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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, and David Paymer.
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.
Porter (Mel Gibson) is a thief betrayed by both his wife, Lynn (Deborah Kara Unger), and his partner, Val (Gregg Henry), when he is shot in the back after a heist.
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Feb 5, 1999 · The film also contains a hooker with a heart of gold (Maria Bello), a two-timing dame (Deborah Kara Unger), a laconic cop , a big mobster (Kris Kristofferson) and an even bigger one (James Coburn). Writing a screenplay like this essentially involves finding new bottles for old wine.
To get to Resnick, Porter must deal with a lowlife named Arthur Stegman (David Paymer), crime bosses from the Outfit, the Chinese triads, and corrupt police detectives Hicks and Leary (Bill Duke and Jack Conley). Resnick is seeing a dominatrix (Lucy Liu) when Porter violently re-enters his life.
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Feb 5, 1999 · 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.
Payback Mel Gibson portrays Porter, a career criminal bent on revenge after his partners in a street heist pump metal into him and take off with his $70,000 cut. Bad move, thugs.
Payback is a 1999 American Neo Noir crime film written and directed by Brian Helgeland in his directorial debut, and starring Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello and David Paymer.
