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06-04-2007, 9:41 PM
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My most enjoyable HD experience to date 
Having owned/seen alot of the discs out there I was suprised how much I enjoyed this, Great picture and a very good soundtrack to go with it.
I never caught the film before, maybe I paid a bit more attention than the other HD films I owned which were watched for the 10th time and this made it stand out a little more  but thought it was a very good revenge flick and Mel Gibson was great (whatever you think of him!)
Would defo recommend this one, even if you own the film already as this is apparantly quite different to the Theatrical cut. 
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06-04-2007, 10:26 PM
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Point Blank is one of my most favorite movies of all time, alongside films like Get Carter, a no brainer top five movie. I was willing to hate this remake but I actually really like it. Not on the same level as Lee Marvin's tour de force but it is an enjoyable, entertaining flick and I can imagine it would look great in HD.
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07-04-2007, 3:00 PM
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Is this just thew Mel Gibson film Payback?
What's with the Straight Up bit?
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07-04-2007, 3:43 PM
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Originally Posted by McNab  Is this just thew Mel Gibson film Payback?
What's with the Straight Up bit? | Big Paula Abdul fans?
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07-04-2007, 3:50 PM
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Originally Posted by McNab Is this just thew Mel Gibson film Payback?
What's with the Straight Up bit? | Basically the director's cut. It's shorter and with a lot of new scenes, score etc. Apparently the original version was the Mel Gibson cut.
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07-04-2007, 10:35 PM
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Payback is one of my favourite flicks and i'm really looking forward to watching this new Helgeland cut on Blu-Ray.  | |
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08-04-2007, 6:44 AM
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Just watched this version & really enjoyed it! So much so, I'll buy the SD-DVD so I can see the Theatrical cut! Both versions are supposed to be total different but both great!
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08-04-2007, 6:22 PM
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Helgeland was the films original director but when the studio saw the movie... they were NOT happy with the grittyness and the bleak tone of the film. Helgeland refused to change it so he was fired and the film was finished with the DP (Director of Photography) doing the directing. The film was over 30% reshot and the original score was replaced. Kris Kristofferson's character was also added to make the film longer and Gibson was asked to provide some "Lethal Weapon-esque" comedy. Neither the original or theatrical cut was Gibson's cut. He was kinda caught in the middle. It is a very interesting "behind the scenes" look at what CAN go wrong when making Hollywood movies.
A similar thing is currently happening with the new Tarantino / John Madden thriller "KILLSHOT". He made it like the novel but test audiences wanted a more upbeat and actionpacked film so he was ordered to reshoot some scenes and add others. Johnny Knoxville's character has been cut out totally!
It's not uncommon, although "PAYBACK" was an especially complicated and nasty example.
Glad the HD-DVD is good. I have it on order. Great flick!
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09-04-2007, 2:26 PM
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Sounds interesting, I'm tempted to buy it now.
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10-04-2007, 7:58 AM
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Watched this last night , great transfer (less washed out - more natural) and overall superior to the origional version , the tone of the movie is "harder" and with alot less humor which in my opinion is a good thing , the last 25 minutes of the film are completely different , highly reccomended
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10-04-2007, 3:33 PM
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Ordered a copy from amazonUS which was shipped today, am really looking forward to seeing how this differs from the cinema release.
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10-04-2007, 3:36 PM
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Just ordered it myself from DVDPacific so hopefully have in a weeks time, I really enjoyed the first one so looking forward to this cut 
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10-04-2007, 6:46 PM
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Mine was shipped by MovieTyme last week but I haven't received it yet. I never saw the original version so this will be my first 'Payback experience'.
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10-04-2007, 8:23 PM
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I've always liked Payback, and as soon as I heard that Helgeland's cut was going to see the light of day I was very happy. I'm even happier now that Amazon have dispatched my HD-DVD version.
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11-04-2007, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by markwpage Mine was shipped by MovieTyme last week but I haven't received it yet. I never saw the original version so this will be my first 'Payback experience'. | I'm still waiting on mine from MovieTyme too. Anyone else had their copy through yet?
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