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Paycheck (2003)  link to Paycheck on IMDb  

Number: 160

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IMDb Rating:
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6.3/10 (94.1K votes)

Country: United States, 119 minutes

Spoken languages: English

Genres: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Director(s): John Woo

Storyline:
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 ...

Cast:

Ben Affleck Jennings
Aaron Eckhart Rethrick
Uma Thurman Rachel
Paul Giamatti Shorty
Colm Feore Wolfe

Medium: DVD R/RW, Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Location: Book 4 Page 5

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1