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Paycheck

  • 2003
  • TMDB 6.2/10
  • 1h 59m

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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Overview

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.

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 Brown

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