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Giving up the names of Outfit bosses Fairfax and Carter, Val is killed by Porter. Taking Rosie to his secret apartment, Porter finds a bomb rigged to the telephone by Carter's men, who call him from a car outside. Cutting their fuel line, Porter incinerates them with a lit cigarette.
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After a successful heist, Porter is left for dead. Once he recovers, he seeks vengeance and wants his share of the money. Porter is bad, but his neighbours are worse.
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.
- (147K)
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Brian Helgeland
- 1999-02-05
- Payback
- Best in Context-Free Commentary
- Final Thoughts
Commentator: Brian Helgeland (writer/director) 1.The commentary was recorded seven or eight years after the film’s initial release. 2. The definition of “principle” given at the film’s start belongs to both Helgeland and Porter (Mel Gibson). He added it after the studio expressed concern that audiences might not know Porter was acting on principle…...
“Here’s a guy who will rob a homeless guy, so you know what you’re dealing with right off the bat.” “Smiling is not a thing that Porter does easily.” “The thing with junkies is you always have to check their shoes.” “A primer gray Chevy Nova is the only Chevy Nova… of course, Plymouth Roadrunners can only be green, just as Trans Ams can only be red...
This is a suitably fantastic commentary track for a fantastic film. Helgeland offers an honest look back at his directorial debut, both the highs and the lows of the experience, and he comes out of it loving filmmaking even more. He also has a great stance during the end credits saying that every name we see is of a filmmaker — they’re not the most...
Nov 19, 2015 · Screenwriter Brian Helgeland was fired off of Payback two days after winning an Oscar. Helgeland was in the midst of battling Paramount and Mel Gibson ’s product company, Icon, during the...
Helgeland was fired as director before the film wrapped production. He and the studio disagreed over the original ending of Payback, and when a consensus couldn’t be achieved, Helgeland was ...
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, which had...
