
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 e... (Full plot summary below)
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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. He later meets with a friend who gives him some information that helps him understand what is going on. And at the same time Rethrick for some reason wants him so he is being pursued by Rethrick's people.
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| FilmsInReview.comVictoria AlexanderActing is hard to do. Watch Affleck try it and barely make a go of it. |
| Local Planet Weekly (Spokane, WA)Rachel DeahlComing up short on just about everything - from the casting and dialog to the action sequences - Woo rides the high of a strong story into the ground. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonSeems like yet another job for hire for the great filmmaker, but one with a strong enough story to sustain our interest for two hours. |
| The A.V. ClubScott TobiasJohn Woo's smart thriller Paycheck may not intend to be political, but it's marked as much by its era as post-Watergate thrillers like "The Parallax View" or "Three Days Of The Condor." |
| Old School ReviewsJohn A. NesbitWoo's stylish touches fall flat in this forgettable project |
| ColeSmithey.comCole Smithey"Paycheck" is a no-brainer action movie with just enough sci-fi thematic input to keep it spicy. |
| State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL)Nick RogersDoves might be symbolic for many of the classic struggles in film and literature. But something they drop from their business end embodies what "Paycheck's" all about. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderIt moves quickly, doesn't belabor the obvious, doesn't do anything stupid, and will be forgotten the moment you exit the theater. |
| Denver Rocky Mountain NewsRobert DenersteinA mostly tangled affair that betrays an intriguing premise and botches most opportunites to deepen the proceedings. |
| Dallas Morning NewsPhilip WuntchEfficient and occasionally fun -- but never to the extent that you can overlook its shortcomings. |