Parker is a movie directed by Taylor Hackford in 2013 and based on the book Flashfire by Richard Stark (Donald E. Westlake), first published in 2000. The movie features Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis, Wendell Pierce, Clifton Collins Jr., Bobby Cannavale, and others.
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Storyline
Parker is a professional thief, specializing in big robberies, who follows a unique code—he doesn’t steal from the poor or hurt innocent people. The job, taking the gate money from the Ohio State Fair, is successful, but Hardwicke ignored instructions after being denied access to the correct spot, resulting in him needlessly killing a man in a fire set as a distraction.
Movie vs Book
Year
2013
Minutes
118
Movie Rate
6.20
Source: IMDb
Year
2000
Pages
292
Book Rate
8.04
S: Goodreads
Book
Flashfire
Author: Richard Stark, (Donald E. Westlake)
Country: USA
First published in: 2000
Length: 292 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Parker
User polls & recommendations
“The author of a book pretty much gives up control of the story when the producers take over a book to make it into a movie.”
RODMAN PHILBRICK (Writer)
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