Chris Boardman

Chris Boardman: Payback

by Douglas Payne
March 1, 1999

Payback is a well-crafted, stylish and way-too violent neo-noir update of John Boorman's 1967 noir classic, Point Blank. For its equally crafty and stylish score, composer Chris Boardman provides a “throwback" to the in-again sound of 1970s cop shows and Blaxploitation pictures. Boardman, composer of Bordello of Blood, many TV films and orchestrator on a vast array of scores including The Game, Waterworld and Pochahontas, really nails the sound here. And his music contributes a great deal ...