Paycheck (2003)
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.
- John Woo
- Cate Hardman
- Arthur Anderson
- Jamie Marshall
- Daniel Mansfield
- Cameron Kuc
- Ashley Bell
- Brian Smrz
- Michael Collins
- Dean Georgaris
- Marc Marcum
- Philip K. Dick
Rating: 6.2/10 by 1800 users
Alternative Title:
La Paye - CA
記憶裂痕 - TW
致命报酬 - CN
空头支票 - CN
El pago - AR
Zaplashtaneto - BG
I apozimiosi - GR
Isplata - RS
Chas rasplaty - RU
Chas vidplaty - UA
Country:
Canada
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 59 minutes
Budget: $60,000,000
Revenue: $117,248,958
Plot Keyword: amnesia, prophecy, technology, engineer, time, evil corporation, cyberpunk, scientist, millionaire, based on short story, tech noir, seeing the future
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.
