Paycheck movie plot
2021-12-12 08:01
Michael · Jennings ( Ben Affleck decoration) is a talented electronic engineer, employed by a confidential study devoted to the work of high-tech companies. He accepted an agreement, after the completion of the research work, he will receive a high eight-figure remuneration, the price is to delete the memory during the work to prevent data leakage. When Michael erased his memory, what he got was not a high dollar negotiated in advance, but an ordinary paper bag containing daily sundries such as cigarettes, shaving cream, and watches. The company also notified Michael that he voluntarily gave up tens of millions of dollars in compensation. After completely losing his memory for three years, Michael has lost the ability to prove whether he gave up the money. But things are not as simple as money. Federal detectives came to arrest him for inexplicable reasons, and his former boss also sent a killer to hunt him down at all costs. Michael gradually realized that something unusual must have happened to him. The truth is drowned in Michael's few trivial memories, thanks to the help of his lover Rachel (Uma Thurman) who has lived with him for many years. The two worked hand in hand to solve the Paycheck mystery before the former employer Regime (Eren Eckhart) sent someone to kill him.
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Paycheck quotes
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Agent Klein: Do you think Jennings really saw the future?
Agent Dodge: Uh-huh.
Agent Klein: [with a touch of ambition] That'd be something.
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[after Jennings and Rachel have escaped a hair-raising car-chase]
Agent Klein: [grinning] You think Jennings foresaw that? Maybe next time, he'll see a nice, quiet stake-out!