India, Oct. 3 -- Filmmaker Shane Black has long been associated with reinventing the action-comedy, from Lethal Weapon and The Last Boy Scout to Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and The Nice Guys. His latest outing, Play Dirty, on Amazon Prime, marks his return to the genre - this time tackling Donald E. Westlake's Parker novels. Mark Wahlberg steps into the role of the infamous career criminal, alongside LaKeith Stanfield, Rosa Salazar, Keegan-Michael Key, Claire Lovering, and Tony Shalhoub.

Interestingly, when the project was first mounted, Robert Downey Jr. was briefly attached, and it's easy to imagine how Shane's snappy dialogue might have clicked more naturally with him than with Mark. At its core, Play Dirty is a throwback heist comedy that mi...