The Tax Collector opens in select theaters, On Demand and Digital on August 7. [poilib element="accentDivider"] After the high-profile franchise demands of Netflix’s Bright three years ago and Warner Bros.’ Suicide Squad in 2016 (which achieved box office success even as it was largely dismissed by the critical consensus), it’s understandable that writer-director David Ayer has gone smaller scale for his newest project, the indie crime thriller The Tax Collector.