Payback vs The Negotiator
The Negotiator has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 6.8/10 for Payback). Payback is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 20m. The Negotiator is the older of the two (1998 against 1999). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Payback
The Negotiator| Payback | The Negotiator | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 1999 | 1998 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 2h 20m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | Germany |
| Director | Brian Helgeland | F. Gary Gray |
| Main cast | William Devane, Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Lucy Liu, Maria Bello | Dean Norris, Ron Rifkin, Samuel L. Jackson, Paul Giamatti, Michael Cudlitz |
Synopsis
Payback
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.
The Negotiator
The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might clear him, he takes everyone in the office hostage and demands that another well-known negotiator be brought in to handle the situation and secretly investigate the conspiracy.
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