“Paydirt” (*1/2 out of four) was a slack, derivative action thriller about a hard-nosed parolee (Luke Goss) who is just home from prison and dives headfirst back into his former lifestyle of drug-running as him and his crew attempt to find a stolen and buried bag of cash but he soon finds he’s being tracked and investigated by a retired sheriff (Val Kilmer) and his parole officer (Mirtha Michelle) as things get really ugly along the border. By-the-numbers story of drugs, corrupt cops, and border politics cries out for Sam Peckinpah or Walter Hill in their prime. You have to admire Kilmer for continuing to act even after his cancer and tracheotomy (his voice is entirely dubbed) but I doubt this will be the “paydirt” that his career needs.