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NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!
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Cast overview, first billed only:
Mel Gibson ... Porter Gregg Henry ... Val Resnick
Maria Bello ... Rosie Bill Duke ... Detective Hicks
David Paymer ... Arthur Stegman John Glover ... Phil
Deborah Unger ... Lynn Porter Lucy Liu ... Pearl
William Devane ... Carter Jack Conley ... Detective Leary
Kris Kristofferson ... Bronson Mark Alfa ... Johnny's Friend #2
Kwame Amoaku ... Radioman Justin Ashforth ... Michael the Bartender
Len Bajenski ... Fairfax Bodyguard #1   (more)
Directed by: Brian Helgeland 
Writing credits: Donald E. Westlake 
Brian Helgeland 
Genre: Action / Film-Noir / Crime / Thriller
Tagline: Get ready to root for the bad guy.
Plot Outline: Porter is shot by his wife and best friend and is left to die. When he survives he plots revenge.
MPAA: Rated R for strong violence, language, and drug and sexual content.
Runtime: USA:100 / Canada:101   Country: USA   Language: English
Color: Color (DeLuxe)   Sound Mix: Dolby Digital / DTS / SDDS
Certification: USA:R / UK:18 / Finland:K-16 / France:-16 /Germany:16 / Netherlands:16 / Norway:18 / Portugal:M/16 / Spain:18 / Sweden:15 / Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) / Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) / Australia:MA / Belgium:KNT
Source : Internet Movie Database
Payback is an exciting change of role for Mel, who is very much used to playing the good guy. In a way, his character, Porter, is a sort of a good guy cos the rest are much nastier than him but his is supposedly a tough, mean, S.O.B.

Anyway, I honestly found the trailer more chic and cool than the movie. The movie itself is okay. The story is interesting because of the multitude of weird characters; the 'good guys' being 'bad' (the corrupt cops), the 'bad' guys trying to turn over a new leaf (Porter and Rosie) and not forgetting the hillariously wicked Pearl (Lucy Liu's sadistic character!)

This movie has its moments of triumph with many nicely shot scenes. Brian Hedgeland is certainly a very good director and it'll be interesting to see his next movie project!

Well, the movie is about Porter who is like a small time crook who with Val, steals some money from a triad gang. When it's time to split the cut, Val double-crosses Porter; he takes Porter's wife and tries to take Porter's life as well. Unfortunately (for Val, that is) it takes a lot more than a few bullets to do away Porter and soon, Porter resurfaces with a personal vendetta against Val.

That's the gist of it and the ending is, well, a rather of a let-down. Porter was supposed to die in the last scenes but a sudden change of script ended up with... well, go watch it yourself!

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