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Payback( 1999)

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Get ready to root for the bad guy.

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Mel Gibson

      Porter

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      Gregg Henry

      Val Resnick

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      Maria Bello

      Rosie

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      David Paymer

      Arthur Stegman

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      Bill Duke

      Det. Hicks

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      Deborah Kara Unger

      Mrs. Lynn Porter

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      John Glover

      Phil

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      William Devane

      Carter

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      Lucy Liu

      Pearl

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      Kris Kristofferson

      Bronson

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      Jack Conley

      Det. Leary

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      Mark Alfa

      Johnny's Friend #2

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      Kwame Amoaku

      Radioman

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      Justin Ashforth

      Michael, Bartender #1

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      Len Bajenski

      Fairfax Bodyguard #1

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      James Coburn

      Justin Fairfax

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      Trevor St. John

      Johnny Bronson

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      Freddy Rodríguez

      Messenger

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      Kate Buddeke

      Counter Girl

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      Price Carson

      Bronson's Heavy #1

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      Jeff Imada

      Chow's Bodyguard

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      Elizabeth Berridge

      Hooker in Bar (uncredited)

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      Jovanna Vitiello

      Waitress (uncredited)

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      David Dunard

      Doctor (uncredited)

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    Review 3Discussion

    A review by John Chard

    8.5
    Written by John Chard on Thu Sep 25 2014
    Indestructible Gibson in grim and gritty telling of The Hunter. This is not an out and out remake of John Boorman's 1967 offering Point Blank, the structure is different from the 67 film, and where Point Blank is a dark psychological thriller that is rightly regarded as being towards the top of the neo-noir tree, this Brian Helgeland directed film really should be seen as a different interpretation of Donald E. Westlake's novel The Hunter. Mel Gibson plays tough as nails thief Porter, who is double crossed, shot, and then left for dead by his wife Lynn (Deborah Kara Unger) and his partner...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    90000000.00

    Revenue

    161626121.00

    Keywords

    • hotel
    • new york city
    • prostitute
    • robbery
    • based on novel or book
    • heroin
    • anti hero
    • greed
    • money
    • revenge
    • organized crime
    • drugs
    • criminal
    • one against many
    • double cross
    • neo-noir
    • corrupt cop
    • parker