Paycheck (2003)
1h 59m | PG-13
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.
Director: John Woo
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Video: 720p
Cast
Ben Affleck
as Michael Jennings
Uma Thurman
as Rachel Porter
Aaron Eckhart
as James Rethrick
Paul Giamatti
as Shorty
Colm Feore
as John Wolfe
Joe Morton
as Agent Dodge
Reviews
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.