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Payback
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, Kris
Kristofferson, James Coburn |
| MPAA Rated: |
R |
| Released By: |
Paramount
Pictures
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| Kiddie Movie: |
Nope.
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| Date Movie: |
She might fall asleep.
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| Gratuitous Sex: |
A cool dominatrix, but just lots of leather,
whips, and kicks.
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| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Some quality kills - I'll give the movie that
much.
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| Action: |
It tried to be more suspenseful.
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| Laughs: |
Some chuckles.
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| Memorable
Scene: |
Two: The punk kid getting his nose-ring pulled
out, and the scene best described as a small sledge
hammer and Mel's toes.
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| Memorable
Quote: |
None.
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| Directed By: |
Brian Helgeland
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| Produced By: |
Bruce Davey
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Payback
A Movie Review |
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Well, I think my feelings about the
new Mel Gibson movie, "Payback," can best be summed up by
what a dude asked the lady he was with as they were leaving,
"Honey, you fell asleep, didn't you?" Unfortunately, I
didn't fall asleep, I watched the entire thing.
Payback kind of goes like this: Mel plays Porter, a dude
who was shot by his wife and is set-up by his friend, Val.
Val needed some cash to get himself back in the syndicate,
and with Mel's help he got it. Well, everyone thought Mel
was dead, except Mel. He made his way back to the living,
stole a dude's wallet, used the dude's credit cards to get a
lot of cash, a nice suit, and gun, and made his way to
retrieve his 70 thousand dollars.
So, Mel hooks up with his old girlfriend, and through one
bad guy, to the next bad guy, to the next bad guy, he pretty
much does in the syndicate, some bad cops, and some bad ass
Asians.
The movie had potential to be a kick ass action flick,
with Mel flashing his pearly whites, and generally shooting
lots of people and blowing shit up. But, the movie was
filmed kinda like an old private eye movie, with Mel's
character narrating along and leading you through the story.
This had the potential to help, but instead it slowed the
movie down to a crawl.
There were some bright spots in the movie, such as the
dominatrix doing her stuff, Porter's ex-hooker girlfriend
tricking the youngin', and when James Coburn was on the
screen, but mostly the film just dragged.
So, I won't bore you anymore with this review. I guess,
for me, I just wanted to see Mel in a cool action flick, and
not a movie that was trying to be artsy. Unfortunately,
"Payback" missed a little on both points. I would say wait
for video on his one, or maybe even cable, but there are a
lot of better movies out there right now. I give "Payback" 1
½ stars out of 5.
That's it for this one, I'm The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!! |
