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Payback: Straight Up: Directed by Brian Helgeland. With Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, David Paymer. Porter is shot by his wife and best friend and is left to die.
- (6K)
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Brian Helgeland
- 2007-04-10
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.
- Brian Helgeland
- 448
- 42 sec
Synopsis. 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.
- Brian Helgeland
- 4
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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. It is based on the novel The Hunter by Donald E. Westlake using the pseudonym Richard Stark, which had earlier been adapted into the 1967 film ...
- Chris Boardman, Scott Stambler (Director's cut)
- Bruce Davey
- February 5, 1999
- Payback is based on the novel The Hunter by Donald E. Westlake. The Hunter (written by Westlake under the pseudonym “Richard Stark”) was previously adapted for the screen in 1967 as Point Blank, directed by John Boorman and starring Lee Marvin.
- Payback is Brian Helgeland’s directorial debut. Before making Payback, Helgeland had primarily been known as a screenwriter—he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for 1997’s L.A.
- Mel Gibson and Helgeland met on set of the film Conspiracy Theory, which Helgeland wrote. Helgeland showed Gibson the first 30 pages of the script for Payback and Gibson—acting on behalf of his production company, Icon Productions—guaranteed to make the movie if Helgeland could start shooting within 12 weeks.
- Maria Bello was cast after Helgeland saw an audition she did for a completely different movie. Helgeland was having difficulty finding an actress to play the Rosie character, so he took a look at a random group of Warner Brothers casting tapes.
Payback Straight Up: The Director's Cut. Mel Gibson gives an unforgettable performance in this explosive film from director Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential), which features a superb supporting cast including William Devane, Maria Bello and Lucy Liu. 3,800 IMDb 7.1 1 h 30 min 1999. 18+. Action · Drama · Thrilling · Malicious. This video is ...
Nov 19, 2015 · Straight Up Edition. ... (Maria Bello), a high-class call girl he looked after. They once shared a romantic evening together, but their bond is mostly expressed through their interactions, not ...
