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PLAY DIRTY MOVIE REVIEW
Trim the tree, put up the lights, hang the stockings with care: there’s an action film on Amazon Prime with Shane Black as writer/director…Christmas will soon be here! Inspired by the popular Parker book series by Donald E Westlake, Play Dirty starring Mark Wahlberg, is about a heist gone wrong that presents an opportunity to stop billionaires from making things worse by cooking up an even bigger heist that could go wrong in the pursuit of making everything right. Parker (Mark Wahlberg) is the lone survivor of a robbery in which the robbers got robbed. He vows to avenge his fellow crooks…who says there’s no honour amongst thieves? After a proposition from Zen (Rosa Salazar) involving a sunken ship thought to be a myth, Parker calls his old buddy from the order, Goofield (LaKeith Stanfield) who knows how to organize a crew. Together they will double cross the double crossers. Also it’s Christmas in New York! Bradly, Mike, and Ian lock and load for a twisting, turning, shoot-first heist wrapped in a caper. It’s all set to the stylish and bombastic score of Silvestri, but does Shane Black’s Play Dirty end up with silver bells? Or should we fill its stocking up with coal? Either way, the sex, violence, and action on display here propel Shane Black to the top of the Naughty list.
WATCH HERE
DIRECTED BY: Shane Black
STARRING: Mark Wahlberg, LaKeith Stanfield. Rosa Salazar, Keegan-Michael Key, Chukwudi Iwuji, Nat Wolff, Gretchen Mol, Thomas Jane, Tony Shalhoub, Hemky Madera, Alejandro Edda, Claire Lovering, Chai Hansen, Sebastian Carr, Nick Russell, Byron Coll, Kat Hoyos, Michelle Ang, Peta Wilson, Yvonne Zima, Mark Cuban
YOUR REVIEWERS
Bradly Martin (Screener Squad Boss, Eye on the Prize, Breakfast Pub)
Bradly Martin was born in the united states and grew up on a healthy diet of sports, films, and books. A rather shy lad who kept to himself, Bradly soon discovered the best way to know a person was to know what people liked. Throughout the years Bradly became a fan of many things and a fanatic of none. From Doctor Dre, to Doctor Strange and the who’s who of Whos. From Playstation to the Dreamcast and Marvel to DC. From LeBron James to James Bond and Lord of the Rings to Lord Palmerston (or Pitt the Elder if you agree with Wade Boggs) and is a huge fan of dad jokes and randomly obscure Simpsons references. Armed with a vast knowledge of comics, films, and pop culture. Bradly traveled the world making friends and sharing takes. As a young man Bradly married the love of his life young and grew older every year with each new child brought into the brood. If trends continue, Scientists predict that .2% of Canada (where Bradly and family reside) will be populated by Bradly’s children by the year 2029. You can hear him leading and listening to his favorite critics on the Screener Squad and maybe even providing some comments of his own.
Mike J. McAllister (Screener Squad, Staff Writer, Head Video Editor)
Mike J. McAllister is an award-winning creative jack of all trades, and is pretty competent with most of them. He is a writer, director, animator, video editor, and motion graphics artist. He has tried his hand at nearly every form of artistic expression at least once. He was born and raised in Western Pennsylvania where he fell in love with film, writing and special effects at an early age. His obsession with film would lead him to being locally known as a “human IMDb” and being on a first-name basis with every video store clerk in town. He would study film in Pittsburgh before taking his talents to Austin. Not letting something like Tourettes get in his way, he has produced a handful of animated short films that have won awards from film festivals all over the globe.
Trim the tree, put up the lights, hang the stockings with care: there’s an action film on Amazon Prime with Shane Black as writer/director…Christmas will soon be here! Inspired by the popular Parker book series by Donald E Westlake, Play Dirty starring Mark Wahlberg, is about a heist gone wrong that presents an opportunity to stop billionaires from making things worse by cooking up an even bigger heist that could go wrong in the pursuit of making everything right. Parker (Mark Wahlberg) is the lone survivor of a robbery in which the robbers got robbed. He vows to avenge his fellow crooks…who says there’s no honour amongst thieves? After a proposition from Zen (Rosa Salazar) involving a sunken ship thought to be a myth, Parker calls his old buddy from the order, Goofield (LaKeith Stanfield) who knows how to organize a crew. Together they will double cross the double crossers. Also it’s Christmas in New York! Bradly, Mike, and Ian lock and load for a twisting, turning, shoot-first heist wrapped in a caper. It’s all set to the stylish and bombastic score of Silvestri, but does Shane Black’s Play Dirty end up with silver bells? Or should we fill its stocking up with coal? Either way, the sex, violence, and action on display here propel Shane Black to the top of the Naughty list.
WATCH HERE
DIRECTED BY: Shane Black
STARRING: Mark Wahlberg, LaKeith Stanfield. Rosa Salazar, Keegan-Michael Key, Chukwudi Iwuji, Nat Wolff, Gretchen Mol, Thomas Jane, Tony Shalhoub, Hemky Madera, Alejandro Edda, Claire Lovering, Chai Hansen, Sebastian Carr, Nick Russell, Byron Coll, Kat Hoyos, Michelle Ang, Peta Wilson, Yvonne Zima, Mark Cuban
YOUR REVIEWERS
Bradly Martin (Screener Squad Boss, Eye on the Prize, Breakfast Pub)
Bradly Martin was born in the united states and grew up on a healthy diet of sports, films, and books. A rather shy lad who kept to himself, Bradly soon discovered the best way to know a person was to know what people liked. Throughout the years Bradly became a fan of many things and a fanatic of none. From Doctor Dre, to Doctor Strange and the who’s who of Whos. From Playstation to the Dreamcast and Marvel to DC. From LeBron James to James Bond and Lord of the Rings to Lord Palmerston (or Pitt the Elder if you agree with Wade Boggs) and is a huge fan of dad jokes and randomly obscure Simpsons references. Armed with a vast knowledge of comics, films, and pop culture. Bradly traveled the world making friends and sharing takes. As a young man Bradly married the love of his life young and grew older every year with each new child brought into the brood. If trends continue, Scientists predict that .2% of Canada (where Bradly and family reside) will be populated by Bradly’s children by the year 2029. You can hear him leading and listening to his favorite critics on the Screener Squad and maybe even providing some comments of his own.
Mike J. McAllister (Screener Squad, Staff Writer, Head Video Editor)
Mike J. McAllister is an award-winning creative jack of all trades, and is pretty competent with most of them. He is a writer, director, animator, video editor, and motion graphics artist. He has tried his hand at nearly every form of artistic expression at least once. He was born and raised in Western Pennsylvania where he fell in love with film, writing and special effects at an early age. His obsession with film would lead him to being locally known as a “human IMDb” and being on a first-name basis with every video store clerk in town. He would study film in Pittsburgh before taking his talents to Austin. Not letting something like Tourettes get in his way, he has produced a handful of animated short films that have won awards from film festivals all over the globe.