Plot

Porter (Mel Gibson) is pulled into a heist by his old friend, Val (Brian De Palma regular, Gregg Henry). As they're stealing $130,000 in laundered drug money from Chinese Triads, no one is going to call the police. Everything goes smoothly until Porter's wife, Lynn (Deborah Kara Unger), shoots Porter in the back. After Val had shown Lynn a photo of Porter in the arms of another girl (Maria Bello), the two planned the double-cross together to pay off Val's mob debts so he could return to "The Syndicate." They didn't plan well enough, though, because five months later Porter's back, a complete sociopath who wants his $70,000. Brian Helgeland, the screenwriter for L.A. Confidential and Conspiracy Theory, makes his directing debut with this adaptation of the novel The Hunter by Donald E. Westlake writing under the pseudonym, Richard Stark. The same novel served as the basis for John Boorman's Point Blank starring Lee Marvin. ~ Chris Gore, Rovi

Cast

• Mel Gibson - Porter
• Gregg Henry - Val
• Maria Bello - Rosie
• Deborah Kara Unger - Lynn
• David Paymer - Stegman

Bill Duke - Detective Hicks; Jack Conley - Detective Leary; William Devane - Carter; Kris Kristofferson - Bronson; John Glover - Phil; Lucy Liu - Pearl; James Coburn - Fairfax

Credit

Troy Sizemore - Art Director, Marion Dougherty - Casting, Ha Nguyen - Costume Designer, Mark Cotone - First Assistant Director, Brian Helgeland - Director, Kevin Stitt - Editor, Stephen McEveety - Executive Producer, Medusah - Hair Styles, Chris Boardman - Composer (Music Score), Richard Hoover - Production Designer, Ericson Core - Cinematographer, Bruce Davey - Producer, Sandy Struth - Set Designer, Geoffrey Lucius Patterson - Sound/Sound Designer, Mic Rodgers - Stunts Coordinator, Bob Stoker, Jr. - Special Effects Supervisor, Terry Hayes - Screenwriter, Brian Helgeland - Screenwriter, Richard Stark - Book Author

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