The Tax Collector
The laggard for David Ayer ’s latest movieTheTax CollectorseesShia LeBeoufand Bobby Soto working in the criminal tube in Los Angeles . Ayer , who most recently helmed Netflix ’s fantasy copper dramaBright , also wrote the film , which is schedule to hit theaters and digital on August 7 . Ayer ’s credits also include the Brad Pitt World War II vehicleFury , which featuredLeBeouf in a grievous turnas the Bible - quoting Boyd Swan .
The writer - director established himself by compose gritty crime dramas set in LA . Two of his first three scripts , TheFast and the FuriousandTraining Day , were ready in the urban center , and he followed those up by write and maneuver a series of movies all go down in and around South Central LA that follow like themes . Movies likeHarsh Times , Street Kings , andEnd of Watchall feature a pair of protagonists , either cops or criminals and normally an angry older man and a full - eyed new kid , encountering some variety of struggle in the notoriously crew - ridden region . Ayer go away from LA for his 2010s motion-picture show , include the funny book movieSuicide Squad , but returned to an alternate version of LA forBright .
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Now , thetrailerfor Ayer ’s latest , TheTax Collector , has been released , and it sees Ayer playing in more intimate soil . It stars Soto and LeBeouf as a pair of " Tax aggregator " for a drug lord called Wizard , whose task it is to collect his cut of meat of the mint done by gangs across LA . The trailer shows a gritty , violent film that pits Lebeouf ’s tough guy wire and Soto ’s family man against a range of underworld type , one of whom ends up nobble Soto ’s children . you could watch it below .
The trailer also unveil that the movie will be released on August 7 , in theatre of operations , digital and on - demand . The moving-picture show also star Cinthya Carmona , Lana Parilla , and George Lopez . Along with the trailer , a unexampled bill poster was released , which you may see below .
After themixed reviews forBright , which nevertheless was a strike for Netflix , and thetroubled production onThe Suicide Squad , you ca n’t blame Ayer for give to his radical . AndTheTax Collectorseems to take him decent back there . The blood - soaked , action - packed trailer is vintage Ayer , and fans can expect to see LeBeouf and Soto trading gag along with hits as they make their way through the scratchy streets of LA .
However , there is also a worry that Ayer is set out to cower closer to self - parody . LeBeouf ’s swaggering , sneer Creeper at times comes across like a 2d - rate ripoff of Denzel Washington ’s Alonzo inTraining Dayor Christian Bale ’s Jim Davis inHarsh Times . Nevertheless , this kind of floor is Ayer ’s bread and butter , and withThe Tax Collector , it looks like he ’s wee a whole return to what made him a success in the first place .
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