Parker

“’I don’t steal from anyone who can’t afford it, and I don’t hurt anyone who doesn’t deserve it.’” Jason Statham decided to star in a crime movie that doesn’t require driving. Called it “Parker.” Being the first adaptation of Richard Stark’s Parker series to use the main character’s name, I found this version to be…

The Hunter by Richard Stark

“’I’m going to drink his blood, I’m going to chew up his heart and spit it into the gutter for the dogs to raise a leg at. I’m going to peel the skin off him and rip out his veins and hang him with them.’” If Raymond Chandler invented the hardboiled genre, Richard Stark perfected…