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Tarfumes.com - Payback - Straight Up - The Director's Cut [HD DVD]
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Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment
Starring: James Coburn, Lucy Liu, Jack Conley, Maria Bello, Stephen Cinabro
Directed By: Brian Helgeland
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: HD DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 0097361197944
Format: AC-3
Label: Paramount Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount Home Entertainment
Region Code: 0
Release Date: 2007-04-10
Running Time: 90
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2007-04-10
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Editorial Reviews:
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In Brian Helgeland's new director's cut of the film, 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 $70,000 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 heart pounding end, Payback pays off big.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Payback - The director's cut
Comment: I was extremely disappointed with this movie. I did not know or realize that the directors cut was going to be so different from the released version. Hated this ending, it just kind of ends. Get the original movie and you will be happier for it.
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Summary: WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
Comment: Look Payback was never a truly great film when it was released back in 1999. It was like a slightly darker version of Lethal Weapon with the same kind of light humor to make the violence not seem as harsh. I never hated the original, but I new that this film had director problems, so I knew I was not seeing the real version of the film. I had always been a huge fan of those old 70's revenge films like Death wish. When I saw this film back in 1999 it was good, but I wondered how it would have been handled on a more serious level. Seeing the new directors cut is like a breath of fresh air. Gone is the humor and replaced is balls to the wall seek them and kill them kind of film. It is more adult and does not need to explain itself as much as the original. listen I love tongue and cheek action films, come on, I own almost every Schwarzenegger film, but sometimes people want serious. Mel Gibson had is humor in the Lethal Weapon films which works great with those films. Payback was meant to be taken seriously. Remember Mad Max and the Road Warrior? I love Mel Gibson in those films because he was dark. This new version of the film is an ode to a younger Mel Gibson in a time when he was much more The Bad Guy.
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Summary: Not as good as the theatrical release
Comment: For anyone who has seen the theatrical release of this movie, I expect this would be a real let-down. There were a lot of disappointing differences in this director's cut. The audio has changed. The gray filter on the visuals is gone. Porter's film noir voice-over is gone. The "third act" is completely different. The dog doesn't live. Those were all things I loved about the theatrical version. The original ending is very weak. I feel sorry that Helgeland's art originally got hijacked so execs could make more money off of it, but at the same time, I'm happy that it was made into a better movie for it. !!SPOILER !! SPOILER !! Helgeland's third act makes no sense at all anyway. Why would you send ten or so people to kill Porter where he asks for the money to be sent if you were going to give him the money? Why would you send the money if you were going to have him killed? Does that make any sense at all?
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Summary: Disappointed in the Director's Cut
Comment: Where was Kris Kristopherson?! Why was he taken completely out of the director's cut? Or was he added for the theatrical version? Whatever the answer I feel like it was less of a movie without him. To me, the lady on the speakerphone seemed to be a bad edit to replace a very good character.
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Summary: Watch the theatrical release instead
Comment: Warning: Spoiler alert. I was not impressed with the rework of this movie. And the fact that it doesn't include the original theatrical release made me even less impressed. They lose the voiceover in this version and simplify the plot. Kris Kristofferson's character is completely eliminated and the kidnapping of his son is gone as a result. The end of the movie is simple: Meet the bad guys and kill them for the money. Any of the cleverness of Mel Gibson's character is gone and all that's left is his brutality. Forget this version and watch the original.
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