of reality.The film presents the two main characters in a very realistic way. Furthermore, the female lead played by Jennifer Lopez, is played to perfection.It is very sad to observe that this film did not get proper distribution here in New York City. Originally, the movie was going to be shown at several AMC Theaters including the Lincoln Square 13. While it did play in several AMC Houses, it never played the Lincoln Square 13. The Lincoln Square 13 seems to be the AMC Flagship here in NYC. In my opinion, the fact that this movie did not played in that house hurt the movie at the box office.All-in-all, I hope there is a sequel to Parker with the same actors playing the lead roles. I also will like to see the sequel promoted and distributed more efficiently.

so anyway happy 4th and stay out of trouble?

codes. He learns where they are and poses as a wealthy Texan looking to buy a house. So he hires a Realtor, Leslie Rogers to show him around. He is actually trying to find out where they're holed up. And when he finds it, he sets out on his plan to get them. But when they learn he is alive, they contact the mobster to take care of him. So he sends a killer to take care of him.

as shallow as you first thought.

by Lee Marvin Point Blank , Robert Duvall The Outfit and, most recently, Mel Gibson Payback . This 21st-century take on the character, overseen by journeyman director Taylor Hackford aka Mr. Helen Mirren , fits Statham like a jewel thief's glove; after seeing him in action, it's almost impossible to read a Parker novel without hearing The Stath's inimitable Cockney rasp. Characterised more by actions than words, Parker's hardness is established by the fact that even his girlfriend calls him by his surname - and that, at one point, he pushes his hand onto a knife to stop it being stuck in his eye.The film opens with a daring daylight robbery at the Ohio State Fair, followed by a cheeky reprise of the plot of The Hunter the basis for Point Blank/Payback , with Parker double-crossed and left for dead again . From here, the script largely follows the plotting of the source text the 19th Parker novel, published in 2000 , fleshing out the supporting characters, notably Jennifer Lopez's loopy estate agent. With her arrival, 30 minutes in, Parker takes a surprise left turn into caper territory - although the film's violent tendencies it will go down a storm with the NRA flare up periodically to remind us we're not watching The Thomas Crown Affair. Lopez, who hasn't made a good movie since Out Of Sight, is an inspired foil for Statham, her character's klutzy nature nicely juxtaposed with Parker's cool reticence, and it's rare to find a fully fleshed-out female character in an action thriller. Hackford's reach may exceed his grasp, but this is a skilful execution of a minor Parker novel.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.

plays her mom...very well, I might add.Statham plays Parker and Parker-like characters in an intrinsically believable manner; that is, marginal characters who live on the edge of the law or beyond it think "The Transporter" series with an honorable streak. He slips into this part easily, and like his "Transporter" character, Parker seems little interested in sex. No...he has a singular purpose here as he has had in previous movies: get the job done, and no time for recreation. And once again, his singularity of purpose rings true.There is, of course, violence, but we all have seen worse; my wife only had to look away twice, and she does not enjoy these types of movies, but goes to humor me I agreed to see that dreadful "Moonrise Kingdom" after all . But she liked "Parker"--her direct quote was "It kept my interest"--and that was high praise for this kind of flick.And as Tosh might say: "And for that, we thank you."

physical actor, and he moves constantly like an angry tiger in a cage. The choice of a caper which is set largely in Palm Beach, with its artificial, pointless display of wealth and no other reason for existence is the perfect backdrop for the ferocity of Parker in his battle with Michael Chiklis' Melander; Jennifer Lopez' clueless Leslie, who gets caught up without understanding what is going on, gives the audience a good point of view.Director Taylor Hackford is not a great director, but he is a highly competent one. Sixty years ago he would have been a major director for a studio, setting and working in the house style. Give him a story he can work with and he will hit all the notes, efficiently and effectively, and he has done so here. If the Parker of this movie is different from the Parker of the books, a bit more philosophical although it comes down, in the end, to the tigerish "Do what I tell you and I will devour you last" we need to remember that a movie is not a book. This is not Donald Westlake's Parker, nor even the Parker I see when I read the books. However, it's still a very good one and worth your attention.

vet Taylor Hackford and John C. McLaughlin's crackerjack adaptation of the late, great pulp fiction scribe Donald E. Weslake's novel "Flashfire" under the Richard Stark pseudonym .