Payback

Payback

6.8IMDb Score
Released:1999-02-05
Genre:Action, Drama, Crime, Thriller
Duration:100 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Brian Helgeland
Actors:Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, David Paymer, Bill Duke
Production:Icon Productions

Overview:

With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's 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. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.

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