Movie
Paycheck
The future depends on a past he was paid to forget.
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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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
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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Cast
Ben AffleckMichael Jennings
Aaron EckhartJames Rethrick
Uma ThurmanRachel Porter
Paul GiamattiShorty
Colm FeoreJohn Wolfe
Joe MortonAgent Dodge
Michael C. HallAgent Klein
Peter FriedmanAttorney General BrownCredits
- Directed by
- John Woo
- Written by
- Dean Georgaris
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $60M
- Box office
- $117.2M
Production
Paramount PicturesUnited States
Davis EntertainmentUnited States- Lion Rock ProductionsUnited States
- Solomon/Hackett Productions
DreamWorks PicturesUnited States
