6.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Payback (1999)
Payback (1999)
Overview
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.
Starring Cast
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Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Trans: Negative
Viewer Rating
6.0
Overview
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's core conflict revolves around individual revenge and the reclamation of stolen money within a criminal underworld, a subject matter that lacks a strong inherent political valence. The narrative focuses on an amoral protagonist's personal quest, making it largely apolitical.
The movie features traditional casting with no apparent intentional race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative focuses on a crime thriller plot without critiquing traditional identities or incorporating explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
The film 'Payback' includes a minor transsexual character, Johnny Bronson, portrayed as a prostitute and victim of violence. This depiction leans into harmful stereotypes, presenting the character's identity primarily as a source of misery and vulnerability within a harsh criminal setting, without offering dignity, complexity, or counterbalancing positive elements.
The film "Payback" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses exclusively on a crime and revenge plot, with no elements related to queer identity or experiences present in the story.
The film features several female characters, including Rosie, Lynn Porter, and Pearl. While Pearl is a powerful and intimidating figure within the criminal underworld, her actions of violence are typically indirect, relying on her male subordinates or through intimidation. No female character is depicted winning a close-quarters physical fight against one or more male opponents.
The film 'Payback' is an adaptation of Richard Stark's novel 'The Hunter.' While some characters' roles are altered or new ones introduced, no established male character from the source material is portrayed as female, nor is any female character portrayed as male. New characters like Pearl do not constitute a gender swap.
The film "Payback" (1999) is an adaptation of Donald E. Westlake's novel "The Hunter." Analysis of its main and supporting characters against the source material and prior adaptations reveals no instances where a character with an established canonical or widely understood race was portrayed by an actor of a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.0
6.8
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5.6
4.6
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