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movie review - Payback

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 1999.02.03

I suspect that this was intended to be an action/comedy, but the thin humor is almost entirely based around violence. Violence permeates throughout - almost no character in the movie escapes death or assault, but the unpleasant nature of the cast of scumbags makes it hard to sympathize with anyone. Of course, that's how the movie is billed....

Not recommended.

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Future generations will look back on TV as the lead in the water pipes that slowly drove the Romans mad.

—Kurt Vonnegut