A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.
Parker's vengeance isn't thrilling, there's a pointlessly developed non-love triangle, even the glam settings look cheap, and the tough-guy exchanges are inexplicably flat.
– Tom Russo,
Boston Globe,
28 Jan 2013
fresh:
Poster quote: "Parker," a film that's a little better than you'd expect!
– Laremy Legel,
Film.com,
28 Jan 2013
rotten:
For an old-fashioned crime thriller, you need real pros. Mr. Statham is to acting what Taco Bell is to nutrition.
– Rex Reed,
New York Observer,
30 Jan 2013
fresh:
A cool, violent, efficient adaptation of the taciturn anti-hero (the creation of Donald E. Westlake, writing as Richard Stark), who's out to restore order in a bloody world in his own bloody way.
– Bruce Diones,
New Yorker,
4 Feb 2013
fresh:
Overall, it gets by, but bets are hedged when single-minded efficiency and ice in the veins would have been enough.