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.
Energetic action nonsense for Statham fans that is unlikely to bring in any converts.
Fifty years after he first appeared, Donald E. Westlake’s antihero may have found his perfect avatar. Like Parker’s robberies, it isn’t entirely successful, but Statham and Lopez make enticingly mismatched partners in crime.
Taylor Hackford handles the bloody mayhem with journeyman efficiency.
It all just fizzles out.
A competent if overlong old-school action thriller.
Park elsewhere.
Apart from Lopez’s appealing performance, the only fresh cinematic pleasure comes from Statham’s lengthy spell impersonating a Texas oilman: the accent is pretty dreadful, but damn if he doesn’t look good in a Stetson.
Much mayhem follows, but Statham, who moves with athletic grace, can take it as uncomplainingly as Mike Tyson's punchbag, and hand it out as relentlessly as Jean-Claude Van Damme.
Taylor Hackford interview for Parker: 'I didn't want J-Lo for her beauty'
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