Perhaps a film to watch when your in isolation or just procrastinating. It's very slow to get going but still its entertaining. I was hoping for a remake of the Mel Gibson classic "payback".
I do think it would have been better as a drama series, allowing the characters to grow and possibly strengthen the storyline.
Plot summary
Mike Markovich, a young stockbroker at a Mob-controlled Wall Street firm, is betrayed and imprisoned for six years. When he is released, his deadly quest for vengeance begins.
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April 09, 2021 at 06:37 AM
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Don't Look Back
The great pitcher Satchel Paige allegedly remarked, "Don't look back; something will be gaining on you." That is the precise predicament of Mike Markovich, the protagonist of "Payback."
Mike is an aggressive and up-and-coming New York stockbroker until he is set up by his superiors in a job that has nothing to do with brokerage. When Mike visits L. A., he is sent on a mission by the oily entrepreneur Salva. In a pawn shop, Mike's associate Boone is killed along with the two proprietors of the store. Salva has set Mike up for the fall seemingly by multiple characters (Salva, Ricky, and Pasha), and he spends the next six years in prison.
When he is released, Mike spends the remainder of the film seeking payback. In the process, he loses his marriage to Judi and the opportunity to raise his young daughter Lana. His beloved grandfather is killed. And there seems like no end in sight for the depravity into which Mike has fallen.
The characters were well developed, and there was a gritty atmosphere throughout "Payback." One of the most intriguing characters was Kat, Pasha's assistant who eventually falls for Mike. There was a bittersweet ending where Mike still longs for his wife and daughter. The walls continue closing in on him. Something is definitely gaining on Mike Markovich, and he would be well advised not to look back.
Routine revenge drama.
Matt Levett (a sort of hybrid of Paul Walker and Tom Hiddleston) is "Mike", a hotshot stockbroker who gets embroiled in a Russian mob job that goes lethally wrong. Jailed for six years, he is released determined to avenge himself on those who set him up. The plot develops pretty much as you would expect, but has been made to a fairly low spec, with the action effects a bit basic and the writing and characterisations are all quite weak. It's paced well enough, and fans of the genre should find enough to keep it interesting, but otherwise it's a fairly unremarkable action thriller with a mediocre cast going through the motions.