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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.
Released: 1999-02-05100 minDir: Brian HelgelandAction, Drama, Crime, ThrillerBudget: $90.0MBox office: $162M
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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
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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, Lucy Liu, Deborah Kara Unger, David Paymer, James Coburn and Kris Kristofferson. It is based on the novel The Hunter by Donald E. Westlake using the pseudonym Richard Stark, which had earlier been adapted into the 1967 film Point Blank.
During post-production, Helgeland was removed by Gibson and the producers, who rewrote and reshot substantial portions of the film, including a different third act and a new villain played by Kris Kristofferson. This version of the film was released by Paramount Pictures on February 5, 1999, and received mixed reviews from critics.