Mr Payback: An Interactive Movie
5.2 /10 1 Votes5.2
Genre Short Film Language English | 5/10 IMDb Costume design Luellyn Harper Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1995 Cast (Payton Bach (Mr. Payback)), (Gwen), (James Konklin), (Ed Jarvis), (Diane Wyatt), Carol-Ann Plante (Cara Cook)Similar movies Christopher Lloyd appears in Mr Payback: An Interactive Movie and Back to the Future | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie is a 1995 American science-fiction/adventure short film written by Bob Gale and co-directed by Gale and Charles Croughwell. Designed as an interactive movie, it comprises slightly over two hours of footage, approximately 20 minutes of which is seen in each viewing. It requires the audience to vote for various directions the story will take, using a joystick attached to the armrests of their seats. The film stars an android (Billy Warlock) who, in a number of possible storylines, takes action by humiliating or attacking people who deserve it. Gale and Christopher Lloyd, who had previously worked on the Back to the Future trilogy, worked on this film as well, and the music was scored by Michael Tavera, who had composed the music for the animated Back to the Future series.
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The movie billed itself as "the world's first interactive movie," but it was predated by 1992's I'm Your Man.
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Critical reception
Mr. Payback received negative reviews from critics. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave the film a half-star out of a possible four, and called it "the kind of film where horrified parents might encourage the kids to shout at the screen, hoping the noise might drown out the flood of garbage." Ty Burr of Entertainment Weekly tagged the film with an "F" grade.
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Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie WikipediaMr. Payback: An Interactive Movie IMDb Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie themoviedb.org