Cool flick, but I prefer Payback

I was half way through this movie when I realized "Payback" was a remake of this. I enjoyed it, and you can't beat Lee Marvin as a great movie tough guy. I loved the scene where Angie Dickinson tries to beat him up. He blocks a couple slaps, then just lets her go at it, knowing she couldn't hurt him a bit. My problems with this are the artsy take of the director, and way too many incoherent flashbacks. It's a good 15 minutes before I had any idea what was going on. The ending was abrupt, I kind was expecting something more to happen, more of the story to be wrapped up. The big reason I prefer Payback is that film's sense of humor, something lacking in Point Blank. Plus minimal use of flashback sequences. In the original, Walker shoots the phone and not Carol O'Connor. In the remake, he does shoot the similar character in a very cold manner. It showed him as the hardened killer he really is. Interesting that for a movie made 32 years later, they actually LOWERED the dollar amount he was seeking, showing his character to be even more single minded in his obession, but also making him a little more absurd. I guess this added to the slightly comic element of the movie. I must say this, while I like Maria Bello in Payback, she's no match for an in-her-prime Angie Dickinson. Not even close!