Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror." This 1922 classic of cinema based on Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (but with names changed) directed by F.W. Murnau and starring Max Schrek in one of films most famous and frightening make-up jobs.
Porter and Val carry off a successful heist, but then Val makes several mistakes: he steals Porter's cut of the money, he steals Porter's wife, and he tries to kill him. Now Porter is out for payback. He wants his cut and he is determined to get it, come what may.
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December 19, 2000
Even if she wasn't dressed in leather and cracking a whip, you'd pay heed to Lucy Liu in Payback. There is something about this Asian-American actress that commands attention. As Pearl, a take-no-prisoners dominatrix, Liu proves she can deliver a comic line with the same kick that Pearl administers to her clients. In a shockingly funny scene, Mel Gibson's Porter -- a seen-it-all hood Ð watches in horror as Pearl goes to work with a nut-mashing enthusiasm that leaves her john broken and begging…
