Every few years, David Ayer reminds us that Michael Bay isn’t the only director blowing stuff up for no reason. Bright, Sabotage and Street Kings are examples of what Bayhem would look like if it were rated R and his latest film, The Tax Collector, is no exception.
The Tax Collector begins in a very expected way for this sort of thing. After breakfast with his wife and kids, David (Bobby Soto) teams up with his partner in crime, Creeper (Shia Labeouf). Their job is to collect payments from dozens of street gangs for a protection racket run by Wizard, who’s seen with his back toward the camera in a prison cell. Before you can wonder just who the heck this guy is, bodies start piling up in Los Angeles, where the head of the Mexican Cartel, Conejo (Jose Conejo Martin), is savagely, furiously and ceaselessly taking over Wizard’s business.
The Tax Collector begins in a very expected way for this sort of thing. After breakfast with his wife and kids, David (Bobby Soto) teams up with his partner in crime, Creeper (Shia Labeouf). Their job is to collect payments from dozens of street gangs for a protection racket run by Wizard, who’s seen with his back toward the camera in a prison cell. Before you can wonder just who the heck this guy is, bodies start piling up in Los Angeles, where the head of the Mexican Cartel, Conejo (Jose Conejo Martin), is savagely, furiously and ceaselessly taking over Wizard’s business.
- 8/11/2020
- by Asher Luberto
- We Got This Covered
In the world of masculine cinema, there may be no more divisive and inconsistent an auteur than David Ayer. Indeed, even writing the words “auteur” and “David Ayer” in the same sentence may make some cinephiles’ brains explode like a cranium punctured by a high-caliber, high-velocity bullet. By the standards of any basic definition, though, this status has been clearly established. Between his dedication to dissecting and exploring the codes of a certain kind of male bonding––usually one forged in and shaped by landscapes of horrific violence where normal societal boundaries are replaced by deeply niche, personal codes of honor––and his reverence of the concept of families, both blood-bound and otherwise, Ayer has created an oeuvre of stories that could never be mistaken as the work of someone else.
When these movies hit, they hit hard and fast and decisively. End of Watch is a movie of uncommon...
When these movies hit, they hit hard and fast and decisively. End of Watch is a movie of uncommon...
- 8/10/2020
- by Brian Roan
- The Film Stage
There are several constants that you find in a David Ayer movie. He loves to explore the world of crime, as well as the thin lines of good and evil that exist within the criminal underworld. The same goes for when he’s focusing on cops. We’ve seen Ayer’s best with End of Watch and Fury (plus his script for Training Day), as well as his worst with Suicide Squad (even if that wasn’t completely his fault). His newest outing, The Tax Collector, has several elements of good Ayer, as well as bad Ayer. The end result is a frustrating experience that hints at his talents but manages to let you down. The film is a mix of crime drama and action outing, more or less what you’d come to expect from this particular storyteller. David Cuevas (Bobby Soto) is a family man, first and foremost,...
- 8/6/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Shia LeBeouf, is that you under all that ink?
Director David Ayer (“Suicide Squad”) has tweeted the first look at LeBeouf in character for the indie crime thriller “The Tax Collector,” and he is barely recognizable under all the tattoos.
Plot details are bring kept under wraps, but the word “Creeper” is displayed across LeBeouf’s stomach possibly, revealing the name of his character.
#taxcollectormovie pic.twitter.com/t5bnCSrDRo
— David Ayer (@DavidAyerMovies) August 11, 2018
LeBeouf and Ayer last worked together on the 2014 World War II tank drama “Fury.” “The Tax Collector,” which is currently in production, also stars stars Bobby Soto, George Lopez, Lana Parrilla, Chelsea Rendon and Cheyenne Rae Hernandez. The film is being financed by Cross Creek Pictures and is a co-production between Cross Creek and Cedar Park Entertainment. Ayer is writing, directing and producing, with Chris Long producing for Cedar Park.
Also Read: 'Bright' Director David Ayer...
Director David Ayer (“Suicide Squad”) has tweeted the first look at LeBeouf in character for the indie crime thriller “The Tax Collector,” and he is barely recognizable under all the tattoos.
Plot details are bring kept under wraps, but the word “Creeper” is displayed across LeBeouf’s stomach possibly, revealing the name of his character.
#taxcollectormovie pic.twitter.com/t5bnCSrDRo
— David Ayer (@DavidAyerMovies) August 11, 2018
LeBeouf and Ayer last worked together on the 2014 World War II tank drama “Fury.” “The Tax Collector,” which is currently in production, also stars stars Bobby Soto, George Lopez, Lana Parrilla, Chelsea Rendon and Cheyenne Rae Hernandez. The film is being financed by Cross Creek Pictures and is a co-production between Cross Creek and Cedar Park Entertainment. Ayer is writing, directing and producing, with Chris Long producing for Cedar Park.
Also Read: 'Bright' Director David Ayer...
- 8/11/2018
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Exclusive: David Ayer has started production in Los Angeles on the indie thriller The Tax Collector, a co-production from Cross Creek Pictures and Cedar Park Entertainment. Ayer, who wrote the script and is directing before he tackles the Bright sequel with Will Smith and Joel Edgerton, has tapped George Lopez and Once Upon A Time’s Lana Parrilla to join Bobby Soto and Shia Labeouf. Deadline revealed the project last month. Cheyenne Rae Hernandez will also be part of the cast.
Ayer produces for Cedar Park with Cross Creek’s Chris Long. Cross Creek is financing the film with senior financing coming from Atwater Capital and also iWood Studios. CAA Media Finance packaged the film and arranged the financing, will broker the domestic distribution rights deal.
Ayer, Long and the production companies are repped by CAA; Parilla is Gersh and Untitled Entertainment; Lopez is UTA and 3Arts.
Ayer produces for Cedar Park with Cross Creek’s Chris Long. Cross Creek is financing the film with senior financing coming from Atwater Capital and also iWood Studios. CAA Media Finance packaged the film and arranged the financing, will broker the domestic distribution rights deal.
Ayer, Long and the production companies are repped by CAA; Parilla is Gersh and Untitled Entertainment; Lopez is UTA and 3Arts.
- 7/26/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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