There is very little that is extraordinary about Taylor Hackford shareholder in 2013 Parker starring Jason Statam. The title of the character is, as so many protagonists of the action films in front of him, defined greatly by his tacit and strict behavior and does not have much miraculous or person outside. Parker is a thief, but he is defined by an adamant ethical code and believes in adhering to good plans. He is not a hotel or impulsive. In other words: he is a kind of boring. It also does not help that Parker has a predictable plot stretched through a boring scenario. The film came and went without fanfare, a January edition in its core.

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Parker made $ 46.9 million to the $ 35 million box office, a bomb in the Hollywood book. It was just lukewarm from critics, sporting a 41% approval rating Rotten tomatoes (based on 105 reviews). Peter Sobcinski's review for Rogererbert.com It was cruel but accurate, claiming that Parker was a "film that seems to be produced exclusively to play in mostly empty audiences for a dark week or two in the midfield before evaporating from the market and mind."

While there have been good films of Asoneyson Statam In the past, Parker was not only average; It was also a missed opportunity. The film you see, based on the 2000 Flashfire novel by Donald E. Westlake as part of a long -standing series of Parker's books. Parker's first novel, "Hunter", was published in 1962 and caused many sequels ("Flashfire" is the 19th book). It was previously adapted to the film ahead of "Point Blanc" in 1967 (starring Lee Marvin), and then again in 1999 as a "message" (starring Mel Gibson). However, thanks to the provision of Westlake, Parker's name was changed to "Walker" in "Point Blank" and "Porter" in "Maturation".

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Parker, then, was the first time the adaptation of Westlake's novel to be allowed to legally use Parker's name. After all, it takes 51 years.

As Hackford explained at Daily news of Palm Beach In 2013, Westlake did not like the idea of ​​a movie studio that adapts the "hunter" unless he agrees to customize all other novels "Parker". The author seemingly wanted Parker to become a starvet of the long -standing film franchise A La Jameseims Bond. It would not be until Westlake's death in 2008, his widow, Abi Westlake, will feel comfortable licensing Parker's name for a feature film or TV series. Until then, Westlake has happily licensed his books while refusing to allow the directors to retain the name of his master thief. The strong determination and profession of the character may remain in place, but the name was right. So, because no one wanted to devote himself to Parker's series of films, all adaptations of Parker's novels used aliases.

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In addition to Johnon Borman's "Point Blank" and Brian Helgeland's "Message" (easily two of Parker's most famous films), there were numerous other rethinking Parker's adaptations. For example, Jeanan-Luk's film since 1966 "Made in USA" was a loose adaptation of the 1965 book The Jugger. Because Movie School Chief Goddard You never got permission to adjust the work of Westlake, the author sued the project and "Made in USA" did not receive an American distributor until the 2000s. That same year as "Point Blank", French director Alen Cavalier made a "chosen", adapted from Parker's novel in 1963 "Result". In that film, Michelle Constantine played a very character similar to Parker named Ororj.

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Then there was Jaist Capper of Gordon Fleming in 1968 "Split", which was based on Westlake's novel in 1966 "Seventh" and starred Jimim Brown in the role of Parker. (His name was changed to McClane.) Also, in 1973, director Johnon Flynn Helmed (and co-wrote Walter Hill) "Clothes", adaptation of the 1963 novel by the same name. Robert Duval played the role of Parker there, only this time, his name was changed to Earl McLean.

In the same direction, director Terry Bradford adjusted the novel "Parker" in 1971 in the 1983 film with the same name, with Peter Kojto playing the role of Parker (now re -named stone). It is worth remembering that Parker's real character has not changed from film to film. He has always remained strict, tacit and was determined in every output on the screen; That's just the name that seems to be a point of gluing. Finally, as we mentioned earlier, Gibson played Porter in "Maturing", the last adaptation of Parker that came out in Westlake's life.

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By 2013, negotiations could finally start again, and Parker could have been last used openly. However, despite the prolonged waiting, the result of the final film was forgotten. It was not a great success to guarantee any extensions, which meant that Parker's expansive film franchise never manifested (nor Parker of Stetam became the next Jamesimes Bond).

In 2022, it was reported that writer-director Jane Black would again approve the "hunter" for the third time. The film, entitled "Play Dirty", was originally conceived as Cooperation between Black and his Starwar "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" Robert Downey Runior. Black, however, had to change the stars (probably for reasons for scheduling), with Mark Walberg replacing Downey. "Play Dirty", which now has full access to Parker's name, is also set up at Star Lake Stanfield, Kigan-Michael Ki, Rosa Salazar, Dermat Mulrononi and Tony Halhub.

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Assuming that "Game Dirty" sees the light of day, it will only be the second adaptation of Westlake to have a character named Parker.