[2][3] Sony Pictures also purchased 10 Interfilm systems for installation in their Lowes Cineplexes bringing the total value of the deal to $6 million.
[3] In 1995, following disappointing audience responses to Interfilm's feature Ride for Your Life production was suspended by Sony on the film Bombmeister and was ultimately never completed.
[5] The suit against Sony was dismissed in 1998 [6] Interfilm's commercial failure is credited with diminishing interest in interactive films for several years thereafter.
[2] Critical reception was also dismal with Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times giving Mr. Payback 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.
"[7] He and Gene Siskel both commented that while the concept of combining film with interactivity has possibilities, they are not explored by Mr. Payback, which centers on bathroom humor and appeals to the audience's most sadistic urges.