2020 · action · crime · drama
The Tax Collector
Directed by David Ayer1h 35m2020
David Cuevas is a family man who works as a gangland tax collector for high ranking Los Angeles gang members. He makes collections across the city with his partner Creeper making sure people pay up or will see retaliation. An old threat returns to Los Angeles that puts everything David loves in harm’s way.
Our read: The Tax Collector (2020) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded action · crime · drama entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme action / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- kinetic
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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Skip it tonight — Extreme gang violence and a muddled third act will leave you angry, not thrilled.
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