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Paycheck (2003)

PG_13  119 min  -  Sci-Fi | Thriller | Action   -  25 December 2003 (USA)
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Reviews: 317 user | 178 critic | 34 from Metacritic.com

What seemed like a breezy idea for an engineer to net him millions of dollars, leaves him on the run for his life and piecing together why he's being chased.

Director:

John Woo

Writers:

Philip K. Dick (short story), Dean Georgaris (screenplay)
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Paycheck -- What seemed like a breezy idea for an engineer to net him millions of dollars, leaves him on the run for his life and piecing together why he's being chased. Paycheck -- What seemed like a breezy idea for an engineer to net him millions of dollars, leaves him on the run for his life and piecing together why he's being chased.
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ben Affleck ...
Aaron Eckhart ...
Uma Thurman ...
Paul Giamatti ...
Colm Feore ...
Joe Morton ...
Michael C. Hall ...
Peter Friedman ...
Kathryn Morris ...
Rita Dunne
Ivana Milicevic ...
Maya-Rachel
Christopher Kennedy Christopher Kennedy ...
Stevens
Fulvio Cecere ...
Agent Fuman
John Cassini ...
Agent Mitchell
Callum Keith Rennie ...
Jude - Guard
Michelle Harrison ...
Jane
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Storyline

Michael Jennings is a reverse engineer and what he does is technical jobs for certain companies and as soon as he is done, his memory of the work he has done is wiped out. Now the longest he has been contracted is 2 months. But now billionaire, James Rethrick offers him a job that would last 2 years, maybe 3, and he promises that he will probably earn 8 figures. Michael agrees. Before beginning he turns in all of his personal effects. And when the job is done, his memory is erased and he learns he made over 90 million dollars over the three years. When he goes to claim it and his personal effects, he discovers that prior to the erasure of his memory he waived his rights to the money he earned and that the items that were given to him were not the ones he gave when he began. Later he is arrested by the FBI who say that he committed some act of treason and murder. It's while he is in custody that he escapes using some the items that he was given... Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com  

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Plot Keywords:

Engineer | FBI | Computer Engineer | Seeing The Future | Matchbook  | See more »

Taglines:

Remember the future. See more »

Genres:

Sci-Fi | Thriller | Action | Mystery

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense action violence and brief language See all certifications »

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Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

La paye See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$13,462,374 (USA) (28 December 2003) (2762 Screens)

Gross:

$53,789,313 (USA) (28 March 2004)
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Sound Mix:

DTS  | Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

Director Trademark: [John Woo] [reflections] When Jennings meets with the Rachel-Double in the Cafe, he sees her in the silver top of a sugar pot. See more »

Goofs

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When Michael starts his tenure at Allcom he is forced to hand over all the personal items he's carrying, including his watch, as he won't be able to take them inside with him. Three years later a watch is given back to him in the envelope as part of his paycheck. When he claims during interrogation by the FBI that none of the items are his, the watch is removed from the envelope and fastened back on his wrist to show that the tan lines match. However, the watch that was given back to him wasn't the watch he initially had. He could have been wearing it the entire time he was working on the project, up until the time he switched the items in the envelope (he would have needed a new watch, since his old one was confiscated when he entered the building). See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Holographic Woman: It's time to wake up... and get a life. We live in a 3-dimensional world. Until now, the world of computing has been a flat world, consisting of 2-dimensional imagery. Now, through the use of exclusive breakthrough technology, ARC has made it possible for you to get a life. A-Life, where we can work and play in a lifelike world of 3-dimensional reality. A-Life, the living monitor.
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Connections

References Pulp Fiction (1994) See more »

Soundtracks

"Minute Waltz in D Flat Major Op. 64 No. 1"
by Frédéric Chopin
Performed by Lincoln Mayorga
Courtesy of Townhall Records See more »