This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

I have seen the released version of payback more then a few times and like it quite a bit. I just watched the Directors' Cut and found myself watching a totally different film. The producers must have done a pre- screening and found out that the director/screenwriter is an idiot and does not know how to direct. Brian Helgeland wrote this screenplay as well as the great LA Confidential but should never be allowed to direct as he has not idea how to do that. Payback the Director's Cut tried very hard to be a 40's Sam Spade kind of film noir but quickly became a series of unrelated scenes with throw away one liners. Sally Kellerman's voice over work is as wooden as her acting and for this reason she does not show up in the better version and is replaced by the fine actor Kris Kristofferson. The second half on Payback has been re-shot completely and the story changed. They still gave Helgeland credit for Directing as this was a gift to him as his original stuff is crap. Whomever re-shot the film and directed did a much better job and then the Editor saved the day by fixing a mess.I seriously wondered when Kris Kristofferson was going to show up and the net thing I know the credits are rolling. WTF

I was pleasantly surprised by this film. I wasn't expecting much but the story was good and the acting was very good. Gibson's character was interesting, brash, opinionated, and violent - a good combination, haha. Everyone likes the underdog who just bulls his way around and gets away with it. The cast was very good, they worked well with each other. I just loved seeing James Coburn and Kris Kristofferson again on the screen. One surprise was Lucy Liu - I didn't even realize it was really her until her second scene - I have never seen her in a part like that and she was actually pretty funny.Rated 8/10 for good action and the right amount of violence.

Dumb beyond belief. The characters and dialogue are so simple-minded that it's insulting. Add to that a plot that's so unfeasible, action sequences so impossible, and a preening Mel Gibson, and you have.....well, another Mel Gibson movie.I'm obviously not a Gibson fan. I find that his movies (at least since he's become a star and has more choice and control) to be intellectually void, until I'm forced to wonder if the man himself is just not particularly bright, and maybe that's why every movie of his ends up a dull-witted exercise that never exceeds a sixth-grade level of maturity. I understand that he's a Three Stooges fan and that's just about the height of the mental bar in a Gibson film (and, yes, I'm including The Passion of the Christ, which I thought was a joke). Sorry, I just can't stand the man. One positive note, or actually two, are the female leads, the beautiful Deborah Kara Unger and Maria Bello. Not only are they a comfort for the eyes but both give performances that belong in a film more worthy.

The story premise is another common found robbers, betrayal and revenge. The development also doesn't introduce something new or unique. It's quite boring to see that it's Mel Gibson's way to get back into the action scene, back still bringing the old stuff and offering nothing to looks for. The coloration of the movie is dubiously dark. It emphasizes the movie's whole story of the violent world of crime. The acting is just a so-so performance. Mel Gibson's effort to portray a much more calmer action character than the ones he did in Lethal Weapon movies is not very successful. Having Lucy Liu's start up role here is a good step for her to land better roles later on.