在这部斯宾塞的机密任务剧情/犯罪/悬疑片中,这是沃尔伯格和导演彼得·博格自《孤独的幸存者》《恐袭波士顿》《深海浩劫》《22英里》后第五度，合作基于罗伯特·B·派克所著同名小说，派克死后由Ace Atkins接手创作，也是以男主角Spenser为中心的八本系列悬疑小说中的一本。Netflix已经和派克遗产方面达成协议，基于Spenser这一角色打造一系列电影。
本片将有别于小说，小说讲述Spenser从一个满嘴俏皮话的拳击手变为波士顿的一名私家侦探，电影从Spenser出狱开始讲起，他被剥夺了私人侦探执照，当他揭露了一个耸人听闻的谋杀案和背后阴谋的真相时，他又被拉回了波士顿的黑暗犯罪世界中。尼尔·莫瑞兹(《速度与激情》系列 《越狱》)制片， Sean O’Keefe编写剧本。
Spenser (Mark Wahlberg) - an ex-cop better known for making trouble than solving it - just got out of prison and is leaving Boston for good. But first he gets roped into helping his old boxing coach and mentor, Henry (Alan Arkin), with a promising amateur. That's Hawk (Winston Duke), a brash, no-nonsense MMA fighter convinced he'll be a tougher opponent than Spenser ever was. When two of Spenser's former colleagues turn up murdered, he recruits Hawk and his foul-mouthed ex-girlfriend, Cissy (Iliza Shlesinger), to help him investigate and bring the culprits to justice. From director Peter Berg, SPENSER CONFIDENTIAL is an action-comedy co-starring Bokeem Woodbine, Marc Maron and Austin Post. Inspired by Robert B. Parker's Wonderland, a best-selling novel by Ace Atkins.
《斯宾塞的机密任务》：现代版蝙蝠侠。
