Payback (1999)-under appreciated? Parker (2013)-watchable?

IMDb Payback (1999)

Mel Gibson, James Coburn, William Devane, Maria Bello, Lucy Liu, Deborah Kara Unger, Gregg Henry, David Paymer, Bill Duke, Kris Kristofferson

What's not to like? (Trailer)

Hard to hate Gibson after watching him as Porter.
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Has anyone seen the movie, Parker (trailer)

Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis, Nick Nolte

IMDb Parker (2013). According to this wiki page, it's supposed to be the third of a series. Parker wiki

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The first novel in Parker's series is The Hunter (adapted to film twice: as Point Blank in 1967, and as Payback in 1999.), in which he chases a past associate who betrayed him in a heist and left him for dead. He survives, but is arrested by the police. Slowly and methodically, Parker tracks down Mal Resnick, his former accomplice, who intimidated Parker's weak-willed wife into shooting her husband after the job had been completed. When the gambling syndicate known as The Outfit refuses to return to Parker his share of the loot Resnick gave them to make good on a debt, Parker takes on The Outfit as well, a storyline that figures in several subsequent books in the series.

In subsequent novels, Parker is often at work, putting together a team of professionals to plan and execute a series of daring heists.

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Could be worth a watch for the humor.

Anyone read the books?