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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Profanity, Substance Abuse, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1999 DVD Release: 07/27/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 41 mins Studio: Paramount Total Copies: 7 Genres: Crime, Action Thriller, Crime Thriller, Gangster Film

Porter (Mel Gibson) is pulled into a heist by his old friend, Val (Brian De Palma regular, Gregg Henry). As they're stealing $130,000 in laundered drug money from Chinese Triads, no one is going to call the police. Everything goes smoothly until Porter's wife, Lynn (Deborah Kara Unger), shoots Porter in the back. After Val had shown Lynn a photo of Porter in the arms of another girl (Maria Bello), the two planned the double-cross together to pay off Val's mob debts so he could return to "The Syndicate." They didn't plan well enough, though, because five months later Porter's back, a complete sociopath who wants his $70,000. Brian Helgeland, the screenwriter for L.A. Confidential and Conspiracy Theory, makes his directing debut with this adaptation of the novel -The Hunter by Donald E. Westlake writing under the pseudonym, Richard Stark. The same novel served as the basis for John Boorman's Point Blank starring Lee Marvin. ~ Chris Gore, All Movie Guide

Mel Gibson - Porter
Gregg Henry - Val
Maria Bello - Rosie
Deborah Kara Unger - Lynn
David Paymer - Stegman
James Coburn - Fairfax

Based on the novel -The Hunter by Richard Stark, Payback holds so much pulp and grit that the celluloid itself seems to be tainted with the story's murky nature. Mel Gibson bulldozes through the film as Porter, a professional thief trying to regain the $70,000 he was betrayed over. The DVD is well-stocked with features that will have viewers rooting for the bad guy in no time. Set-up features for the DVD include Digital Dolby 5.1 or Surround Sound. A French-language option is available, as are English subtitles. The disc also contains a frame-by-frame chapter selection, a short teaser trailer, as well as the original theatrical trailer. The =Payback DVD also includes an extensive, interview-packed featurette on what it takes to make the bad guys look so good. In all, this disc gives crime a good name. ~ Christopher Fielder, All Movie Guide