Paycheck

About Paycheck

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.

Paycheck is a 2003 science fiction thriller film directed by John Woo. Its themes are scientist, based on short story, amnesia, and cyberpunk.

Ben Affleck appears as Michael Jennings, Aaron Eckhart as James Rethrick, Uma Thurman as Rachel Porter, and Paul Giamatti as Shorty. It runs 119 minutes and was released in December 2003.

The screenplay is by Dean Georgaris. In the United States it streams on fuboTV, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, and Paramount Plus Essential.

The Lawnmower Man, Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace, and Arrival make useful companions to Paycheck. TMDB voters put it at 6.2 out of 10 across 2,132 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.