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by George_Chabot  in Movies,  - Top 50, Nov 23 '00
Pros: Mel, Script, Score, Photography, Direction
Cons: Cartoonish supporting roles
Payback (1999)
Mel Gibson puts a hard edge on his performance in Payback. This is a welcome change from the sappy portrayals I had seen him perform over the last several years. I had almost given him up, classifying him as another...
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by JustCathy - Top 1000, May 29 '01
Pros: Mel Gibson is superb!
Cons: A great deal of violence - may leave you feeling jittery.
What could be lower than crooks who plot the robbery of other crooks and then one of the crooks robs his crooked partner? Well, it can get lower than this, for when two thieves plot the sting of an Asian Mafia for $140,000, Porter, (played by Mel...
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by Goatius in Movies, , Mar 27 '00
Pros: Fun, high testosterone action, Gibson and Liu are great
Cons: Average plot and characters, violent as all hell
This unabashedly violent action pic stars Mel Gibson as the protagonist, but hardly a 'good guy.' He's out to extract revenge and money from his old cohorts, his wife and ex-partner. This leads to all manner of horrifically painful looking fights...
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by youngchinq - Top 1000, May 02 '04
Pros: Witty, stylish, violent, sexy, depraved.
Cons: I guess depraved can be a con too, right?
There are as many reasons, I suppose, for people to like Brian Helgeland’s genre-twisting, dark comedy, film noire, thriller aptly titled Payback as there are reasons for people to despise it. On the one hand, the film buttresses the ideals ...
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by talyseon, - Top 1000, Mar 15 '08
Pros: A great revengathon of an action flick.
Cons: No real substance. A junk food movie.
Payback (1999) Directed by Brian Helgeland and John Myhre (uncredited) From the Novel The Hunter by Donald E. Westlake, writing as Richard Stark. Payback is the story of Porter (no first name) a low level made man. Porter knows exactly ...
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by mattjoe - Top 100, May 29 '00
Pros: Mel Gibson as a calculating criminal
Cons: under 2 hours, I could have watched another hour
In Payback, we see an entirely new type of character out of Mel. He plays a ruthless former stick up guy, cold and calculating, this is Gibson as we haven't seen him before. Payback, is Mel Gibson's best work to date, in my opinion.
The...
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by grimjack2 - Top 500, Jul 07 '01
Pros: Definitely not your typical Hollywood action film.
Cons: The dog doesn't believably act like he's been shot.
I really like this film for all the reasons most people dislike it for. While most people don't understand the pointless nature of the main character's mission, I love it for the simplicity of character. Other's feel confused about the casting of one...
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by paper-trail , Aug 11 '02
Pros: Gibson's acting, good supporting cast, excellent dialogue/script!
Cons: Some characters aren't around long enough, thanks to Porter's wrath.
When I sat down to watch Payback, I can say from the bottom of my heart that I expected nothing more than a high-caliber (and high body count) shoot 'em up feature, Mel Gibson style. While it's true that the crooked characters that cross Gibson's...
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by Grouch - Top 200, Oct 04 '99
Pros: Mel, as always
Cons: Tries to skew my moral compass
Man gets money. Man loses money. Man gets money back. Along the way, man is shot, kicked, punched and has his toes smashed with a hammer.
Pity Porter, Mel Gibson’s character in "Payback." He’s gone through so much—betrayal,...
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by dbhoutx - Top 1000, Dec 26 '00
Pros: Filled with Action
Cons: More Violence than some folks like
The movie had plenty of violence throughout. In fact there was more violence than my wife and I wanted to watch, but we were not up to killing the movie since we had no other to watch that evening. There were even a few scenes that were downright funny....
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by wlswarts - Top 500, Nov 06 '01
Pros: Well acted, Fun, Interesting Characters, Good direction, Good premise
Cons: Suspension of Disbelief Issues
First off, as a public service to those still reading these reviews: I no longer get a penny per viewing. Did you know that? I didn't, not until today. Had I known that, I probably would have b.s.ed a ton of reviews right before the change over....
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by JackFoley , Jul 10 '00
Pros: Mel Gibson, characters, unique look, nastiness
Cons: Pretty violent
In a sick way, this is almost refreshing. Very few films have been able to do the villainous hero thing very well at all. They always feel the need to over-justify the criminal profession they have as "okay". They give him a conscience, a love...
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by Scorsesian , Aug 02 '99
Pros: Witty crime film, Mel Gibson shines, exciting and fun
Cons: Rampant violence may offend some viewers
"Payback" is an intelligent, witty, funny, farcical crime film a la Elmore Leonard, but it manages to stay in a league of its own. Instead of dipping into desperate copy-catting (as many crime film have), "Payback" takes the...
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by Excalibur51 , Jun 01 '00
Pros: It's just mean!
Cons: Wish it was longer
Mental note: Never steal from Mel Gibson.
Boy, do I love this movie. Pretty much everybody is a bad guy with only character even remotely close is a prostitute with a heart of gold called Rosie (portrayed by Howard Stern's Private...
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by SirenSix , May 29 '00
Pros: smoldering performance by the Man
Cons: hideously violent, with annoying voiceovers
I don't know why I loved this movie. For someone who's as appalled by Boogie Nights and most of Tarantino's repertoire as I am, I was ridiculously enchanted by this violent piece of filth. Blame it on Mel, who can pump megawatts of charm into...
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