"Over the course of the last 38 years, Shane Black has written and/or directed some of the smartest, funniest crime movies to come out of the major studios, from the highly influential " Lethal Weapon" to cult favorites like " Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" and " The Nice Guys." All of these films have been heavily influenced by 20th century pulp fiction writers, but for his latest movie, Black goes directly to the source, adapting one of the genre's key figures for an action-comedy as offbeat, idiosyncratic, and entertaining as any Black has made."
"That said, there's some character work that could be viewed as very quirky and potentially funny. And I thought, there have been so many iterations in the past few years of this sort of tough guy who is played mainly for for mood and sweat and noir, and I like that - but those movies have been done. Is there a version of 'Parker' where we don't compromise the character, we don't pull punches, but maybe we allow ourselves to be a little livelier?"
Shane Black has spent 38 years writing and directing smart, funny studio crime movies, including Lethal Weapon, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and The Nice Guys. Play Dirty adapts Donald Westlake's Parker novels without following any single book, combining elements from several Parker stories and from Westlake's Dortmunder series to create an original action-comedy. The film emphasizes humor while preserving Parker's stripped-down ruthlessness. Black intentionally sought a livelier tone to differentiate from recent noir-heavy tough-guy films. Mark Wahlberg was cast to bring likability that allows the character's brutality to remain uncompromised without forced sentimentality.
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