In this episode of the show we are closing our September retrospective of David Ayer's crime movies with his 2020 outing The Tax Collector. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how this movie was poorly received by the critics and suffered financially thanks to its mid-pandemic rollout and how it eventually found its place on streaming where general audiences ended up liking it quite a bit. We address the controversies surrounding the movie as well as the fact that David Ayer's movies seem to be out of step with the progressive mainstream of the critical community. We also talk about The Tax Collector borrowing a lot from Shakespeare, Tony Scott and Antoine Fuqua and functioning as a piece of heightened guy cinema.
Tune in and enjoy!
Hosts: Jakub Flasz & Randy Burrows
Intro: Infraction - Cassette
Outro: Infraction - Daydream
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