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Paycheck (2003)

12A 119 min  -  Sci-Fi | Thriller | Action  -   25 December 2003 (USA)
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Reviews: 317 user | 179 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:

Memory | Engineer | Time | Money | Clue  | 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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Details

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:

$96,269,812 (Worldwide) (18 April 2012)
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Sound Mix:

DTS  | Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

Matt Damon was originally considered for the part of Michael Jennings, but turned it down because it was too similar to The Bourne Identity. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: Stunt doubles obvious during fight between Michael and Jimmy. 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

Referenced in From Hong Kong to Hollywood: The Making of John Woo (2004) See more »

Soundtracks

"Dream a Little Dream of Me"
by Gus Kahn, Wilbur Schwandt & Fabian Andre
Performed by The Singleton Quartet
Courtesy of ITM Music, Ltd. See more »