Payback is a 1999 crime thriller directed by brian helgeland and starring mel gibson. He started his acting career with australian theatre plays, movies and television and made his onscreen debut with the australian film summer city in the late 70s. The movie wouldnt work with an actor who was heavy on his feet, or was too sincere about the material. Funny scene from 2006 payback directors cut with mel gibson. Mel gibson stars as a revengeseeking crook alongside maria bello, lucy liu and kris kristofferson. Of course, that was before the film was changed considerably. These two versions are very different from one another.
Mel gibson stars as a revengeseeking crook alongside maria bello, lucy liu. Payback movie funny scene with james coburn youtube. The theatrical versions camera work is darker and more grittier while the directors cut is more colorful and more light. This film is a darker shorter version of the payback which mel gibson edited with a soundtrack that was comprised of blues, jazz, rock n roll and other cool original artists tunes. It is the second adaptation of richard starks the hunter, the first of which being lee marvins point blank six months ago, porter gibson, a successful but lowprofile thief who specialized in payroll jobs, was content. Payback 1999 visszavago region 2 pal dvd audio dolby digital 5. Gibson has directed several acclaimed feature films. For instance, i put in the dvd of mel gibsons payback and went to a non specific scene which was the boxing match and the first music to be heard was bb kings. In its original version payback didnt have that mass appeal. He had a nice home, a loving wife named lynn, and was financially. There is much cleverness and ingenuity in payback, but mel gibson is the key. Payback had a great film teaser timed perfectly to dean martins aint that a kick in the head. Payback movie mel gibson aka porter kills val resnick.
Payback is mel gibson at his nastiest, and therefore best. His mother was irish, from county longford, while his americanborn father is of mostly irish descent. Payback is one of my most favorite mel gibson films, and it comes in two versions, the theatrical version and the directors cut. In the opening scenes, he steals all the paper money from a panhandlers hat. Is this a remake of the 1967 movie point blank with lee marvin. Mel gibson in payback 1999 payback 1999 james coburn at an event for payback 1999 mel gibson. Mel colmcille gerard gibson ao born january 3, 1956 is an american actor and filmmaker. New payback dvd 1999 pay back movie mel gibson, gregg henry, maria bello. Westlake using the pseudonym richard stark, which had earlier been adapted into the 1967 film noir classic point blank, directed by john boorman and starring lee marvin. Director brian helgelands cut was significantly changed by producerstar mel gibson before release and was 15 minutes shorter than the final version. With the aid of prostitute rosie maria bello, porter captures val but still cannot find. Casting mel gibson as porter is an inspired choice although, given that gibsons production company, icon, financed the film, its not surprising. Thats 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. Starring a preshunned mel gibson, payback is an exciting neonoir crime thriller brimming with black humor.
Payback dvd, 1999 not one of mel gibsons better films, but still entertaining. English, spanish, german, hungarian, dutch, french, italian, swedish, greek, turkish, etc. Brian helgeland 94 minutes 5999010440058 region 2 pal. Air cavalry were surrounded by 2,000 north vietnamese army soldiers, and the film recreates this brutal firefight with graphic authenticity, while telling the parallel story of grieving army wives back home. Mel gibson, gregg henry, maria bello, david paymer, bill duke director. The two versions of the film begin to change greatly when porter confronts fairfax james coburn. Watch online payback 1999 free full movie with english subtitle. Hi, everybody something ive been curious about for a while now is the make and model of the revolver mel gibson used in the movie payback. The dialog is different and the outcome of the scene is changed. When mel gibson sold the film to paramount and warner bros. That insanity is on full display in payback, a deeply and enjoyably nasty little movie that gibson made in 1999.
In his new film, payback, mel gibson shoots people in the face, pounds their ribs to chalky residue, blows them up, sets them aflame and otherwise reduces the. Confidential, which features a superb supporting cast including william devane, maria bello and lucy liu. Payback 1999 cast and crew porter mel gibson is a thief betrayed by both his wife, lynn deborah kara unger, and his partner, val gregg henry, when he is shot in the back after a heist. Released february 5th, 1999, payback stars mel gibson, gregg henry, maria bello, deborah kara unger the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 41 min, and.
Bronson the outfit boss is played by sally kellerman rather than kris kristoffersen. The best scene of payback 1999, movie with mel gibson. With mel gibson, gregg henry, maria bello, david paymer. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, porters partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be. Payback 88 movie clip the train station 1999 hd duration. The film is an adaptation of richard starks novel the hunter, and the novels main character was also adapted into the 1967 lee. Once he recovers, he seeks vengeance and wants his share of the money. Confidential, which features a superb supporting cast including william devane, maria. His next role set the course of his future career and turned him into one of the biggest australian. Payback is a 1999 american neonoir action thriller film written and directed by brian helgeland in his directorial debut, and starring mel gibson, gregg henry.
Mel columcille gerard gibson was born january 3, 1956 in peekskill, new york, usa, as the sixth of eleven children of hutton gibson, a railroad brakeman, and anne patricia reilly gibson who died in december of 1990. Of course, if the bad guy is played by mel gibson, you dont have to make the same kinds of excuses as if hes played by, say, james woods. Experience a different version of porters gibson drive. Here are some of the differences to gibsons highly publicized reshoot version of the film that was released into the theaters.
After surviving the incident, porter decides to go after them and get the money hes owed. This film is a darker shorter version of the payback which mel gibson edited with a soundtrack that was comprised of blues, jazz, rock n roll and other cool. The movie itself was rather decent, with some nice plot twists, and enough moral ambiguity in mel gibsons character to make me smile. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. Payback is a 1999 thriller starring mel gibson as porter, a thief who is doublecrossed and left for dead by both his wife and his partner in crime. Gibson is essentially an action comedian, who enters into violence with a bemused detachment mad max beyond thunderdome. Payback is a 1999 american neonoir action thriller film written and directed by brian helgeland in his directorial debut, and starring mel gibson, gregg henry, maria bello, and david paymer. Porter mel gibson is a thief betrayed by both his wife, lynn deborah kara unger, and his partner, val gregg henry, when he is shot in the back after a heist. Payback s protagonist is an inherently dislikable fellow a vicious killer who rips out peoples nose rings, leaves behind corpses to rot, and doesnt care how many people he has to wipe out to. Stream payback online on 123movies and 123movieshub.
Payback 1999 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The most famous phrases, film quotes and movie lines by mel gibson. In addition, he has appeared in such films as tequila sunrise, bird on a wire, ransom 1996, and maverick 1994. Moore played with colorful nuance by mel gibson and nearly 400 inexperienced troopers from the u. Porter mel gibson negotiates the money hes lost with carter william devane, a boss working for a criminal organization known as the outfit.