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.
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.
Quick Stats
6.2
TMDB Rating
2,068
Votes
1h 59m
Runtime
$60.0M
Budget
$117.2M
Box Office
195%
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Key Crew
DirectorJohn Woo
WriterDean Georgaris
CinematographyJeffrey L. Kimball
ComposerJohn Powell
EditorChristopher Rouse
Production DesignRaymond Dumas
Produced by
Paramount PicturesDavis EntertainmentLion Rock ProductionsSolomon/Hackett ProductionsDreamWorks Pictures
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Critics & Reviews
1 featuredCast
Ben Affleck
Michael Jennings
Aaron Eckhart
James Rethrick
Uma Thurman
Rachel Porter
Paul Giamatti
Shorty
Colm Feore
John Wolfe
Joe Morton
Agent Dodge
Michael C. Hall
Agent Klein
Peter Friedman
Attorney General Brown
Kathryn Morris
Rita Dunne
Ivana Miličević
Maya-Rachel
Christopher Kennedy
Stevens
Fulvio Cecere
Agent Fuman
John Cassini
Agent Mitchell
Callum Keith Rennie
Jude
Michelle Harrison
Jane
