Payback (1999) [Theatrical Cut]

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Payback is a 1999 American crime thriller directed by Brian Helgeland and starring Mel Gibson. The film shares the same source material as the 1967 noir-classic Point Blank, directed by John Boorman and starring Lee Marvin; both are based on the book The Hunter, written by Donald E. Westlake under the pseudonym of Richard Stark.

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Plot: In a seedy basement, Porter (Mel Gibson) lies severely wounded with two gunshot wounds in his back. A whiskey drinking surgeon removes the bullets and Porter spends months healing. He then begins tracking down Val Resnick (Gregg Henry), his former partner, and Lynn (Deborah Unger), his ex-wife, both of whom betrayed Porter and left him for dead following a $140,000 heist from the Chinese triads. After leaving Porter for dead, Val rejoined the Outfit, a powerful criminal organization, using $130,000 of the heist money to repay an outstanding debt. Porter is intent on reclaiming his $70,000 cut and gets himself a gun by pawning watches. Porter enlists the help of a call girl, Rosie (Maria Bello), who is affiliated with the Outfit. Porter once served as her driver, during which time they developed a romantic friendship, which ultimately was the reason behind Porter's wife conspiring against him. To get his money, Porter is forced to deal not only with Resnick but with a lowlife named Stegman (David Paymer), with crime bosses from the Outfit, with the Chinese triads and with corrupt police detectives Hicks and Leary (Bill Duke and Jack Conley). He first finds Val and kills him with a revolver in Rosie's apartment. After the kill, Porter then takes Val's pistol. Following several unsuccessful attempts to reclaim his $70,000, Porter shoots one of the Outfit's top men, Carter (William Devane). With the aid of Rosie, he kidnaps Johnny, the son of Bronson (Kris Kristofferson), the Outfit's head, and arranges for Hicks and Leary to be busted by their own colleagues by giving Resnick's gun and Hick's badge to them . The mob's top figures, Bronson and Fairfax (James Coburn), join the hunt to take him down.

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