(If every song on the soundtrack isnt actually Thin Lizzy, it might as well be.)

Or maybe theyve read the late Robert B. Parkers best-selling detective series,now carried on by Ace Atkins.

Instead he has to bunk up with a taciturn young boxer called Hawk (Black Panthers underusedWinston Duke).

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(Iliza Shlesingerdrops in too, as Spenser’s exasperated, chowda-talking ex).

Even its stars beloved city hardly merits much exploration beyond a few obligatory harbor shots.

So what is left to do but surrender to the Tao of Wahlberg?

It’s the only sure thing in this crazy world, kids except maybe a sequel.C+

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