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Payback Season

Play trailer Poster for Payback Season 2012,  1h 31m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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A hot-shot footballer has it all until he runs into his old estate crew and gets caught up in the gangland ways his friends still pursue.

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Tim Robey Daily Telegraph (UK) Mar 9, 2012
1/5
Adam Deacon, winner of the Bafta Rising Star Award, explores the nightmarish condition of fame, starring as a Premiership footballer who finds himself used as a cashpoint by former homies, and having his privacy invaded by scandal-sniffing tabloids. Go to Full Review
Peter Bradshaw Guardian Mar 8, 2012
3/5
No amount of yoofsploitation grit could obscure the moral guidance in this story, making it a kids' film in spirit, if not certificate. Go to Full Review
Ashley Clark Little White Lies Mar 8, 2012
2/5
Cynical fodder aimed squarely at perceived yoof demographic. Poor. Go to Full Review
Mark Adams Daily Mirror (UK) Mar 15, 2012
2/5
A bit too heavyhanded as hoodies hit the football pitches. Go to Full Review
Philip French Observer (UK) Mar 11, 2012
Nothing rings true, not even the tones on the characters' mobile phones. Go to Full Review
Matthew Turner ViewLondon Mar 9, 2012
1/5
Poorly directed and often excruciating to watch, this is a painfully pedestrian British drama with a simplistic, finger-wagging script and an awkward central performance from BAFTA Rising Star Adam Deacon. Go to Full Review
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Payback Season

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Cast & Crew

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Danny Donnelly

Director

Anna Popplewell

Izzy

Adam Deacon

Jerome

Alex Esmail

Leon

Bronson Webb

Brooksy

Leo Gregory

Andy

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Payback Season

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Movie Info

Synopsis A hot-shot footballer has it all until he runs into his old estate crew and gets caught up in the gangland ways his friends still pursue.
Director
Danny Donnelly
Producer
John Adams
Screenwriter
Danny Donnelly, Jenny Fitzpatrick
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 31m
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