When I saw the previews for Payback, I thought it looked pretty good. I just never got around to seeing it in the theater. Now, many months later, I finally get around to watching it at home. I must say, it was pretty entertaining. Mel Gibson was good as a not to nice guy. He steals, he shoots, and he beats up people. But who can blame him? He gets shot and cut out of his cut of money that was owed to him. Throughout the rest of the movie, Mel has to dodge crooked cops, Chinese gangs, and mobsters to get back the 70, 000 that's rightfully his. Like the tag line says, you start liking Mel's character and you want to see him succeed in his quest. I especially liked the scene between him and James Coburn. Of course, at the end, Mel's character does seem on the path to redemption. He got his 70 grand and he got out alive.
