Paycheck (2003) movie poster

Paycheck (2003)

"The future depends on a past he was paid to forget."
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👍 56%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 35%
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Runtime
1h 59m
Country
Canada, United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
6.2/10 (1,992 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
27%
Metacritic
43

Cast

Ben Affleck as Michael Jennings · 69% avg
Uma Thurman as Rachel Porter · 69% avg
Aaron Eckhart as James Rethrick · 67% avg
Paul Giamatti as Shorty · 69% avg
Colm Feore as John Wolfe · 69% avg
Joe Morton as Agent Dodge · 72% avg
Michael C. Hall as Agent Klein · 60% avg
Kathryn Morris as Rita Dunne · 66% avg

Is Paycheck good?

It's divisive. Only 56% of audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 35%, but audiences disagreed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#1822 / 1971 · Action
Rank in its year
#149 / 149 · 2003
Rank among its director's films
#12 / 12 · John Woo

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

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. Wikipedia ↗

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