Payback

1999
R
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

148K

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Dark Comedy Action Crime Drama Thriller

After a successful heist, Porter is left for dead. Once he recovers, he seeks vengeance and wants his share of the money.After a successful heist, Porter is left for dead. Once he recovers, he seeks vengeance and wants his share of the money.After a successful heist, Porter is left for dead. Once he recovers, he seeks vengeance and wants his share of the money.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

148K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,255

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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Trivia
For release in Australia, the U.S. tagline "Get ready to root for the bad guy" was changed to "Get ready to cheer for the bad guy" because, as Mel Gibson himself pointed out, in Australia "to root" is slang for "to have sexual intercourse".

Goofs
Porter fires about 40 rounds out of a 6-shot revolver without reloading once.

Quotes
Porter: [voiceover] Crooked cops. Do they come in any other way? If I'd been just a little dumber, I could have joined the force myself.

Crazy credits
In the international prints, the 75th anniversary wordings in the Warner Bros. logo is removed. Meanwhile, the new fanfare did not appeared until the release of Message in a Bottle (1999) on February 12, 1999.

Alternate versions
The UK cinema version and all subsequent video and DVD releases were cut by 5 seconds to remove the use of a butterfly knife. The Blu-ray reinstates the previously cut footage.

Connections
Edited into Payback: Straight Up (2006)

Soundtracks
Anniversary Song
Music by Iosif Ivanovici
Arranged by Saul Chaplin
Lyrics by Al Jolson and Saul Chaplin
Performed by Chris Boardman

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If you are a Mel Gibson fan, you gotta see this movie.

Simply put, this is a Mel Gibson movie. And a comedy, at that. A somewhat 'dark' comedy, but it clearly is not meant to be taken seriously. His crooked character has been cheated out of $70,000 by another crook and he is determined to get it back. No matter what. The entertainment comes in the ways in which he repeatedly gets into impossible positions, and usually is able to get out of them. Good excitement and good writing. There are no good guys in this movie, just bad, badder, and baddest!