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List Price: $12.98 | | Label: Paramount
Salesrank: 60259
Released: May 18, 2004 |
| Our Price: $1.74 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
WHAT SEEMED LIKE A BREEZY IDEA FOR AN ENGINEER TO NET HIM MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, LEAVES HIM ON THE RUN FOR HIS LIFE AND PIECING TOGETHER WHY HE'S BEING CHASED.
Description of Paycheck (Full Screen Edition):
The brainy, paranoid science fiction of writer Philip K. Dick has inspired one visionary classic (Blade Runner) and two above-average action movies (Total Recall and Minority Report). Paycheck aspires to follow in their footsteps: An engineer (Ben Affleck, Chasing Amy) routinely agrees to have his memory erased after every job so that he doesn't know what he's done. But after the biggest job of his life, he discovers that not only has he refused a $90 million paycheck, he's sent himself an envelope full of things he doesn't recognize--and he doesn't remember doing any of this. As he unravels the plot, he discovers he's also fallen in love (with Uma Thurman, Kill Bill) and invented a dangerous device for his former boss (Aaron Eckhart, Erin Brockovich). Affleck is bland, the script ruins a cunning idea, and the direction--from the normally dynamic John Woo (Face/Off)--plods along, aimless and bored. --Bret Fetzer
Paycheck (Full Screen Edition) Reviews:
A pleasant surprise of a movie! 
2009-12-12 - Paycheck brings to the screen the story of an engineer who works on secret projects in exchange for big pay-checks and voluntary mind wipes that erase any memory of his work.
There are slight hints of Minority Report and even Time Cop so the movie falls into the action/adventure/mystery/thriller type of category.
Ben Affleck, Uma Thurman, Paul Giamatti and the rest of the cast carry out their performances very well.
The plot, the setting, the dialogues, the music, and the special effects, are all good, however, there is a significant flaw in the plot in that Ben Affleck's character should have remembered Rachael (played by Uma Thurman) since he met her (at a party) well before being injected with the mind erasing device.
In short, Paycheck is a movie definitely worth watching if you are in the mood for a decent thriller as it will surely provide for an evening's entertainment.
Relaxing fun, action-packed film (yes borrowed but so apt)
2009-10-03 - The title for the review is not quite what I was ready to put down, but as I glanced at the web-page for the film I couldn't help thinking it was inferior to that of the lead review so I "borrowed" that from Joanna Daneman-the whiz reviewer. Of course, I could simply have said "ditto" to the rest of her review and let it go at that....or, better still, not written this at all. However, that is not the way of the world, one wants to stick ones oar in even when it is not in the least required.
Why some films in the same genre, sci-fi shoot 'em up action, leave me cool, sometimes quite cold, while this one was just plain fun and good watching most of the time is a mystery. Strangely enough, I was not really taken by any of the actors, though Affleck did his job well as did the other players who weren't stunt men and women. That crew, as well, of course, as the designer and director of the action scenes, are certainly to be commended.The plot was a tried and true one, the gimmick a good one, the "end of the world" scenerio as good as most are in this type of film....Oh, yes, Uma Thurman, got to smile a lot and look winsome when not taking her part in the action scenes (naturally, in between the stunt cast filling in as needed). The other actors did what was required. the non-human aspects of the stunts were entertaining and, on the whole, a good time was had by all (well, by me, anyway).
america's critic 
2009-09-12 - um i had to watch this twice to understand this one seemed like they didnt know what they were doing the whole time it was very complex story was hard to figure out-- would not reccomend this one go watch matrix instead lmao!!
Paycheck 
2009-08-19 - I had seen reviews on this site that absolutely trashed this movie asking questions such as, "How did he avoid hired killers?" "How did he dodge bullets?" "How did he know how to operate the machine?" etc, etc... then I actually saw the movie. Keeping in mind people will have their own opinion of it, but I have to say for my money this movie was great.
I looked at the ratings and the ratings were so evenly spread out I couldn't believe it. I realize, after reading a number of reviews, a lot of people didn't completely understand the plot of the movie, but they trashed it anyway. I'm not going to spoil it for anyone, but there's a reason that everything looks so unbelievable. That's the beauty of this story line. There's no real explanation needed if you're paying attention to what going on.
Most of the reviewers that were wondering why these unbelievable things were happening missed the whole point. If they fully comprehended the story line they wouldn't asked the questions they did.
I know I'm being vague, but that's to make sure I don't give anything away. What I'm going to say was already in the trailer. No need to worry about me spoiling any scenes. If you dare to venture to watch the film be aware that Ben Afleck is a reverse engineer and he's the best in the business at what he does, so understand that it's his job to know exactly how the computers he's reverse engineering works. That by itself should eliminate most of the confusion (if any) about this movie. You just have to connect the dots. Don't step away for popcorn, pay attention to the story and you should be very much into this movie.
A lot twists and turns, action and great fun. If you don't enjoy this movie, don't kill the messenger... (eh... I'm mean reviewer).
Paycheck (Special Collector's Edition)
2009-02-16 - DVD was entertaining.
DVD arrived in a very timely fashion.
DVD arrived in excellent condition.
