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Payback is a american film of genre Drama directed by Brian Helgeland released in USA on 5 february 1999 with Mel Gibson
Payback (1999)
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Add to a movie listPayback 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. It was based on the novel The Hunter by Donald E. Westlake using the pseudonym Richard Stark, which had earlier been adapted into the 1967 film noir classic Point Blank, directed by John Boorman and starring Lee Marvin. Helgeland in 2006 issued a director's cut that differs substantially from the version released by the studio.
Synopsis
In a filthy kitchen of an underground abortionist, an unkempt former medical doctor puts on surgical gloves and quickly downs a full glass of cheap whiskey. Face down on the kitchen table is a barely conscious Porter (Mel Gibson), severely wounded with two large bullet wounds in his back. The doctor pours whiskey on Porter's back to sterilize the area and digs out the bullets. Porter spends five months recuperating. Porter narrates that he had $70,000 taken from him and that is what he was going to get back.Actors
Mel Gibson
(Porter)
Gregg Henry
(Val Resnick)
Maria Bello
(Rosie)
David Paymer
(Arthur Stegman)
Bill Duke
(Det. Hicks)
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