Payback - La rivincita di Porter

Titolo originale: Payback

1999
T
1h 40min

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7,1/10

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Mel Gibson in Payback - La rivincita di Porter (1999)

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Dark Comedy Action Crime Drama Thriller

Dopo una rapina riuscita, Porter viene considerato morto. Quando si riprende, cerca vendetta e vuole la sua parte di denaro.Dopo una rapina riuscita, Porter viene considerato morto. Quando si riprende, cerca vendetta e vuole la sua parte di denaro.Dopo una rapina riuscita, Porter viene considerato morto. Quando si riprende, cerca vendetta e vuole la sua parte di denaro.

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VALUTAZIONE IMDb

7,1/10

149.391

LA TUA VALUTAZIONE

POPOLARITÀ

3339

251

Vedi le informazioni sulla produzione su IMDbPro

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Recensione in evidenza

8/10

It's just plain mean!

Payback, while admittedly one of the more violent movies out this year, was definitely an entertaining flick.

Like the promo catch phrase says, this time you'll root for the bad guy. If Gibson's character has any redeeming qualities, they are on a very short list. Porter (Gibson) is violent, at times even cruel and the other characters aren't much better; some are worse. Every character is from the wrong side of the tracks, even the cops are on the take and there are no punches pulled. The only character you can really feel is a "good guy" is Rose, the stereotypical Callgirl with a heart of gold (although it's maybe only 10 karat, not a real 24 karat heart).

Nevertheless, you will root for Porter. Frankly, I don't think anyone else could have pulled off this role and still kept the support of the audience like Gibson did, but then he generally always plays the good guy with a twist. This time, the twist is a little more savage than usual.

All in all, if you enjoy the occasional violent romp on the big screen and you're a fan of Mel Gibson; Payback is worth seeing.

Zephyr-9
6 feb 1999
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Quiz
For release in Australia, the U.S. tagline "Get ready to root for the bad guy" was changed to "Get ready to cheer for the bad guy" because, as Mel Gibson himself pointed out, in Australia "to root" is slang for "to have sexual intercourse."

Blooper
Porter fires about 40 rounds out of a 6-shot revolver without reloading once.

Citazioni
Porter: [voiceover] Crooked cops. Do they come in any other way? If I'd been just a little dumber, I could have joined the force myself.

Curiosità sui crediti
In the international prints, the 75th anniversary wordings in the Warner Bros. logo is removed. Meanwhile, the new fanfare did not appeared until the release of Le parole che non ti ho detto (1999) on February 12, 1999.

Versioni alternative
The UK cinema version and all subsequent video and DVD releases were cut by 5 seconds to remove the use of a butterfly knife. The Blu-ray reinstates the previously cut footage.