The Outfit (1973)
Directed by John Flynn
A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.
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What critics compared The Outfit to
Only I'd be more prone to describe it as a 70s rather than 80s action film since it's storyline and violence harken back to films like "The Outfit" (1973), "Charley Varrick" (1973), and "The Long Goodbye" (1973).
For all the action pyrotechnics, this gritty throwback feels more like Point Blank or The Outfit than it does anything current, making “Better Call Saul” star Odenkirk the shockingly perfect choice to slip on this single-minded killing machine’s comfortable shoes.
Even if he has to kill every single person in "The Outfit," he is determined to get the money back.
And with characters named Carter (a nod to 1971's original Get Carter) and Bronson (a nod to Charles Bronson, the star of many a '70s crime/revenge thriller), references to the Outfit (a nod to John Flynn's 1973 crime-thriller, The Outfit, which is also based on a Westlake novel) and a bar named Varrick's (a nod to Don Siegel's 1973 crime gem Charley Varrick), Payback is a tough, entertaining homage to the kind of gritty '70s crime film that long ago gave way to a slicker yet tamer form of action movie.
Mark Rylance, who was incredible in this year’s The Phantom of the Open and The Outfit , is outstanding as Sully.
Though he is primarily celebrated for his low-key performances in “Bridge of Spies” and this year’s “The Outfit,” when he wants to go big, Rylance goes giant (“Don’t Look Up“).