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Paycheck

  • 20032003
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 59m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
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Paycheck (2003)
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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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
110K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,313
361
    • John Woo
    • Philip K. Dick(short story)
    • Dean Georgaris(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ben Affleck
    • Aaron Eckhart
    • Uma Thurman
    • John Woo
    • Philip K. Dick(short story)
    • Dean Georgaris(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ben Affleck
    • Aaron Eckhart
    • Uma Thurman
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 398User reviews
    • 190Critic reviews
    • 43Metascore
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    Videos2

    Paycheck
    Trailer 2:33
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    What Roles Was Ben Affleck Considered For?
    Video 4:10
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    Photos99

    Paul Giamatti in Paycheck (2003)
    Uma Thurman and Ben Affleck in Paycheck (2003)
    Aaron Eckhart in Paycheck (2003)
    Ben Affleck in Paycheck (2003)
    Uma Thurman and Aaron Eckhart in Paycheck (2003)
    Ben Affleck in Paycheck (2003)
    Ben Affleck and Paul Giamatti in Paycheck (2003)
    Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, and Colm Feore in Paycheck (2003)
    Ben Affleck in Paycheck (2003)
    Ben Affleck and Paul Giamatti in Paycheck (2003)
    Uma Thurman and Ben Affleck in Paycheck (2003)
    Ben Affleck, Michael C. Hall, and Joe Morton in Paycheck (2003)

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    Ben Affleck
    Ben Affleck
    • Jennings
    Aaron Eckhart
    Aaron Eckhart
    • Rethrick
    Uma Thurman
    Uma Thurman
    • Rachel
    Michael C. Hall
    Michael C. Hall
    • Agent Klein
    Paul Giamatti
    Paul Giamatti
    • Shorty
    Colm Feore
    Colm Feore
    • Wolfe
    Joe Morton
    Joe Morton
    • Agent Dodge
    Peter Friedman
    Peter Friedman
    • Attorney General Brown
    Kathryn Morris
    Kathryn Morris
    • Rita Dunne
    Ivana Milicevic
    Ivana Milicevic
    • Maya-Rachel
    Christopher Kennedy
    • Stevens
    Fulvio Cecere
    Fulvio Cecere
    • Agent Fuman
    John Cassini
    John Cassini
    • Agent Mitchell
    Callum Keith Rennie
    Callum Keith Rennie
    • Jude - Guard
    Michelle Harrison
    Michelle Harrison
    • Jane
    Claudette Mink
    Claudette Mink
    • Sara Rethrick
    Ryan Zwick
    • Street Kid
    Dee Jay Jackson
    • Guard
    • (as Deejay Jackson)
      • John Woo
      • Philip K. Dick(short story)
      • Dean Georgaris(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      This was Ben Affleck's biggest paycheck to date, earning him approximately $15 million. Whenever he's asked to why he starred in the film, he responds "The answer lies in the title".
    • Goofs
      During the opening sequence, Jennings purchases a 3D monitor and copies the tech to create a new version that no longer needs the screen. The execs are amazed and rush it to product. But to do the reverse engineering, Jennings uses an interactive 3D hologram system much more advanced than the one he is designing.
    • Quotes

      Shorty: Maybe we should just find Decker.

      Michael Jennings: I can't talk to Decker.

      Shorty: Why not?

      Michael Jennings: He had an accident.

      Shorty: An accident?

      Michael Jennings: Yeah, he, uh, he fell out of his bedroom window.

      Shorty: He fell out of his... He *fell* out of his bedroom window!

    • Connections
      Featured in Paycheck: Designing the Future (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Minute Waltz in D Flat Major Op. 64 No. 1
      by Frédéric Chopin

      Performed by Lincoln Mayorga

      Courtesy of Townhall Records

    User reviews398

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    Philip Dick Reduced to a "McGyver" Episode
    "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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    • noralee
    • Jan 19, 2004

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    • Release date
      • December 25, 2003 (United States)
      • United States
      • Canada
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Burrard SkyTrain Station, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Dreamworks Pictures
      • Davis Entertainment
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    • 1 hour 59 minutes
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      • Dolby Digital

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