Parker
January 2013
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Trevor Johnston
Overall, it gets by, but bets are hedged when single-minded efficiency and ice in the veins would have been enough.
Bruce Diones
A cool, violent, efficient adaptation of the taciturn anti-hero (the creation of Donald E. Westlake, writing as Richard Stark), who's out to restore order in a bloody world in his own bloody way.
Rex Reed
For an old-fashioned crime thriller, you need real pros. Mr. Statham is to acting what Taco Bell is to nutrition.
Laremy Legel
Poster quote: "Parker," a film that's a little better than you'd expect!
Tom Russo
Parker's vengeance isn't thrilling, there's a pointlessly developed non-love triangle, even the glam settings look cheap, and the tough-guy exchanges are inexplicably flat.
Nick Pinkerton
Hollywood hasn't butchered Parker-which is to say that it has let him remain a butcher.
Critic reviews
Trevor Johnston
Overall, it gets by, but bets are hedged when single-minded efficiency and ice in the veins would have been enough.
Bruce Diones
A cool, violent, efficient adaptation of the taciturn anti-hero (the creation of Donald E. Westlake, writing as Richard Stark), who's out to restore order in a bloody world in his own bloody way.
Rex Reed
For an old-fashioned crime thriller, you need real pros. Mr. Statham is to acting what Taco Bell is to nutrition.
Tom Russo
Parker's vengeance isn't thrilling, there's a pointlessly developed non-love triangle, even the glam settings look cheap, and the tough-guy exchanges are inexplicably flat.
Nick Pinkerton
Hollywood hasn't butchered Parker-which is to say that it has let him remain a butcher.
Peter Sobczynski
Although working with material that is lackluster even by his standards, Statham manages to demonstrate a commanding screen presence that cannot be dismissed.
User reviews

Good take on old classic This isn't the first run at this material and while Mel Gibson's take holds a special place for me (masochist Lucy Liu is delicious), this version feels truer to the genera itself. Well worth a watch with Statham as his customary criminal with a conscience and J Lo as a reasonably hot sidekick (though there never is any real chemistry).
Ok I though it would be better than it was just because jason was in it but it still was good
Cast and credits
Actors | Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis, Bobby Cannavale, Nick Nolte, Clifton Collins Jr, Wendell Pierce, Patti LuPone, Emma Booth |
Director | Taylor Hackford |
Writers | John J. McLaughlin |
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Run time
118 minutes
Rating
R
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