Joe is a reporter who is looking for his big break and he gets it when he takes over George Gorman's sports column. Marty is a hood who would fix any sporting event he could and Joe keeps the pressure of the paper on him.
Is it worth your time? If you like your movies fast, cynical, and smelling faintly of cheap gin, then yeah, The Payoff is a fun hour or so. If you need big budgets or complex, lingering character arcs, you’re probably going to find it too thin for your taste. It’s not a masterpiece, but it’s got a pulse. Joe starts of...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Robert Florey
F. Martin Thornton
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"Is it worth your time? If you like your movies fast, cynical, and smelling faintly of cheap gin, then yeah, The Payoff is a fun hour or so. If you need big budgets or complex, lingering character arcs, you’re probably going to find it too thin for your taste. It’s not a masterpiece, but it’s got a pulse. Joe starts off as this guy who just wants his name in the paper. We’ve all known a guy like that. He gets the sports column, gets the girl, and then—whoops—the girl turns out to be a massive he..."
Joel Sayre, George Bricker
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