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Payback is a 1999 American heist action neo-noir thriller directed by Brian Helgeland, who co-wrote the screenplay with Terry Hayes, based on The Hunter by Donald E. Westlake. Produced by Bruce Davey with Stephen McEveety as executive producer for Paramount Pictures and Icon Productions, and shot by cinematographer Ericson Core, it concerns organized crime and revenge, set in Chicago, and stars Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, and David Paymer.
Rated R and running 100 minutes, the film had a budget of 90,000,000 and revenue of 161,626,121. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures and Netflix.
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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
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Hunter
- Main subject
- revenge
- Director
- Brian Helgeland
- Screenwriter
- Brian Helgeland
- Cast member
- Trevor St. John
- Producer
- Bruce Davey
- Production company
- Icon Productions
- Cinematographer
- Ericson Core
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Duration
- 101
- FilmAffinity ID
- 106376
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.paybackmovie.com
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- publication date
- 1999-03-11
- title
- Payback
- executive producer
- Stephen McEveety
- after a work by
- Donald E. Westlake
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 46/100
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