11 Movies Where The Reshoots Were Painfully Obvious

5. Payback

A movie made back in the heady days when Mel Gibson was still a megastar Payback starred the former Mad Max as a ruthless criminal trying to get back his stolen money. He's not a nice guy but in the original version he was ruthless to the point of being completely unlikable. The studio (Warner Bros. yet again) panicked and decided the movie needed work to make sure people liked the character.

The original director was replaced and a brand new third act was written. It emphasised the love story, gave it a more explosive ending and generally played down the darkness of the story. A funny voice over was also added to make Mel seem like a comical prankster.

When he steals money from a beggar the voice-over lets the audience know the beggar was pretending to crippled. In the original version he was just some poor beggar. The meanness of the original version still sneaks through but the movie's attempts to soften the edges are pretty blatant.

A director's cut released years later was better received critically.