Paycheck Movie Review 2003

Michael Jennings (Affleck) is a brilliant engineer hired by his old friend Jimmy Rethrick (Echkart) to work on a top-secret project. The one condition is that he gets his mind erased after his job is completed. Three years later, Jennings, sans memories, finds that he had forfeited his fee of $90 million in exchange for a manila envelope full of seemingly random objects. It turns out that he was framed for murder and his former employees want him dead. The objects become clues to figuring out what the heck is going on. Surprisingly lackluster adaption of a Phillip K. Dick short story, considering that John Woo is the director.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on DVD
Running time 110 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Books to Film: Phillip K. Dick, Corporate Shenanigans, Time Warped, Amnesia

Screenplay

Dean Georgaris

Cast

Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman, Paul Giamatti, Colm Feore, Joe Morton, Michael C. Hall

Cinematography

Jeffrey L. Kimball

Director

John Woo

Music

John Powell

Other

Eric J. Batut, Christopher Rouse, Kevin Sitt, Sandy Cochrane, Erica Edell Phillips, William Sandell

Producer

John Woo, Terence Chang, Jon Davis, Michael Hackett, Davis Entertainment Company, Lion Rock, Paramount Pictures

Awards

Golden Raspberries 2003: Worst Actor (Affleck).