Paycheck
“The future depends on a past he was paid to forget.”
2003 · 1 h 59 min
John WooCast
Ben Affleck 
Aaron Eckhart 
Uma Thurman Michael C. Hall 
Paul Giamatti 
Colm Feore
Credits
Written by: 
Philip K. Dick
Plot
A genius reverse-engineer who has his memory wiped after each job finds he has been left clues by his past self.
Sinekatalog’s take
A forgettable, loose Philip K. Dick adaptation with some good action by John Woo.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.3 / 10 (119,500 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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