Paycheck

12/3/2004 1h 59m 6.2/10

Overview

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.

Director

John Woo

Top Billed Cast

Ben Affleck

Michael Jennings

Uma Thurman

Rachel Porter

Paul Giamatti

Shorty

Aaron Eckhart

James Rethrick

Joe Morton

Agent Dodge

Colm Feore

John Wolfe

Reviews

Rob

6/24/2023

4/10

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.