a5c7b9f00b 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.
Jennings is an engineer who works for a company and uses their rivals' technology, alters it slightly, and has his memory wiped after each job. When he is offered a job by James Rethrick, he is told that the job will take three years and his mind will be wiped afterwords. Against the advice of his friend Shorty, he takes the job. When his mind is wiped, he heads to the bank to collect his multimillion fee where it turns out that he, during the erased three years, signed the money away and exchanged it for a group of nineteen seemingly worthless items. This film follows his efforts to uncover the secret of just what he was working on, what the items are for, evading arrest, and exploring his relationship with Rachel Porter (Thurman), a bioscientist, who is a vital part of triggering what is left of the scraps of memory left to him.
This film is pretty bad. It's starts of bright with an interesting premise which admittedly drew me in. After this though the film becomes less and less interesting as Affleck's character utilizes some items he's left himself in a brown paper bag to try and decipher the riddle that has resulted in him now being on the hit list of his former employees and wanted by the FBI. The plot is too convoluted and the clues that guide him towards escape are less than inspired. The direction/camera shots are pretty standard and at times it feels more like a TV movie than a John Woo flick. The action is predicable and cliché and some of the acting is pretty poor from the likes of Aaron Eckhart in particular. So to conclude this film involves some very boring characters doing partaking in some very boring chase sequences in order to live happily ever after…which is something I must try and do after watching this drivel. 2/10 (1*).
I'm guessing this is not just a clever title. All of the actors involved must've been on the set for one thing and one thing only….a "Paycheck". Did J.Lo need Ben's net worth to be a little bit higher to pay for the wedding? Did Ben phone in his performance on this one? And please….how the hell did Johnny Paycheck get out of the high security complex to purchase the lottery ticket that was so cleverly placed under the birdcage? There were so many plot holes in this movie that it was laughable. Absolutely unbelievable…..this movie makes Johnny Pneumonic look like an Oscar-worthy film. This was a free movie rental and I would still like my money back.
The story, adapted by Dean Georgaris, doesn't come within a light year of science-fiction plausibility, and after a while Woo gives up trying to sell it and reverts to the action choreography that made him a master of Hong Kong martial-arts movies.
It is based on a short story Paycheck, written by Phillip K. Dick in the 1950s. There are several differences in the film and the original story (including the items Jennings gets from the envelope), but the basic premise is similar to the original. Notable features of the story that are different from the book are:<br/><br/>* Although the setting is 21-century America, it is a more dystopian future. A recent change in government has been referred to, the new government has a secret police force that supposedly never releases its detainees, the new government uses &quot;credits&quot; instead of &quot;dollars&quot;, and individual citizens have significantly fewer rights than corporations do.<br/><br/>* Rethrick is a much older man and has no prior connection with Jennings.<br/><br/>* Although there is a potential love interest who works for the company named Kelly, she does not encounter Jennings until after the memory wipe and has a &quot;surprise ending&quot; secret that is not in the movie.<br/><br/>* Technology is significantly different. Erasing memory is a secret that most people do not know about (including the goverment agents who arrest Jennings). Rethrick&#39;s company still has significant manual labor. Cameras still require mechanical film. Rockets that transport people between cities are commonplace. And, the device that Jennings develops for Rethrick not only sees things but can also retrieve things.<br/><br/>* The plot features a lot more blackmail and threat of blackmail. Rethrick is generally unaware of Jennings&#39; experiences after the memory wipe and it is Jennings who is looking for Rethrick, not the other way around.<br/><br/>* The climax of the short story is completely different from that of the movie. In the story, Jennings sneaks into the company alone, rather than with a partner as in the film (in the story he enlists Kelly&#39;s help, but simply asks her to keep whatever he finds safe so that it doesn&#39;t fall into the hands of the authorities) using a piece of cloth among his belongings that identifies him as a worker. He also had no interest in destroying the machine (identified as a &quot;time scoop&quot;), he simply wanted to photograph it (the device itself was illegal and the company was part of a resistance against an oppressive government). The film also adds in a climatic shootout that destroys most of the building, while in the original short story Jennings merely snuck out through a back door he had left himself a key to.<br/><br/>* The movie ends with Rethrick being killed while Jennings escapes and goes on to live with Rachel; the short story ends with Jennings successfully blackmailing Rethrick into making him a partner in the corporation, hinting at the possibility that he may eventually find a way to take over.
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