Hard-boiled heist meets the spy caper — 2 years ago
Parker in full hard-boiled mode, planning a heist that others want to crash in on. Figuring out the angles is difficult, what with frequent setbacks and double-twists, not to mention the espionage quotient that raises its head complicating things even further is The Outfit’s involvement. Through it all he remains a mechanic, a professional whose sole interest is in the money. There’s a smooth-talking Eastern European spy whose angle that runs up against this mercenary outlook and it’s hard to know who will be the most ruthless. When the heist genre meets the spy caper, it’s great entertainment all around.
