Paycheck (film)
Paycheck is a 2003 scifi thriller film based on the short story of the same name by science fiction writer Philip K. Dick. The film was directed by John Woo and stars Ben Affleck, Uma Thurman and Aaron Eckhart. Paul Giamatti, Michael C. Hall, Joe Morton and Colm Feore also appear.
Jennings is approached by his old college roommate, James Rethrick Eckhart, the CEO of the successful Seattle technology company Allcom. Rethrick proposes a lengthy threeyear reverse engineering job to Jennings, requiring him to live on Allcoms secured campus until its conclusion but rewarding him handsomely with company stock. Jennings agrees and, after arranging for his longterm absence, arrives at Allcom, turns in his personal possessions, and is given a brief tour of the facility where he meets and flirts with botanist Dr. Rachel Porter Thurman. He is injected with a longterm memory marker for the postjob memory wipe.Three years later June 2007, at the conclusion of the memory wipe, Jennings is sitting in Rethricks office, being thanked for a successful job. On returning home, Jennings finds that, although his Allcom shares would have been worth around 92 million, he had signed them away near the end of his tenure. Furthermore, he finds that his personal possessions have been replaced with an envelope containing a random assortment of everyday items. Soon after, the FBI captures him and Agent Dodge Morton interrogates him on charges related to the death of physicist William Dekker. Jennings is able to escape custody, finding that the items in the envelope can be used at the right time to evade capture. After warning Shorty of his plight, he finds the items pointing him to a caf meeting with Porter. Rethrick, who has been watching Jennings movements, discovers a message to Porter about this meeting and sends a body double to take her place to try to recover the envelope. The real Porter shows up and helps Jennings escape from both the FBI and Rethricks men. ........
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