Paycheck

Paycheck

  • Director: John Woo
  • Writer: Philip K. Dick,Dean Georgaris
  • Countries of origin: United States, Canada
  • Language: English
  • Release date: December 25, 2003
  • Runtime: 1h 59min
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby, SDDS, Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: Lật Mặt
  • "Paycheck" is an action movie directed by Hollywood Chinese director John Woo and starring Ben Affleck , Uma Thurman , Aaron Eckhart , Kom Phil, and Catherine Morris.
    The film tells about being a computer genius employed by a high-tech company dedicated to top-secret project research. After completing a project, he routinely accepts short-term amnestics procedures. When he wakes up again, all the memories of the past two years are gone   .

    Details

    • Release date December 25, 2003
    • Filming locations Burrard SkyTrain Station, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies Paramount Pictures, Dreamworks Pictures, Davis Entertainment

    Box office

    Budget

    $60,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $53,790,451

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $13,462,374

    Gross worldwide

    $117,248,958

    Movie reviews

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    • By Jasen 2022-04-20 09:01:43

      Predicting the future means having no future

      Everyone wants to have the superpower to see the future, but how many people will understand that meeting the future is equivalent to not having a future! The future is full of hope and imagination because of the unpredictability! I just like this kind of film very much. Using 20 seemingly unconnected items as the carrier, I started to trace the erasing memory and destroy the future machine I created! Seeing that he would die in the future, the engineer Jendings still desperately destroyed the...

    • By Lina 2022-04-20 09:01:43

      mediocre commercial film

      The 2003 film, if I look at it now, I really don't want to give a passing score. If it's not homework, I'll definitely give it a ×.
      The original story feels okay, but I feel that the expression of the film is not clearly explained. In fact, it is difficult to avoid some bugs in a film with a time and space theme.
      As far as the camera is concerned, it is not satisfactory. Although the Wu-style style really wants to make people complain, there is no problem with the handling. The...

    • By Trenton 2022-04-20 09:01:43

      An action movie with a mystery skin

      Adaptation subject matter: Philip K. Dick's novel (always the favorite of science fiction movies)
      Boys' Feet: Ben Affleck (also the male protagonist of Gone Lover, the screenwriter of Good Will Hunting and Male 4, these two films also Very nice) Female lead
      : Uma Thurman (the female lead in Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill~~)
      Director: John Woo (action film director)
      Content:
      The whole story is a reasoning indexed by objects in the male lead's envelope In the drama, each...

    • By Lina 2022-04-20 09:01:43

      infinite future

      Engineers build machines that see the future and learn from it the dangers they face. After watching his future countless times, he left a series of tools for himself, who was about to be erased as promised, to escape and ascend to heaven. In the end there is no doubt a happy ending, where the bad guys are punished and the protagonists are happily together.

          The setting of this story is quite interesting. Can the future be changed, or is it an infinite future? I prefer to believe...

    • By Kiarra 2022-04-20 09:01:43

      Memory Fissure (Paycheck)

      Searching for the most brain-intensive movie on the Internet, I don't understand why "Memory Crack" is on the list? In my opinion, this movie is very simple. In a big way, it is a matter of one person trying to save the world. In a small way, it is a story of revenge and life saving. Is it because my IQ is too high to understand it, or is my IQ too low and can only understand to this extent?
             This movie is still coherent, but the transition of each scene is not very good. It is...

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    • By Kade 2023-08-19 06:10:43

      6.9 #raked by Philip Dick # 2 [memory cracks], except for the unbelievable pigeons who point a gun at your head but don't shoot and don't know what to fly out for, I really can't see it is John Woo's work, No style,...

    • By Frida 2023-02-02 06:17:11

      It's actually director Woo Yusen! ! There are not many Chinese directors who can make Hollywood...

    • By Hermina 2022-04-24 07:01:07

      Good actor, bad director, bad screenwriter, bad details, cool,...

    • By Lera 2022-04-24 07:01:07

      If your lover can only love you and won't remember you after 3 years will you still be with him I...

    • By Miles 2022-04-24 07:01:07

      It's a wonderful sci-fi film, with two lines of dialogue that left a deep impression on me. 1. Q: If you knew we wouldn't last long, would you still be with me in the first place? A: I will not regret it. Life is accumulated, not to mention that some of the happiest things are wrong in themselves. 2. If you can see the future, there will be no future. Without the mystery, there will be no...

    Movie plot

    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,...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    Gunfights or explosions appear in John Woo's films at any time, but John Woo himself has never even used a gun.
    For the convenience of shooting, Philip produced 47 sets of gray suits of the same style, all of which were designed with a narrow collar and a thinner design, giving people a generous and elegant feeling, which matches the image of a dedicated electronic engineer very well.
    Ben Affleck has the habit of imitating others. During...
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    Background creation

    The filming budget of "Paycheck" is more than 100 million U.S. dollars. The director of the film was originally targeted at Brett Reiner, who is famous for "Red Dragon", but he changed his mind temporarily and took over the directorship of the new version of "Superman". He changed his position and finally signed John Woo , a Hong Kong director who is good at directing action movies . This became Wu's first sci-fi work after he entered...
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    Negative evaluation

    In the film, the exact shot of pulling out the gun from the side is wrong, so the shooting will not achieve the expected effect at all, and it is also unconventional. (Jinan Volkswagen Online Review) 
    The novelty embodied in the 20 props that appeared in the film has firmly captured the hearts of the audience. Uma Thurman's small body, flexible movements and mature acting skills are also very attractive, but the original sci-fi scene...
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    Movie quotes

    • Jimmy Rethrick: Michael, you're done!

    • James Rethrick: Michael Jennings is not a super agent, he's an engineer. Yet, somehow he managed to escape from a double-locked room. How? Was it fate? No. Fate was on our side. That means someone who knew, changed something.

    • Shorty: Say one word about this hat, and I'm outta here.