Payback fingerprintRelentless energy, strong craft, emotionally cool.
Pulse-pounding and breakneck
Fast from start to finish.
Emotionally reserved
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Everyday modern life and crime
Solid, not remarkable
Standout editing
Pulse-pounding and breakneck
Fast from start to finish.
Payback is pulse-pounding, breakneck, and brutally violent.
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Everyday modern life and crime
Its world is built around everyday modern life and crime.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
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Payback is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, Peacock, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Peacock Premium+ in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on The CW, Kanopy, and Hoopla. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 60/100 (IMDb 7, Rotten Tomatoes 56%, and Metacritic 46). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated NR in the United States. Content advisories: violence and strong language.
1 h 40 min
Payback runs 1 h 40 min.
No. It's adapted from a novel.
Not quite. Audiences rate Payback higher (70) than critics (51). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $90 million to make and earned $162 million worldwide, 1.8 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+40GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Payback in 54 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 93 storytelling tropes for Payback, including Establishing Character Moment, Gangsta Style, Adaptation Expansion.
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