Review of Payback: Straight Up

I've wanting to see this version for ages, and it certainly didn't disappoint. I saw the original version when it came out, and although I thought it was a good movie, I found it wanting. I guess I was comparing it to Point blank, the cult Lee Marvin movie, directed by John Boorman based on the same source material. In which the character is called Walker. I can only assume that my disappointment in the theatrical version of Payback lay in the fact that they made Parker/Porter softer than in the Marvin movie. Here that has been removed. Anyway leaving all that aside. I found this to be a terrific thriller. Is it better than the theatrical cut. Well I'm rating it higher than I did that movie. But if I saw that now, it might get a higher rating too.