Play Dirty is the feature-length adaptation of Donald E. Westlake's Parker book series. The action thriller is helmed by Shane Black, while Jules Daly, Susan Downey, and Marc Toberoff are the producers. It was released by Amazon MGM Studios on October 1, 2025, on Prime Video.
The film's official synopsis as per Letterboxd reads:
"Expert thief Parker gets a shot at a major heist, but to pull it off he and his team must outsmart a South American dictator, the New York mob, and the world’s richest man."
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Play Dirty soundtrack guide explored
Alan Silvestri has composed the music for Play Dirty. Besides his background score, the film also features several songs that we have listed below:
- Main Title - 2:42
- My Real Name’s Parker - 3:19
- Robbing the Robbers - 1:29
- What Have You Done? - 2:54
- Room 12 - 3:21
- The Vault - 2:59
- A Bit of a Problem - 3:32
- A Christmas Chase - 3:52
- Shootout - 3:23
- Rob an Entire Country - 3:18
- Welcome to New York - 3:20
- Bosco’s Plan - 1:50
- Life Goes On - 3:37
- Aftermath - 2:13
- A Real Lady - 2:01
- Parker at Work - 3:00
- What a Surprise - 3:16
- The Train, Part 1 - 3:10
- The Train, Part 2 - 3:14
- The Train, Part 3 - 2:45
- Plan B - 2:59
More about Play Dirty
Play Dirty is edited by Joel Negron and Chris Lebenzon, while Philippe Rousselot is the cinematographer. It is produced under the banners of Big Red Films, Toberoff Productions, and Team Downey. The cast members of Play Dirty include:
- Mark Wahlberg as Parker
- LaKeith Stanfield as Grofield
- Rosa Salazar as Zen
- Tony Shalhoub as Lozini
- Rupert Raineri as Beckler
- Chai Hansen as Stan Devers
- Keegan-Michael Key as Ed Mackey
- Nat Wolff as Kincaid
- Chukwudi Iwuji as Phineas Paul
- Thomas Jane as Philly Webb
- Gretchen Mol as Grace Webb
- Peta Wilson as Madge
- Claire Lovering as Brenda Mackey
- Alejandro Edda as De La Paz
- Yvonne Zima as Traci
- Hemky Madera as Colonel Ortiz
In an interview with IndieWire, Black spoke about the film and how it is different from the source material. He said:
“Obviously the tone of the Parker books is dark. 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?”
Black said that he wanted to stick true to the spirit of the source material (which is the Parker book series) while taking his own creative liberties.
Play Dirty is available to watch on Prime Video.
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