Payback (film)

Payback is a 1999 film starring Mel Gibson and directed by Brian Helgeland. The film is a remake of the 1967 noir classic Point Blank, directed by John Boorman and starring Lee Marvin, which was based on the book The Hunter, written by Donald E. Westlake under the pseudonym of Richard Stark. The film was Brian Helgeland's directorial debut after a career as a screenwriter.

:Tagline : No More Mr. Nice Guy

Cast

Mel Gibson - Porter

Gregg Henry - Val Resnick

Maria Bello - Rosie

David Paymer - Arthur Stegman
Bill Duke - Det. Hicks

Deborah Kara Unger - Mrs. Lynn Porter
John Glover - Phil

William Devane - Carter

Lucy Liu - Pearl (as Lucy Alexis Liu)
Jack Conley - Det. Leary

Kris Kristofferson - Bronson
Mark Alfa - Johnny's Friend #2
Kwame Amoaku - Radioman

Justin Ashforth - Michael, Bartender #1
Len Bajenski - Fairfax Bodyguard #1

Plot
In a seedy basement, a man pours a glass of whiskey and sterilizes his crude surgical tools. He turns to the table, where Porter (Mel Gibson) lays eyes closed but awake with two gunshot wounds in his back. After the removal of the rounds and several months of healing, Porter returns and begins tracking down Val, his former partner and Lynn, his ex-wife, both of whom betrayed Porter and left him for dead following a $140,000 heist from the Chinese mafia. Porter, healed and armed, is intent on reclaiming his $70,000 cut of the heist.

Following his betrayal of Porter, Val rejoined the Outfit, a powerful criminal organization, using $130,000 of the heist money to repay his outstanding debt. To get his share of the money back, Porter is forced to deal with his former partner, the Outfit, the Chinese mafia and corrupt police officers (Duke and Conley). He enlists the help of a call girl, Rosie (Maria Bello), who is affiliated with the Outfit. Previous to the events depicted at the beginning of the film, Porter served as a driver for Rosie, during which time they developed a close, romantic friendship, which ultimately was the reason behind Porter's wife shooting him.

After unsuccessful attempts to reclaim his $70,000 share of the original heist from the Outfit, he kidnaps the son of the head of the crime syndicate. After which, Porter himself is kidnapped and tortured into revealing the location where the syndicate boss' son is being held. Porter leads them to an apartment that was rigged earlier by the Outfit with a telephone-activated bomb.

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