Payback (1999/I)

Regisseur:

Brian Helgeland

Drehbuchautoren:

Donald E. Westlake (novel)
Brian Helgeland (screenplay) ...

Premierendatum:

5. Februar 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Komödie | Krimi | Drama | Thriller

Werbezeile:

No More Mr. Nice Guy

Plot:

Porter is shot by his wife and best friend and is left to die. When he survives he plots revenge.

Plot Keywords:

Shirtless Male Bondage | 1970s | Dominatrix | Butterfly Knife | Prostitution

Filmpreise:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Top-notch

Besetzung

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

Alternativ:

Porter (USA) (working title)
Payback - Zahltag (Österreich) (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, language, and drug and sexual content.

Länge:

100 Min | USA:90 Min (director's cut)

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (DeLuxe)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:16 | Argentina:13 | New Zealand:R18 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | USA:R (certificate #36313) | Philippines:R-18 | Peru:14 | Australia:MA | Belgium:KNT | Finland:K-16 | France:-16 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 (cut) | Canada:16+ (Quebec)

Drehorte:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Firma:

Icon Entertainment International

Dies und das:

Thirty percent of the film was re-shot when Brian Helgeland was replaced as director.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: The position of the fold in the picture of Rosie and Porter changes during the movie.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Porter: [voiceover] GSW: that's what the hospitals call it: gunshot wound. Doctor has to report it to the police. That makes it hard for guys in my line to get what I call, quality health care.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweist auf/spielt an auf/erwähnt "The Twilight Zone: The Jeopardy Room (#5.29)" (1964)

Soundtrack:

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Top-notch

Easily one of Gibson's best, and one of the best of it's kind you will ever see. Homage to film noir, combined with usual Gibson tongue-in-cheekness, and some fabulous supporting roles from the likes of Coburn, Kristofferson, Liu, and Devane. Henry does a stirling job here opposite Gibson. Liu is simply wonderful in a role that - worryingly perhaps - looks like it was made for her!

Porter's single-minded, no-nonsense determination to get what he sees as justice for himself strikes a chord, and has you rooting for him right to the end. This film rarely lets up on the intensity, and gets better as it goes along. It will make you laugh and cringe at the same time, but you won't want to take your eyes off the screen for a second. It looks good, feels good, and oozes class. Definitely a must-see.