

The Tax Collector
Payback comes with interest.
David Cuevas is an Indigenous Latino American family man who works as a gangland tax collector for high ranking Los Angeles gang members. He makes collections across the city with his partner Creeper making sure people pay up or will see retaliation. An old threat returns to Los Angeles that puts everything David loves in harm’s way.
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5.7/10
578 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $30M
- Box office
- $942.7K
- Language
- Spanish
- two man army
- family relationships
- partner
- tax collector
- revenge
- gang
- los angeles, california
- cartel
- cali cartel
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)R7 Aug 2020
- Digital / OTTR7 Aug 2020
United KingdomGB
- Digital / OTT1819 Oct 2020
- Physical18DVD2 Nov 2020
AustraliaAU
- PhysicalR 18+Blu-Ray release11 Nov 2020
CanadaCA
- Theatrical18A7 Aug 2020
BrazilBR
- Digital / OTT1630 Nov 2020
FranceFR
- Digital / OTT25 Nov 2020
GermanyDE
- Theatrical161 Oct 2020
NetherlandsNL
- Premiere187 Aug 2020
RussiaRU
- Theatrical18+4 Nov 2020
South KoreaKR
- Theatrical1818 Nov 2020
SpainES
- Digital / OTT1626 Nov 2020
- Digital / OTTMovistar +24 Jul 2021
UkraineUA
- Theatrical5 Nov 2020
Frequently asked questions
The Tax Collector was released on 7 August 2020.
Audience reviews
3- J5/10
JPV852
10/5/2020
I like David Ayer. Based on interviews and his social media postings, seems like a cool guy. As a filmmaker, he's hit or miss ranging from some really solid action-thrillers like U-571, End of Watch and Fury to the poorly made flicks such as Sabotage (though has its moments) and Suicide Squad (which I've soured on over the years). His latest, the second one straight-to-streaming following Bright, is The Tax Collec…
- T4/10
tmdb28039023
8/30/2022
The Tax Collector is the second-best David Ayer-directed film (the best remains End of Watch), but it's far from the best David Ayers-penned movie – though to be fair, that includes Training Day and Dark Blue, as well as the aforementioned End of Watch. The script can be nicely subtle, especially when it comes to the character of Creeper (Shia LaBeouf putting his natural weirdness to good use); he's always impecca…
- J8/10
JJ Rosales
10/24/2026
If you watch this for Shia Labeouf you will most likely be disappointed. The general assumption is that he is the main character, he isn’t. But if you watch this for as a whole movie, you’ll be surprised. It brings in a good look at Mexican-American religious beliefs but also a great look into the violence of LA gangs. Such a good all around movie. Very entertaining.
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