Payback (1999)

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7.1	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Brian Helgeland

Starring (View all)

Mel Gibson
Porter

Gregg Henry
Val Resnick

Maria Bello
Rosie

David Paymer
Arthur Stegman

Bill Duke
Det. Hicks

Deborah Kara Unger
Mrs. Lynn Porter

John Glover
Phil

William Devane
Carter

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Donald E. Westlake

Brian Helgeland
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Payback's a bitch.

15 years ago at Dec 8 12:10

The Cineast

4 votes

After being shot, robbed, and left for dead by his wife and "Business" partner, an expert thief named Porter must retrace his steps, and take mighty revenge!.

While that plot may sound quite simple, it doesn't take away from the intensity and grittiness it has packed into it. Payback has got to be one of the best action films of that decade. Mel Gibson really put on a show with his ... read more

Good Old Gritty Action Movie

13 years ago at Dec 7 18:34

keiju

4 votes

It´s not fancy to like this movie. It´s just another of those hard kick-in-your-face movies that proliferated in the Iron Age (also known as the nineties)... but better and harder than most. The worst part is that Gibson isn´t that hard and isn´t that bad but he has his good moments a charismatic smile and knows how to fake enduring pain.

Gibson was (is) more suited for the goo... read more

A good movie

12 years, 6 months ago at May 20 9:06

johanlefourbe

4 votes

I remember, when I got my first appartment, me and my buddys would rent a movie almost everyday and we would watch the most random things. We watched a lot of garbage back then but one movie I really enjoyed was this flick starring Mel Gibson. It is only afterwards that I discovered that it was a some kind of cult-classic. In my opinion, it is even the last good movie starring Mel Gibson. Basicall... read more

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With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead, or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.

Release date: 5 February 1999
UPC: 097363363279

Tags: Action (23), Crime (15), Revenge (13), 1999 (11), Thriller (8), 1990s (8), Remake (6), Violence (6), Betrayal (6), Prostitution (6), Gangster (5), Money (5), Drama (4), Mel Gibson (4), Double Cross (4), Kidnapping (3), Gunfights (3), Explosions (3), Bomb (3), Shooting (3)

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