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Posted: **Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:27 am**

Remember that shitty Mel Gibson vehicle "Payback?" Well, someone made a flick back in '67 based on the same book, so "Payback" is a half-assed remake. That film is "Point Blank" w\ professional movie bad-ass Lee Marvin. A gig goes bad & Lee spends the entire film trying to get his cash from the crime. Utilizing various methods such as torture, abusing women, manipulating women, blowing people away, and extortion, he cheerfully bounds around town trying to track down the dudes that've his payment.

Lee Marvin plays the coldest anti-hero I've ever seen. & it's Lee fucking Marvin, so he does it w\ fucking style.

Verdict : 4 stars. Fucking awesome.

EDIT : I don't pretend to know how, but I somehow posted two identical threads. Someone kill one.

Edited By Malcolm on 1154446095

Posted: **Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:30 pm**

Funny, I somehow thought the movie Payback was based on the book Payback, but I guess not.

Guess I'll have to check out The Hunter and Point Blank.

Posted: **Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:17 pm**

I liked Payback.

Posted: **Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:26 pm**

I liked Payback.

I'd've liked "Payback" if they got a hard-ass to take Mel's role. He just wasn't right for it. "Payback" significantly softens the character from the original book. I don't think "Point Blank" does nearly as much.

Posted: **Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:43 pm**

Not w/ Lee Marvin, no. Definitely not softned up much.

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