Payback - The Director's Cut (Special Collector's Edition) | Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry

Payback - The Director's Cut (Special Collector's Edition) | Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry | Straight up outstanding!

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	Payback - The Director's Cut (Special Collector's Edition) Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry Paramount, 2007 average customer review:based on 56 reviews view larger image
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Mel Gibson portrays Porter a career criminal bent on revenge after his partners in a street heist pump metal into him and take off with his $70000 cut. Bad move thugs. Because if you plan to double-cross Porter you'd better make sure he's dead. Porter resurfaces wading into a lurid urban underworld of syndicate kingpins cops on the take sniveling informants and deadly gangs. Porter wants his money back. And the way he sets out to get is assures that from beginning to heartpounding end Payback pays off big.System Requirements:Run Time: 90 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: UNRATED UPC: 097360411645 Manufacturer No: 041164

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Not the same movie!

Let me say right off that just because the title of the review says "Not the same movie!" doesn't mean that I didn't like it. Payback is one of my top ten favorite movies. I figured a "director's cut" version could only mean "that movie, plus some stuff that was left out of the theatrical release" - that's what most director's cut versions are.

This movie is drastically different. A good bit of the beginning of the movie is the same with a few added scenes. However, the further into the movie you get, the less it resembles the theatrical release, and it ends much, much differently.

I'm far from disappointed, just very surprised because I didn't know any of the backstory behind the production of this movie. Watching the featurette in the special features helped clear up all my questions about why it was so different.

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Straight up outstanding!

This is almost a completely different film from the theatrical release (which I thoroughly enjoyed) Gone is the voice over and in it's place is an implied narrative that needs no explanation. Porter is a bad man. But he has principles. And he has no problem whatsoever in following those principles with an almost single-minded focus. The last act has none of the elements of the theatrical release. Which to me, is a vast improvement. Honestly, the version I saw in the theaters just seemed a little too... Martin Riggs. Which is not bad, but when it's supposed to be a completely different character in a completely different universe, it just doesn't seem right. Especially after watching the Director's Cut. I highly recommend watching both and making up your own mind.

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Good movie, but.......

I was pretty pissed off that this directors cut was completely different than the released version. Ultimately I bought it caused I liked the released version. Usually Director's cut movies have some added scenes and stuff like that, this movie had entirely different scenes, different ending and Chris Kristofferson isn't even in the movie. Oh boy!!

Just Who Are the Good Guys?

Another old Mel Gibson movie that has been remastered and transferred to HD DVD. This movie is about treachery, murder and revenge. Even though you don't see any shots of cell phones or computer screens, it's still a well made movie and doesn't appear dated. Gibson plays a con man and pick pocket who'll even steal from a beggar on the street. Gibson and another one of his hoodlum buddies arrange a heist of an rival Asian gang of thugs' receipts and succeeds without a hitch. But Gibson's partner pulls a double cross along with Gibson's wife and shoots him in the back, leaving him for dead, taking his share of the money. Gibson somehow survives, but wants his money back. He goes out to get it. Along the way, he encounters some dirty cops who are shaking down the criminals, a mafia boss or two, the one that double crossed him, and eventually the head of the syndicate. Gibson is a sort of an anti hero, even though he's a crook himself, he's not as bad as the others and you'll be pulling for him all the way. There's plenty of action in this film and a lot of killing and profanity. After you watched this movie, you'll ask yourself, this man made "The Passion of Christ"?

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