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Paycheck
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6.2Michael 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.
Cast
- Ben Affleck as Michael Jennings
- Aaron Eckhart as James Rethrick
- Uma Thurman as Rachel Porter
- Paul Giamatti as Shorty
- Colm Feore as John Wolfe
- Joe Morton as Agent Dodge
Themes
- amnesia
- prophecy
- technology
- engineer
- time
- evil corporation
- cyberpunk
- scientist
- millionaire
- based on short story
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
117,144 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
27%
Metacritic
43/100
- Year
- 2003
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Genres
- Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 3 wins & 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- John Woo
- Written by
- Dean Georgaris
- Based on
- Paycheck , by Philip K. Dick
- Produced by
- John Woo John Davis Terence Chang Michael Hackett
- Starring
- Ben Affleck Aaron Eckhart Uma Thurman Paul Giamatti Colm Feore Joe Morton Michael C. Hall
- Cinematography
- Jeffrey L. Kimball
- Edited by
- Christopher Rouse Kevin Stitt
- Music by
- John Powell
- Production companies
- Paramount Pictures DreamWorks Pictures Davis Entertainment Lion Rock Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures (United States and Canada) DreamWorks Pictures (International)
- Release date
- December 25, 2003 ( 2003-12-25 )
- Running time
- 119 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $60 million
- Box office
- $117.2 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 114
- FilmAffinity ID
- 260686
Show 3 more facts
- publication date
- 2004-01-22
- title
- Paycheck
- review score
- 43/100
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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.