

Payback
1999-02-05 · 100 min · ★ 6.8
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.
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Production details
- Directors
- Brian Helgeland
- Production companies
- Icon Productions
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 90,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 161,626,121
Top Cast
Mel GibsonPorter
Gregg HenryVal Resnick
Maria BelloRosie
David PaymerArthur Stegman
Bill DukeDet. Hicks
Deborah Kara UngerMrs. Lynn Porter
John GloverPhil
William DevaneCarter
Lucy LiuPearl
Kris KristoffersonBronson
Jack ConleyDet. Leary
Kwame AmoakuRadioman
Justin AshforthMichael, Bartender #1
James CoburnJustin Fairfax
Trevor St. JohnJohnny Bronson
Freddy RodríguezMessenger
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