Paycheck

Paycheck

6.2IMDb Score
Released:2003-12-25
Genre:Action, Adventure, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Duration:119 min
Country:Canada, United States of America
Director:John Woo
Actors:Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman, Paul Giamatti, Colm Feore
Production:Paramount Pictures, Davis Entertainment, Lion Rock Productions, Solomon/Hackett Productions, DreamWorks Pictures

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.

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