Payback
1999 · 1h 40m · Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller · United States of America · Rated R (US)
Get ready to root for the bad guy.
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.
Directed by
Brian HelgelandBased on the novel by
Donald E. Westlake6.8Smart score
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TMDB6.8
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anti herobased on novel or bookcorrupt copcriminaldouble crossdrugsgreedheroinhotelmoneyneo-noirnew york cityone against manyorganized crimeparkerprostituterevengerobbery
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