Ep 06 - Cut You Down Pt 02 & The Hunter, Point Blank, and Payback

Lee Marvin as Walker in Point Blank

Dwight may be leaving town, but the professional gunman he hired isn’t going to make Malcolm’s return from prison simple.  And it’s hard enough for Malcolm as he tries to start a new life with Mary and their son Michael, whom he has yet to meet.

How will the boy take to finally meeting his father?  And what sort of revenge does Malcolm have in mind for his former partner-in-crime?  Take a listen to Cut You Down Pt 02 to find out.

And this episode we’re having a look at the always practical, and sometimes brutal, criminal creation of Richard Stark: Parker!  We’ve got a supersized comparison lined up as we discuss the book The Hunter and its various movie and comic book iterations. 

So we have John Boorman’s existential action picture Point Blank with Lee Marvin, two vastly different versions of Payback with Mel Gibson, and Darwyn Cook’s fantastic and faithful comic book adaptation.