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Overview
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Remember the future. morePlot:
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 (warning! may contain spoilers)Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Better than expected action / sci fi flick moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Ben Affleck | ... | Michael Jennings | |
| Aaron Eckhart | ... | James Rethrick | |
| Uma Thurman | ... | Dr. Rachel Porter | |
| Paul Giamatti | ... | Shorty | |
| Colm Feore | ... | John Wolfe | |
| Joe Morton | ... | Agent Dodge | |
| Michael C. Hall | ... | Agent Klein | |
| Peter Friedman | ... | Atty. Gen. 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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Rated PG-13 for intense action violence and brief language.Parents Guide:
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119 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Malaysia:18SG | Iceland:14 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | 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-13MOVIEmeter: 
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Jennings received $526,000.19 for developing the holo-monitor. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Jennings is examining the Einstein stamps, there is a red line across Einstein's face from the post office seal, but when magnified, Einstein's face is clear. moreQuotes:
[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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Minute Waltz in D Flat Major Op. 64 No. 1 moreFAQ
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Philip K Dick wrote many stories which seemed to have great film potential. I never thought of this as one of them.
I have seen Ben Affleck in a number of films, and felt that he was good in a few, OK in most, and positively annoying in some.
I saw the horrible, misleading trailers.
The soundtrack was simply bad.
So, needless to say, I went into Paycheck with very low expectations.... and I was pleasantly surprised.
Affleck plays a talented reverse-engineer, who sees the possibilities in new technology, and is able to carry it through to fruition. He takes on top-secret jobs and has his memory erased upon the completion of each. He decides to take on a project big and profitable enough to allow him to retire comfortably for the rest of his life. He completes the project, goes through the memory erasure, and then starts to discover what he has done, and, pursued by corporate hit men and the police, tries to recover his memory. Uma Thurmond, a biologist he had fallen in love with, is one of the memories he wants to recover, and also a target.
Paycheck is more of an action film than a sci fi flick. The plot serves the action, as do the somewhat one-dimensional characters. And there is so little chemistry between Affleck and Thurmond that the romantic subplot is almost just a distraction. Despite these flaws, I spent an evening being thoroughly entertained by this rehashing of the usual technology-run-amok / knowledge-is-power story. This film is very Hollywood, and uses a lot of slick and clichéd camera-work, but nevertheless tells a good story and does it well enough.