Payback

A thief seeks revenge and plans to retrieve his stolen money after being shot and betrayed, but faces obstacles including the death of his estranged wife, the discovery of her addiction, and the need to confront those responsible before starting a new life. Payback is a 1999 American English-language Action Crime movie starring Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, David Paymer, Bill Duke, Deborah Kara Unger and Jeffrey J. Ayers. The movie is inspired from The Hunter by Richard Stark. Icon Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Bruce Davey. Payback is written by Donald E. Westlake, Brian Helgeland and Terry Hayes and it is directed by Brian Helgeland. Paramount Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. Payback was released on 18th March 1999 and takes a screen time of 101 minutes. Payback was made on a budget of $90 million and at the box office it grossed only $0 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Brian Helgeland and Terry Hayes. Cinematography was done by Ericson Core and editing by Kevin Stitt. The music was composed by Chris Boardman.