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The Tax Collector

- Payback comes with interest.

David Cuevas is a family man who works as a gangland tax collector for high ranking Los Angeles gang members. He makes collections across the city with his partner Creeper making sure people pay up or will see retaliation. An old threat returns to Los Angeles that puts everything David loves in harm’s way.

Release Date : 2020-08-07

Language :SpanishEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Cross Creek PicturesCedar Park EntertainmentFaster Horse PicturesKodiak PicturesRLJE Films

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : David Cuervas

Original Name : Bobby Soto

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alexis

Original Name : Cinthya Carmona

Gender : Female

Character Name : Uncle Louis

Original Name : George Lopez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Janet

Original Name : Elpidia Carrillo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Creeper

Original Name : Shia LaBeouf

Gender : Male

Character Name : Favi

Original Name : Lana Parrilla

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lupe

Original Name : Chelsea Rendon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gata

Original Name : Cheyenne Rae Hernandez

Gender : Female

Character Name : Delia

Original Name : Noemi Gonzalez

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jazmin

Original Name : Gabriela Flores

Gender : Female

Character Name : Victor

Original Name : Rene Moran

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bone

Original Name : Cle Sloan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Necio

Original Name : Lee Coc

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pete

Original Name : Randy Gonzalez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rachel

Original Name : Michelle Jubilee Gonzalez

Gender : Female

Character Name : Psycho

Original Name : Quinn Early

Gender : Male

Character Name : Peanut

Original Name : Jay Reeves

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dillon

Original Name : Ricardo Gonzalez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Negro

Original Name : Brendan Schaub

Gender : Male

Character Name : Creepers Girlfriend

Original Name : Zailee Madrigal

Gender : Female

Character Name : Victor's Wife

Original Name : Karrie Martin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tough Father

Original Name : Juan Carlos Cantu

Gender : Male

Character Name : Triggs

Original Name : Steve Louis Villegas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Latina

Original Name : Valentina Latyna Plascencia

Gender : Female

Character Name : La Chiquis

Original Name : Paola Paulin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Grumpy

Original Name : Cuete Yeska

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Wizard

Original Name : Jimmy Smits

Gender : Male

Character Name : Snoopy

Original Name : Noel Gugliemi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Casey

Original Name : Aaliyah Lopez

Gender : Female

Character Name : Thumper

Original Name : Donte Johnson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Conejo

Original Name : Jose Conejo Martin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Victim (uncredited)

Original Name : Nayeli Esparza

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sensei Richard

Original Name : Richard Mesquita

Gender : Male

Reviews

JPV852

@JPV852

2021-06-23

I like David Ayer. Based on interviews and his social media postings, seems like a cool guy. As a filmmaker, he's hit or miss ranging from some really solid action-thrillers like U-571, End of Watch and Fury to the poorly made flicks such as Sabotage (though has its moments) and Suicide Squad (which I've soured on over the years). His latest, the second one straight-to-streaming following Bright, is The Tax Collector, seemingly aspiring to be some sort of modern day Godfather. The editing here is rather bad, acting was mixed with Shia LaBeouf shining brightest to the point I wish the movie was about his character while Bobby Soto has some okay scenes but in the lead, never quite works. And the writing, also by Ayer, was shoddy (shows Training Day was all about Washington's performance than the story or dialogue). I wanted to really like this film. It had potential and starts off well enough, but after meandering for the first hour or so, doesn't really get off the ground once a story actually kicks in. By the end, despite trying to have some emotional scenes, and a finale that was supposed to be kick ass, never could rebound from all of the other shortcomings. **2.5/5**

tmdb28039023

@tmdb28039023

2022-09-03

The Tax Collector is the second-best David Ayer-directed film (the best remains End of Watch), but it's far from the best David Ayers-penned movie – though to be fair, that includes Training Day and Dark Blue, as well as the aforementioned End of Watch. The script can be nicely subtle, especially when it comes to the character of Creeper (Shia LaBeouf putting his natural weirdness to good use); he's always impeccably dressed in a suit and tie, but his cauliflower ears are a dead giveaway – here's someone who can take punishment as well as dish it out. This is great stuff, but at some point you gotta put your money where your mouth is, and that's where the character shortchange us. Much is made of how Creeper has maimed, tortured, and murdered hundreds of people, but in the course of the film he only fires his gun once, and then in self-defense; on the other hand, he's given a martyr's death, but I'm not sure whether we're supposed to feel bad for him or not. If all that's said of him is true, he has it coming to him; if not, we've been fed a line of bullsh*t. Having said that, the script can also be painfully unsubtle, in particular when it's trying to convince us that the protagonist, David Cuevas (Bobby Soto), is a Killer with a Heart of Gold (talk about a crock of sh*t) – a family man who prays before every meal and advises Creeper to accept Christ in his heart, as opposed to antagonist Conejo (José Martín), who engages in human sacrifices and voodoo rituals. That's pretty black-and-white, when it should be shades-of-gray; in other words, The Tax Collector's problem is that it insists on splitting its characters into 'bad guys' and 'good guys' when 'bad guys' and 'worse guys' would be a more accurate division.