Never before has Parker, the professional thief of Donald E. Westlake’s novels, officially made it to the big screen. Which is strange, since several of Westlake’s Parker novels have, in fact, been adapted into movies – like John Boorman’s 1967 Point Blank, John Flynn’s 1973 The Outfit, and Brian Helgeland’s 1999 Payback. Enter Shane Black, whose Play Dirty is – at long last – giving us Parker. Even though this one, technically, is not directly based on any of Westlake’s novels. But I am not averse to a Parker sequel.” Who fancies a couple of shots of the good stuff?