Post #48874 by AquaZombie on Fri, Aug 22, 2003 11:39 AM

You have to understand that if a modern film doesn't make me completely nauseous, I give it a shaky thumbs up, only because my expectations are so low and I'm grateful and relieved no vomit was induced by the viewing. I book a movie theater for a living and aside from the classic cult stuff I host in "Thrilville" (including "Point Blank" a few years ago - of course that's the vastly superior version) I am forced to book contemporary crap as our bread and butter, since it is primarily a second run theater (where you can sit on couches and eat and drink beer and wine, which helps the movie go down, too.) "Payback" was a better remake than, say, the dreadful "Get Carter" with Stallone. But that doesn't mean it surpasses or even equals its predecessor, not even close. But it didn't make me throw up my pizza, either. That's the standard I go by. It's all relative. Hope I made that clear now.