Payback: Straight Up

2006

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

36
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 70%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 70% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.4/10 10 6655 6.7K

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Director

Brian Helgeland Photo
Brian Helgeland

Top cast

Sally Kellerman Photo
Sally Kellerman as Bronson
Mel Gibson Photo
Mel Gibson as Porter
Lucy Liu Photo
Lucy Liu as Pearl
Maria Bello Photo
Maria Bello as Rosie
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828.19 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 2
1.66 GB
1920*800
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  cz  hu  pt  ro  es  
23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 24

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by prreith 8 / 10

edges out the original

I have to agree with the previous poster's comments. I do miss Mel's voice over a bit and especially the opening score. Overall this version is better, but just edges out the original. It is really cool to see a movie which was good to begin with, but with a twist and still good. I found Maria Bello's performance towards the end especially powerful. I'm still on the fence about the very end.A lot of good extras on the DVD, the director's narration in particular. You have to feel for Brian; it never ceases to amaze me some of the BS the directors have to coupe with from the studio executives. For the most part, the successful films have been ones which are new and original, where the studio exec's always seem take the exact opposite stance.
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Reviewed by damianphelps 8 / 10

Very very cool 2!

Payback essentially comes as 2 movies. Payback and Payback Straight Up.

So I'm going to write the 1 review for both movies.

They are both exceptional movies with Mel playing the anti-hero who just wants his money back.

Mel is tough and very uncompromising and its great fun to watch as he works his way through the underworld. This is the problem when the guy you pay to do your dirty work decides you are his next job!

The 2 films, one a directors cut, are incredibly different in feel, style, setting and even ending and both of them are well worth a watch!

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