Payback

Year: 1988

Runtime: 90 mins

Language: English

Director: Addison Randall

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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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