David Ayer's The Tax Collector may not have collected great reviews from critics, but whether you were a fan of the director's latest LA crime movie or not, you had to come away impressed by newcomer Bobby Soto, whose family man David proved to be the film's true protagonist. I'm as guilty of it as anyone, but for months, the media has sold The Tax Collector as a Shia LaBeouf movie, because Shia gets clicks, and, you know... the guy tattooed 'Creeper' on his torso for the film. It was certainly understandable from a traffic perspective, …

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My deepest, most sincere wish for you, dear reader, is that you one day find someone as devoted to you as Shia LaBeouf is to the films of David Ayer. We already know that, back in the day, the actor went ahead and took out one of his teeth for Ayer's war film Fury, but LaBeouf has truly upped the ante for The Tax Collector. Thanks to artist Bryan Ramirez, we know that a good amount of those chest and stomach tattoos LaBeouf is sporting in the first Tax Collector photos are legit. We can also safely assume that …

The Tax Collector is the latest movie to be called out by cancel culture, and it isn't even out yet.

The actor takes "method" to a whole other level.

This looks intense!

RLJE Films has released the first trailer for David Ayer's gritty indie thriller The Tax Collector which is expected to be released in select theaters and on VOD on August 7. Bobby Soto (Narcos: Mexico) and Shia LaBeouf star as David and Creeper, who work as “tax collectors” for a crime lord named Wizard, collecting his cut from the profits of local gangs. But when Wizard’s old rival returns to Los Angeles from Mexico, his entire business is upended, and David finds himself desperate to protect what matters most to him -- his family. This trailer doesn't mess …

We got our mits on a slew of new images from David Ayer’s upcoming action thriller The Tax Collector, starring Shia LaBeouf in pure scumbag mode, and it looks like the kind of gritty crime story the director excels at telling. LaBeouf and Bobby Soto star as two “tax collectors” named Creeper and David working for a Los Angeles crime lord named Wizard, collecting his cut of the profits from local gangs operating in his territory. But things get dicey when Wizard’s old rival returns from Mexico, throwing the business into turmoil and forcing David to fight to …

David Ayer's gritty indie thriller The Tax Collector has been acquired by RLJE Films, which is expected to release the film in theaters this August. All along, we'd been led to believe that Shia LaBeouf was the main star of this film, but new plot details suggest that Bobby Soto (Narcos: Mexico) is the true protagonist. Per Deadline, the film follows David (Soto) and Creeper (LaBeouf), who works as “tax collectors” for a crime lord named Wizard, collecting his cut from the profits of local gangs. But when Wizard’s old rival returns to Los Angeles from Mexico, …