking vengeance well, Lopez certainly has the looks and curves, and Chiklis does well as the meanest of the villains, there is nothing new here, a man wants revenge on those who wronged him and kills them, but there are still some great bone-crunching fight and action sequences, it is a likable enough crime thriller. Worth watching!
virtue_srb It's just another mediocre thriller with Jason Statham, lots of action, fast paced, yet lacking essence and believable story, it doesn't make you care enough for whats going on. I didn't finish watching the movie, because I sort of understood how it will go, I guess it can entertain you for 2 hours if you have low expectations and play the movie just for the heck of it, but expecting some big thrill from this is just out of the question, its instant entertainment lasting no more than it plays, the moment it ends, it will fade away in your mind.Jason plays out his usual self, tough guy, fighter, the rest of cast did an OK job, apart from Michael Chiklis who's acting skills were really unsatisfactory.5/10
mm-39 Parker is set in a 1970's profession criminal genre aka Charles Bronson style. Statham is typecast-ed like Bronson in a professional criminal role. Strong, silent, intense with a soft spot for the right people. I believe we will not be seeing Statham in a comedy or romance! Parker's story is interesting in the beginning with the character development robbery, and ends strongly with another robbery/revenge conclusion. Regrettably, Parker's story falters with the Jennifer Lopez character. Why would Parker trust the character, which disjoints the story. I thought Lopez's cop friend would create a interesting plot twist, which never developed. The action scenes, and acting was good, but the director lost the feel and energy for Parker with little character development. Compared to Porter in Payback or Driver in The Driver, Parker is missing the synergy of strong characters intermixed with the movie's story. Parker reminds me of the one of those 1970s Charles Bronson films (Mr Majestic) which is more formulated and loses movie chemistry in the process. Six out of ten.