Parker

At a slim 82 pages, Cooke delivers a quick, compressed story of Parker trying to stay alive just for one night. Trapped in a closed down amusement park with a bag full of money from an armored car job, Parker only has his wits to evade a bunch of mobsters and crooked cops who just …

Parker Directed by Taylor Hackford Written by John J. McLaughlin USA, 2013 Perhaps the best thing about Taylor Hackford’s Parker is its unwavering compatibility with comfort. This is not to say that all films (even January releases) should strive for such middling appeal, but there’s something slightly charming about a genre outing that realizes it’s …