Paycheck
Brilliant computer engineer Michael Jennings routinely has his short term memory erased, so he can't divulge any information about the top secret projects he works on throughout the year. But he gets a paycheck, of 4 billion dollars. However, what he gets is only a small bag of worthless clues and trinkets. Now he has to collect his memories to prove that he's innocent.
28 January 1969, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
25 February 1958, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 March 1977, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
12 March 1968, Cupertino, California, USA
23 August 1971, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
30 March 1976, Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
18 October 1947, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
4 April 1971, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
26 April 1974, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
4 August 1976, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1953, Québec, Canada
April 24, 1973 in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
1 February 1971, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
26 November 1972, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
19 June 1973, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
31 March 1958
January 09, 2010
It's not necessarily high brow sci-fi, but it is very accessible to the mainstream eye.December 26, 2003
Without ever quite becoming boring, Paycheck seems to narrow into a routine pattern, and a plot that at first had nuance and the hint of a broader meaning degenerates into chases and standard action.December 25, 2003
Though the premise is provocative enough, the execution feels like a host of other violent action-drenched movies.May 18, 2009
Paycheck takes two hours to watch and two minutes to forget.May 14, 2012
Woo's stylish touches fall flat in this forgettable projectFebruary 09, 2006
There's a sense of treading water about this movie.December 26, 2003
You may not buy everything about this movie, but you'll likely leave it with a smile.December 27, 2010
This movie just sags, even in the action scenes.May 11, 2009
"Paycheck" is a no-brainer action movie with just enough sci-fi thematic input to keep it spicy.December 25, 2003
[Woo] still has pretty much of a tin ear for American performances, so he lets Affleck doze through the starring role. The film feels as if it has no center.May 17, 2009
Playful but inconsequential...the interpretation of Dick's intriguing concept is a street which mostly just dead-ends into noisy silliness. [Blu-ray]December 25, 2003
If a movie is going to flout, or at least bend, the laws of the universe, it at least ought to obey its own internal rules.