Factual error: Porter cuts the fuel line on the car but in reality, fuel lines are mostly steel except for a few joints which are only a few inches long. There would be no rubber tube long enough to be cut as shown in the film. (01:01:30)
Payback (1999)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Brian Helgeland
Starring: Mel Gibson, Lucy Liu, Maria Bello, Kris Kristofferson, John Glover, David Paymer, William Devane, Bill Duke, Gregg Henry, Deborah Unger, Jack Conley
Porter kills the remaining bad guys by tricking them into entering the apartment where that bomb is planted (under the bed). He exits the trunk of the car by ripping through the back seat(s) then uses the car phone to call the apartment. The phone rings, the bad guys answer and kaboom. Porter, his girl and her dog drive away with a bunch of cash...
D.E. Westlake
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Carter: There's something you want from me.
Porter: Val Resnick gave you a hundred and thirty thousand dollars.
Carter: He paid us. It was a debt.
Porter: Seventy thousand dollars of it is mine, and I want it back.
Carter: I'm sorry. Resnick told me, but I seem to have misplaced your name.
Porter: Porter.
Carter: Porter, right. I won't forget it again.
Trivia: The tagline for this film, "Get ready to root for the bad guy," was changed for the Australian release to "Get ready to cheer for the bad guy" after Mel Gibson pointed out the other meaning of the word "root" in Australian slang (to have sex) to the producers.
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Answer: Quote, "A work man is worthy of his hire." In the original version, the Mob Boss asked, "why are you doing all this?" He replied, "I want my money." It's as simple as that. He did a job and wants his payment.