This is a sad, sad version of the first version!

The original Pay Back is the only Mel Gibson Movie I own, and likely would own. I accidentally bought this watered down Hollywood version and I am glad to say I have a use for the Disc of the Directors Cut. I have added it to my other movies that I use for target practice. Because that is about all this version is good for in my opinion.

I freaking hate Hollywood and everything that it stands for! They continually dumb down movies and TV so that America just becomes stupider and stupider. At least the original version had the balls to show a movie that was reasonably cutting edge. Now when the original doesn’t sell, they try to water it down and sell it as the directors cut. Watch out because they will soon begin watering down “Man on Fire” and “The Usual Suspects” and other movies that were not big sellers at the movies, but some idiot tried make into a seller.

IMHO, this is a sad “remake”, and it is too bad that they even decided to make something as watered down as this movie. The original was a decent movie, not great, but decent. And because of the “rawness” of the original, and the edginess of the characters are what made the first one a movie not only worth watching, but worth owning. If I had the chance to pick between this one and the original one with Kris Kristofferson I would without a doubt choose the first version of Payback, and this version should have stayed on the cutting floor, or at best stayed with Brian Helgeland, so he could show others what his friends how much he would have screwed up a decent Movie!