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6.8With 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.
Cast
- Mel Gibson as Porter
- Gregg Henry as Val Resnick
- Maria Bello as Rosie
- David Paymer as Arthur Stegman
- Bill Duke as Det. Hicks
- Deborah Kara Unger as Mrs. Lynn Porter
Themes
- hotel
- new york city
- prostitute
- robbery
- based on novel or book
- heroin
- anti hero
- greed
- money
- revenge
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
152,338 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
56%
Metacritic
46/100
- Year
- 1999
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Brian Helgeland
- Screenplay by
- Brian Helgeland Terry Hayes (theatrical cut)
- Based on
- The Hunter , by Richard Stark
- Produced by
- Bruce Davey
- Starring
- Mel Gibson Gregg Henry Maria Bello David Paymer
- Cinematography
- Ericson Core
- Edited by
- Kevin Stitt
- Music by
- Chris Boardman (theatrical cut) Scott Stambler (director's cut)
- Production company
- Icon Productions
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures (United States and Canada) Warner Bros. (International)
- Release date
- February 5, 1999 ( 1999-02-05 )
- Running time
- 101 minutes 90 minutes (director's cut)
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $50 million
- Box office
- $161.6 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 101
- FilmAffinity ID
- 106376
- Official website
- www.paybackmovie.com
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- publication date
- 1999-03-11
- title
- Payback
- review score
- 46/100
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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, Lucy Liu, Deborah Kara Unger, David Paymer, James Coburn and Kris Kristofferson. 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 Point Blank.
During post-production, Helgeland was removed by Gibson and the producers, who rewrote and reshot substantial portions of the film, including a different third act and a new villain played by Kris Kristofferson. This version of the film was released by Paramount Pictures on February 5, 1999, and received mixed reviews from critics.