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Payback
“One woman's stand against a maniac cop.”
68%
Movie
1h 34m
AI Analysis
Payback (1997) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Payback (1997) — a movie tagged as Drama, Crime, and TV Movie with offbeat moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: Kathryn runs a restaurant but one night she calls the police after she sees a suspicious man waiting in his car. However Kathryn sees one of the three police officers, Kaleen, assault the man with their sticks and kicking them. Under advice from Jack, the police internal investigator, she tells a court and Kaleen is… Our models also surface themes such as ai, family, and revenge from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~94 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Payback 68% (4 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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from 4 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Kathryn runs a restaurant but one night she calls the police after she sees a suspicious man waiting in his car. However Kathryn sees one of the three police officers, Kaleen, assault the man with their sticks and kicking them. Under advice from Jack, the police internal investigator, she tells a court and Kaleen is put on suspension and kept to his rank for the rest of the career. However Kathryn gets weird phone calls, her son is arrested for murder and her teaching husband's career is threatened by checks on his record. All of this is because Kaleen is out for revenge and he plans to use the law and his friends in the police to do it. Only Kathryn, her family and Jack stands in his way.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1997-02-10
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- TMDB rating
- 6.8
- TMDB ID
- 284361
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What is Payback about?
Kathryn runs a restaurant but one night she calls the police after she sees a suspicious man waiting in his car. However Kathryn sees one of the three police officers, Kaleen, assault the man with ... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Payback?
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How long is the movie Payback?
The official runtime for Payback is approximately 94 minutes.
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Directors & writers
Cast

Mary Tyler Moore
Kathryn Stanfill

Ed Asner
Jack Patkanis

Denis Arndt
Neil Stanfill

Fredric Lehne
Sgt. Brian Kaleen

Adam Scott
Adam Stanfill
- K
Kate Asner
Lisa

Tamara Clatterbuck
Janet
- J
John C. Moskoff
Paul Deacon

Beverly Sanders
Barbara
- P
Patrick DeSantis
Agnone
- R
Rick Mullins
Drummond

Victor Morris
Kovacs

Marty Ryan
Lewis
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Russ Fast
Shaw
- C
Cheryl Hansen
Jennings
- M
Mario DePriest
Pachard
- D
Dylan Taylor
1st Patrol Officer
- M
Michelle Guthrie
Corrine
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