"What have you heard?" "You're the devil." Shia LaBeouf re-teams with David Ayer for The Tax Collector. | MOVIECLIPS

"The Pharisee and the Tax Collector: A Parable of Humility and Self-Righteousness" A Pharisee and a tax collector both go to the temple to pray. The Pharisee boasts about his righteousness, thanking God that he is not like other sinners, while the tax collector humbly acknowledges his sinfulness and asks for God's mercy. Jesus concludes that the tax collector, not the Pharisee, went home justified before God because humility, not self-righteousness, is what pleases God. The parable teaches that

Although Shia LaBeouf wore fake cauliflower ears in “The Tax Collector” (to indicate that his character is an experienced fighter), he went even further by getting real tattoos all over his body highlighting his dedictation to director David Ayer. The Tax Collector (2020) is set in the same cinematic universe as David Ayer’s earlier films Training Day (2001) and Harsh Times (2005). Characters and gangs connect these three movies: the Blood gang member “Bone” which Alonzo Harris interacts with in