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Rating: 7 stars

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All movies seen on 08/11/2025

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Paycheck (2003)

Directed by John Woo

Action | Science Fiction | Thriller

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Overview

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.

Rated PG-13 | Length 119 minutes

Actors

Ben Affleck | Uma Thurman | Aaron Eckhart | Paul Giamatti | Colm Feore | Joe Morton | Michael C. Hall | Kathryn Morris | Claudette Mink | Peter Friedman | Ivana Milicevic | Christopher Kennedy | Fulvio Cecere | John Cassini | Callum Keith Rennie | Michelle Harrison | Emily Holmes | Kendall Cross | Catherine Lough Haggquist | Krista Allen | Ryan Zwick | Dee Jay Jackson | Serge Houde | Calvin Finlayson | Darryl Scheelar | Mark Brandon | Roger Haskett | Steve Wright | Craig Hosking | Barclay Hope | Peter Shinkoda | David Lewis | Robert Clark | Andrea Siradze | Isabelle Roland | Peter Caton | Ryan Robbins | Benita Ha | Chelah Horsdal | Craig March | Jason Calder | Mike Godenir | Brad Kelly | Brent Connolly | Michelle Anderson | Lori Berlanga

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Another Very Good Revisit + long overdue rewatch

Definitely a story you can’t think too deeply about yet is super entertaining for having two hyper attractive leads at the height of their power.

Feels like another film where they let John Woo run wild then had second thoughts during production. Also so obviously shot in Vancouver it screams it anytime they’re outside on a street.

I just wish Uma was given a stronger role than scientist girlfriend.

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