Every day, AlloCiné recommends a film to (re)watch on TV. Tonight: a blockbuster action film with a professional robber Jason Statham.
Parker is a professional robber with a code of conduct: never rob those in need, never hurt innocents. During a hold-up, he is double-crossed by his associates who steal his share of the loot and leave him for dead.
This very solid pitch is that of the action film Parker, led by Jason Statham and Jennifer Lopez. Released in theaters in 2013, it will help you get through the week full of energy. Because energy, Taylor Hackford’s old-school film, particularly well paced, has it in spades!
Parker is originally a character created by writer Donald E. Westlake (known as Richard Stark) and played several times on screen: Lee Marvin (The Point of No Return) lent him his features, but also Robert Duvall (Failure to Organize), Mel Gibson (Payback) and even Chow Yun-Fat (Full Contact).
If the character was never named Parker in the adaptations cited above, it is because the author always formally opposed it. However, the death of Donald Edwin Westlake in 2008 allowed producers to take back the name and Jason Statham is called well Parker in the film of the same name that W9 is broadcasting this evening.
Jason Statham gets the role thanks to… a dream!
Director Taylor Hackford had the idea of giving the role of Parker to Jason Statham after dreaming of the British actor! Indeed, the filmmaker had just seen The Transporter trilogy and, after having had this dream, the star seemed obvious to him for the character.
“The remarkable physical abilities and keen intelligence of Jason Statham serve the character perfectly.”declares the director, to whom we owe notably The Devil’s Partner and the biopic Ray.
“I discovered it in Scams, crimes and botany of Guy Ritchie. What’s surprising about him is that he has a lot of humor. By becoming an action hero, it would have been easy for him to fall into the stereotype of the taciturn guy.
He is perfect in the role of Parker because he combines the qualities of an everyman with the physique of a top athlete.”
The director of John Wick and Deadpool in the muscular equation
One last argument to convince you to watch Parker tonight on W9? To second Taylor Hackford in the production, we find a certain David Leitch.
This name may not mean much to you, but Leitch is today a must-have for action films since we owe it John Wick, Deadpool 2, Bullet Train and The Fall Guy, in theaters on May 1st with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt in the headliners. Not bad is not it ?
Find out quickly Parkera supercharged action film in which Jason Stathamas effective as in the saga of Carrieris absolutely perfect!
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Tonight on W9 at 9:10 p.m.