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Payback (1988) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1988 · 90 mins · English
- Directed by
- Addison Randall
- Starring
- George Dunn, Jeff Nichols, Harold Russell, Jack Riley, Michelle Mania, Jean Carol
When peace seems assured, a radical right‑wing faction known as Strikeforce launches a kidnapping and murder campaign to secure a deadly, top‑secret weapon. Former Vietnam soldier Jason Shepherd is recruited to hunt the group and stop their plot, leading him into a cat‑and‑mouse chase across the city that tests his combat skills and resolve.
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