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Country. United States. Language. English. Budget. $90 million [2] Box office. $161.6 million [2] Payback is a 1999 American neo-noir action thriller film [3] [4] written and directed by Brian Helgeland in his directorial debut, and starring Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, and David Paymer.
Feb 5, 1999 · Payback: Directed by Brian Helgeland. With Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, David Paymer. After a successful heist, Porter is left for dead. Once he recovers, he seeks vengeance and wants his share of the money.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Brian Helgeland
- 1999-02-05
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There is much cleverness and ingenuity in "Payback,'' but Mel Gibson is the key. The movie wouldn't work with an actor who was heavy on his feet, or was too sincere about the material. Gibson is essentially an action comedian, who enters into violence with a bemused detachment ("Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome'').
Porter (Mel Gibson) is a thief betrayed by both his wife, Lynn (Deborah Kara Unger), and his partner, Val (Gregg Henry), when he is shot in the back after a heist. Slowly, Porter recovers from his...
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- Brian Helgeland
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To get to Resnick, Porter must deal with a lowlife named Arthur Stegman (David Paymer), crime bosses from the Outfit, the Chinese triads, and corrupt police detectives Hicks and Leary (Bill Duke and Jack Conley). Resnick is seeing a dominatrix (Lucy Liu) when Porter violently re-enters his life.
Summarize this article for a 10 year old. SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Payback is a 1999 American neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by Brian Helgeland in his directorial debut, and starring Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, and David Paymer. It is based on the novel The Hunter by Donald E. Westlake using the pseudonym Richard Stark ...
