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Paycheck (2003) -- 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 (2003) -- 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 (2003) -- 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.

Overview

User Rating:
6.1/10   31,165 votes
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Director:
John Woo
Writers (WGA):
Philip K. Dick (short story)
Dean Georgaris (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
25 December 2003 (USA) more
Tagline:
Remember the future. more
Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(44 articles)
John Woo to Shoot World War II Movie
 (From ReelzChannel. 7 July 2009, 4:33 AM, PDT)

[DVD Review] Paycheck
 (From JustPressPlay. 28 May 2009, 6:31 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Philip Dick Reduced to a "McGyver" Episode more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ben Affleck ... Jennings

Aaron Eckhart ... Rethrick

Uma Thurman ... Rachel

Paul Giamatti ... Shorty

Colm Feore ... Wolfe
Joe Morton ... Agent Dodge
Michael C. Hall ... Agent Klein

Peter Friedman ... Attorney General Brown

Kathryn Morris ... Rita Dunne

Ivana Milicevic ... Maya-Rachel
Christopher Kennedy ... Stevens

Fulvio Cecere ... Agent Fuman

John Cassini ... Agent Mitchell

Callum Keith Rennie ... Jude - Guard

Michelle Harrison ... Jane
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
La paye (Canada: French title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense action violence and brief language.
Runtime:
119 min
Country:
USA | Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
Certification:
Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | Iceland:14 | Malaysia:18SG | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:12A (original rating) | UK:12 (video rating) (2004) | USA:PG-13
Company:
DreamWorks SKG more

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Trivia:
The 20 items that Jennings sent to himself are: sunglasses, pack of cigarettes, bus pass, diamond ring, paperclip, fortune from a cookie, janitor's key, lighter, hairspray, matchbook, Allcom pass, BMW key, looking glass, stamp, ball bearings, allen wrench, half dollar, cross word puzzle, bullet, and a watch. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Michael meets Shorty in the station restaurant, the guy who shoots at him through the kid's balloon has an unbuttoned jacket. In his next appearances, the jacket is buttoned up. 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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Movie Connections:
References Pulp Fiction (1994) more
Soundtrack:
Dream a Little Dream of Me more

FAQ

Is this film based on a novel?
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32 out of 52 people found the following comment useful:-
Philip Dick Reduced to a "McGyver" Episode, 19 January 2004
Author: noralee from Queens, NY

"Paycheck" is yet another adaptation of a Philip Dick short story that tones down his political criticism and cynicism to make a sci fi adventure flick, this time pretty much as an expensive and clever "McGyver" episode. You can tell how this is expanded from a story where the hero had five items/clues and now he has 20.

Ben Affleck is a bland Ken Doll of a hero, though Uma Furman has almost as much spunk as she did in "Kill Bill, Volume 1."

As a John Woo movie, of course the chase scenes are the best part. But the fight scenes are simply perplexing -- uh, why does Affleck's work out consist of electronic samurai stick fighting such that when the poorly-aiming bad guys all come at him with guns Uma throws him a stick to pick them off?

While I did see the movie on a scratchy print with tinny sound, I don't think that explained the confusingly bad continuity in the hair and make-up such that I thought they had been time-traveling at some tropical vacation in between scenes.

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