Al though I enjoyed the original version, two thing always pissed me off: one: that studios changed the entire third act of the movie to please a dumb american audience. And 2: that the dog survived. In both versions the dog is clearly shot in the head. And yet later on the dog is seen alive, carried by Porter with bandages on its body in the theatrical version. A stupid childish scene, made to please animal lovers. Now Ilike dogs, but one thing I've always hated in Hollywood movies is the eternal cliche of the family-dog surviving. And this is not a PG movie. So of course the dog dies in this version.
I also never liked the blue tint, which is also gone from this version. And the whole third act with Bronson and his kidnapped son, which was kind of dumb is also gone.
This version (which is actually a different and better movie) is darker, grittier, more violent. And shows a more menacing Porter, beating up his wife (well deserved, she shot him and left him for dead) and killing more people, than in the theatrical version.
Instead we get a darker, more realistic ending with a badly injured nearly dying Porter. Natural ending for a man who take on entire crime syndicate alone. Porter still survives though.
For people that enjoy the John Wick movies, this is the version of Payback, you should see.
I reccomend this different but better movie for an adult audience.
I also never liked the blue tint, which is also gone from this version. And the whole third act with Bronson and his kidnapped son, which was kind of dumb is also gone.
This version (which is actually a different and better movie) is darker, grittier, more violent. And shows a more menacing Porter, beating up his wife (well deserved, she shot him and left him for dead) and killing more people, than in the theatrical version.
Instead we get a darker, more realistic ending with a badly injured nearly dying Porter. Natural ending for a man who take on entire crime syndicate alone. Porter still survives though.
For people that enjoy the John Wick movies, this is the version of Payback, you should see.
I reccomend this different but better movie for an adult audience.