‘The Tax Collector’: Another Violent, Macho Latinxploitation Garbage Fire From David Ayer [Review]

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Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorDavid Ayer and Chris Long’s Cedar Park Entertainment has hired former AT&T Audience Network executive Shane Elrod as Senior Vice President of Development and Production for TV and Film. For the past ten years Elrod has worked for Audience Network out of both their New York and Los Angeles offices.

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The Tax Collector has received its first set of reviews, and sadly it's not looking too good.

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Jordan Moreau Director David Ayer and RLJE Films’ action movie “The Tax Collector” brought in an estimated $317,000 this weekend.The movie, which is star Shia LaBeouf’s latest turn at playing an extreme character, played at 129 theaters over the weekend, earning a per-screen average of $2,457, according to Comscore. The film played at a mix of drive-in movie theaters and indoor venues.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorFresh product continued to rule in a distressed exhibition marketplace as RLJE Films’ Tax Collector grossed an estimated $317K at 129 theaters. Tax Collector is the third new title after Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls World Tour and IFC’s The Rental to top the box office since the pandemic began in mid-March.We’ll know for certain which film is No. 1 tomorrow, but it’s looking like Tax Collector can claim that bounty.

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The Tax Collector, has again denied that his casting of Shia LaBeouf is an example of brownface.The filmmaker, who last month defended his decision to have LaBeouf star in the drug film centred on California’s chicano culture, said the actor is “not taking anyone’s work away” because he’s portraying a white character who grew up with Latin-American people.He told the LA Times: “He’s a white guy playing a white guy.

Even beyond the obvious reasons, this must be a tough year for David Ayer. After more than two decades of translating your adolescent experiences into a gritty brand of Los Angeles-based police thrillers, you are forced to spend your 2020 defending your work against what you did and did not do.

There are several constants that you find in a David Ayer movie. He loves to explore the world of crime, as well as the thin lines of good and evil that exist within the criminal underworld.

Also Read: Shia LaBeouf Might Be 'The Devil' in Trailer for David Ayer's 'The Tax Collector' (Video)But “The Tax Collector” is not such much a return to form as an over-the-top exercise in melodramatic brutality. Soto plays David, who was born into a crime family and tries his hardest to keep his collection business separate from his life at home with his wife and children.

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