Paycheck (2003)

Directed by

John Woo

Genre

action film, science fiction film, time-travel film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 2,057 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A reverse engineer agrees to a lucrative job that pays a large sum upfront but requires his memory to be erased afterward. He later discovers he is being hunted by the FBI and a powerful CEO, with only cryptic clues left behind by his past self.

fast-pacedsuspensefultenseparanoidfuturisticconfusingfreneticcold

What happens

Paycheck is a 2003 American science fiction action film directed and produced by John Woo. The film was written by Dean Georgaris, and based on the 1953 short story of the same name by Philip K. Dick. Starring Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, and Uma Thurman, with Paul Giamatti, Colm Feore, Joe Morton, and Michael C. Hall in supporting roles, the film follows a reverse engineer who finds himself hunted by both the FBI and a billionaire CEO after his memory is erased. Paycheck was released on December 25, 2003, by Paramount Pictures in North America and DreamWorks Pictures internationally to negative reviews from critics and grossed $117.2 million against a $60 million budget. After this film, Woo did not direct another American feature film until 2023's Silent Night. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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