The Tax Collector

Climatically builds up towards the end, but if director David Ayer is renowned in telling criminally grounded stories, his confidence should've been boosted in telling a longer story that would've suited this utterly underdeveloped pettiness beneath more professionally managing as seen much prior albeit the cast. (C)

I think the "famous movie critic's" that gave this movie a low score. Are ignorant morons. This film was amazing. The acting was brilliant. The story and plot were thrilling. Finally the writing that made the 90s movies so great, has came back to us. I believe to be a paid critic of movies. There should be an evaluation of that person. Looking forward to the sequel!

Overall, this film is truly a mixed bag. Actor Shia LaBeouf is easily the best element of this film, and whenever he is off-screen, the film becomes too slow-paced. Visually, this film is pleasing; the same can be said for the film's audio track. The film is extremely predictable; by the final moments, the duration had undoubtedly overstayed its welcome.

The good, bad and ugly. The Good: costuming was great, the detail to the style of clothing one would think was work in LA in that scene was great. Weapons were mostly ok, not enough variations of guns though. The vehicles weren't so great, if this is supposed to be in LA from some bosses, I'd expect to see some high dollar foreign cars, low riders or some other common cars you'd see in LA. The BAD: bogus story line from 1972, big boss, goes to collect and a new big boss is taking turf, he tries to exude power and a war breaks out between the rivals. Storyline is total trash. Not much character building during this flick. You know the main character and his family were in the drug business, but that's about it. The Ugly: film is trash, sorry not sorry. Too much machismo in this film to be taken seriously. Bad storylines, outside of great costuming for some scenes, Creeper where's like the same suit in most scenes..🤔… I don't think muscle getting money in any crew would do that. Look at John wick..🤷🏼‍♂️.. the shooting/fighting scenes were over the top rob zombie style gore, and mostly unnecessary IMO. There are so many other ways to send a strong message in film without stomping someone into oblivion. One last thing…🤔.. all "evil" drug lords from Mexico are not down with Santa La Muerte..🤦🏽‍♂️, and all people that work with Santa La Muerte aren't evil… films and their reach is too out of control. One of the many reasons this film tanked in box office. Anyway, just an honest review.

A movie that could've been excellent, but is once again destroyed by its simple that was easy what are you stressing about good ending third act.

This movie is a joke. Creeper and his "Big Homie" act so hard it becomes cringe. They want you to believe these two homies are loco and creepier is the devil but over do it to the point it becomes unbelievable. Is Creeper suppose to be Hispanic in this movie because half the time he has an accent and the other half he does not. It's sad because this movie could have been really good. I normally like Shia Leboeuf.

Great movie, been waiting for a good gangster movie out that wasn't "B" rated

Your enjoyment of this movie is probably going to be totally subjective. I love crime drama and cartel movies. I freely admit that The Tax Collector is soapy and melodramatic, but I really enjoyed it and have watched it a couple of times now. It feels like a less substantive companion piece to Sicario. I think it's really well shot by Salvatore Totino and has some really well executed scenes with great acting from Bobby Soto, Cinthya Carmona, and George Lopez. Does it go a little over-the-top with violence? Sure. For me that comes with the genre of cartel crime movies, but your mileage may vary. There are some moments with the antagonist that feel unnecessarily over the top. Although personally I appreciate the unbalanced and slightly campy vibe Jose Conejo Martin brings, there's one specific sequence where he's preparing for war that just kind of feels gross and could/probably should have been cut out of the movie. And of course for anybody who follows pop culture news, Shia LaBeouf's presence may be an off-putting factor. Whatever might be said about him as a human, he's always entertaining to watch. Akin to loving Harry Potter while feeling neutral-to-negative about J.K. Rowling. In summary, if you like crime/cartel movies there are a whole lot of worse ways to spend an hour and a half.

When I watched the trailer for this I was interested mainly in how Shia's character was advertised and I actually thought it would be interesting to see George Lopez in something other than a Comedy, and honestly George's character was great... you don't get a lot of him, but what's there was acted well, I thought. Back to Shia though. He again, acted the part well. The writing really lets him down though. The movie builds him up like he is this monster of a thug. Everyone should be scared of the man. His reputation proceeds him... All things talked about and not shown. Every time a situation gets a little tense he stands there like a statue and tries to look spooky. The man does nothing. The movie spends all of its time trying to humanize him. Mainly by driving the car and talking about how he has more energy on a Keto diet. Finally when the plot gives the movie something that could turn interesting Shia isn't in the movie anymore. You're supposed to feel something as a result of that. But you don't. This will happen more throughout the movie. Bobby Soto's character David... Augh. Again, acted well enough but holy shit its a bad character. The moves this guy makes in this movie are just so poorly thought out and outrageously dumb. His story arc feels like something out of a music video that was stretched from three minutes and fifty seconds out into a feature length movie. His wife is so one dimensional she might as well be a cardboard cutout. You feel nothing for this man and his family aside from your hand gripping your face watching him make bad decisions and having equally as bad dialogue with the people around him. God the reveal at the end that was supposed to be some holy shit moment hit flat as hell too. Typical of the whole movie up to that point. Flaccid. When this movie was over, I sat in disbelief at the steaming pile of hot garbage I had just subjected myself to. I don't normally take the time to write a review. I felt so robbed by this flick that I was moved to write this one though. Just stop.

Terrible across the board! The only thing sustaining my interest was Shia. Not worth loosing the brain cells on this one.