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A Balasaur Score of 62 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 56%, Metacritic 46/100. Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do. Streaming on Prime, Peacock, and Tubi.
Synopsis
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes56%
Metacritic46/100
Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do.
2,080 audience votes
Key crew
- Brian HelgelandScreenplay
- Terry HayesScreenplay
- Chris BoardmanOriginal Music Composer
- Brian HelgelandDirector
Cast
- Mel GibsonPorter
- Gregg HenryVal Resnick
- Maria BelloRosie
- David PaymerArthur Stegman
- Bill DukeDet. Hicks
- Deborah Kara UngerMrs. Lynn Porter
- John GloverPhil
- William DevaneCarter
- Lucy LiuPearl
- Kris KristoffersonBronson
- Jack ConleyDet. Leary
- Mark AlfaJohnny's Friend #2
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Themes
hotelnew york cityprostituterobberybased on novel or bookheroinanti herogreedmoneyrevengeorganized crimedrugs
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