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Podcast: Coolest Alive
Episode: Mel Gibson in “Payback” (Theatrical or Director’s Cut? WATCH THEM BOTH!!)
Description: Mel Gibson Wants His $70,000, And Your Soul. Host Jesse Blaze Snider recommends the 1999 revenge thriller Payback, with Mel Gibson as Porter, the double-crossed thief who claws back from the grave for one thing: his money; choose the lean theatrical cut or the bloodier Director’s Cut, either way, Brian Helgeland’s script turns a simple heist into a feral masterclass in cinematic payback.