Why it may be worth watching
- Paycheck combines Action and Science Fiction elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman.
- Viewers currently rate it 6.2/10 from 2,163 votes.
Movie
Paycheck
The future depends on a past he was paid to forget.
Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a three-year job, he's told he isn't getting a paycheck and instead receives a mysterious envelope. In it are clues he must piece together to find out why he wasn't paid – and why he's now in hot water.
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Cast
Ben AffleckMichael Jennings
Aaron EckhartJames Rethrick
Uma ThurmanRachel Porter
Paul GiamattiShorty
Colm FeoreJohn Wolfe
Joe MortonAgent Dodge
Michael C. HallAgent Klein
Peter FriedmanAttorney General Brown
Kathryn MorrisRita Dunne
Ivana MiličevićMaya-Rachel
Christopher KennedyStevens
Fulvio CecereAgent Fuman
John CassiniAgent Mitchell
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Who may enjoy it
Best suited to viewers looking for Action, Science Fiction, Thriller.
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Themes and topics
amnesiaprophecytechnologyengineertimeevil corporationcyberpunkscientist
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Reviews
RobExternal review ·
Oh dear, this one's pretty bad. There are a lot of faces in this movie but non of them could save this disaster. Which is a shame, because this could have been a really intense and thrilling film in the hands of a different director. Instead, it comes across as a made-for-TV movie. John Woo's direction is lacklustre and cliche, the editing is lazy and the soundtrack is overblown, unfitting and downright intrusive.
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