2020 Directed by David Ayer
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.
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Even by Ayer's standards this is woefully generic. Formally and narratively indistinguishable from like an FX series circa 2005. Shia's fun and not in it enough.
what was supposed to be a return to form of sorts for David Ayer—returning to the LA crime films he was originally known for—is actually just a muddled & misogynistic atrocity that leans way too far into stereotypes. it’s Ayer, once again, mistaking vulgarity and graphic violence as substance, focusing on the the violent outbursts and empty threats of LaBeouf’s Creeper (who’s essentially in brown face here) rather than capturing the true essence of the culture he so often dehumanizes in his “LA gang films.” and on top of that, Ayer thought it’d be a grand idea to portray every woman as seemingly powerless objects of men’s fantasies. it’s utterly abhorrent trash that fails on every single level. Ayer should be ashamed.
This just goes to show that David Ayer is definitely the kind of guy who would unironically still wear those types of airbrushed graffiti t-shirts which has a Looney Tunes character dressed as a gangster on it.
I love Shia and that he got chest piece tattoos for the movie lol. Wanted to dig this but this but Ayer makes it really hard sometimes... sadly this falls into the total jabroni pissfest catagory—Not my thing at all.
Bummer.
👎🏻48%
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I was genuinely excited for this film, and a lot of it has to do with rooting for Ayer. He seems like a passionate filmmaker, and he’s had some success in the past. Recently watching End of Watch gave me the motivation I needed to believe in this idea. A "tax collector" for a crime lord finds his family's safety compromised when his boss' old rival shows up in LA and upends his business. We have a premise for an intense Crime-centric Thriller. We have a Director who pairs nicely with this story. We have an awesome duo at the forefront. Shia got a freaking tattoo for this role. So why does…
Stinklangweilig und bis unters Kinn mit Klischees und Stereotypen zugekleistert, die derart abgestanden sind, dass
sämtliche Charaktermotivatonen und-beziehungen durch die Bank weg vorhersehbar erscheinen. Selbst die generischsten Vorabend-Crime-TVShows zeichnen ihre Gangstermilieus noch glaubwürdiger. „The Tax Collector“ fährt stattdessen lieber Charaktere auf, denen man absolut gar nichts abnimmt, alles wirkt hier nur behauptet, nichts wird wirklich untermauert oder gezeigt - sei es die „Badass Motherfucker“-Vergangenheit von Shia LaBeoufs superfiesem Enforcer oder die Beziehungen der einzelnen Figuren. Nichts davon wirkt nachvollziehbar, da kann Shia noch so wütend in die Kamera stieren.
Die Dialoge sind leer und voller hohler Phrasen, Ayer verwechselt Schimpfwörter mal wieder mit narrativer Tiefe, der Schnitt ist ein Desaster und die Dramaturgie bekommen Gangster-Videospiele wie GTA schon besser hin.…
"Are we killing anybody today? I’ve got fucking nice shoes on."
There's very little to discuss when tackling The Tax Collector, let alone admire. Most tonally and stylistically comparable to the writer-director's efforts Sabotage and Harsh Times—with the predictably ill-conceived, borderline racist depictions that spoil End of Watch—David Ayer's latest stretches itself surprisingly thin while consistently abandoning character, clarity, and any shred of creativity in the name of a desperate attitude and grueling presentation. Even before we've had any real time to sink into this convoluted 95-minute L.A. yarn, the unironic machismo and family man schtick run completely dry while the overripe violence never ceases to bore. The film tries so, so, so hard to convince you that it's dangerous…
THE TAX COLLECTOR claims it’s about love, honor, loyalty & family but all I see is lifeless, horrific & bloody misogyny. Shia LaBeouf (Best part of the movie) has been mis-marketed as the film’s lead while Ayer fails to inject the film with any sense of style or originality. Ends with a fourth wall breaking shot which sets up a sequel that I hope we never get.
Shia has come to collect,
In a role no one would expect.
Job so taxing,
Meditate for relaxing,
Who knows what he'll do next.
The worst movie of 2020 so far. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-tax-collector-movie-review-2020
