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Paycheck

The future depends on a past he was paid to forget.

6.2 / 1020031h 59m

Synopsis

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.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller

Status: Released

Director: John Woo

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Main Cast

Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck

Michael Jennings

Uma Thurman

Uma Thurman

Rachel Porter

Aaron Eckhart

Aaron Eckhart

James Rethrick

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti

Shorty

Colm Feore

Colm Feore

John Wolfe

Joe Morton

Joe Morton

Agent Dodge

Michael C. Hall

Michael C. Hall

Agent Klein

Kathryn Morris

Kathryn Morris

Rita Dunne

Claudette Mink

Claudette Mink

Sara Rethrick

Peter Friedman

Peter Friedman

Attorney General Brown

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User Reviews

Rob

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.