Rotten
There's a sense of treading water about this movie.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Paycheck
The future depends on a past he was paid to forget.
2003 · 1h 59m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
John Woo
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
27%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Without ever quite becoming boring, Paycheck seems to narrow into a routine pattern, and a plot that at first had nuance and the hint of a broader meaning degenerates into chases and standard action.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
You may not buy everything about this movie, but you'll likely leave it with a smile.
Bob Townsend, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Rotten
If a movie is going to flout, or at least bend, the laws of the universe, it at least ought to obey its own internal rules.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Rotten
[Woo] still has pretty much of a tin ear for American performances, so he lets Affleck doze through the starring role. The film feels as if it has no center.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
More films
Minority Report (2002)
Action · Science Fiction · Thriller · PG-13
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
- Runtime
- 2h 25m
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Cast
- Tom Cruise, Max von Sydow, Samantha Morton
IMDb
7.6
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
Metacritic
80
The Matrix (1999)
Action · Science Fiction · R
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
- Director
- Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
- Cast
- Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss
IMDb
8.7
Rotten Tomatoes
83%
Metacritic
73
Total Recall (1990)
Action · Adventure · Science Fiction · R
Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company that manufactures memories. When his memory implant goes wrong, Doug can no longer be sure what is and isn't reality.
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Director
- Paul Verhoeven
- Cast
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone
IMDb
7.5
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Metacritic
60
Next (2007)
Action · Science Fiction · Thriller · PG-13
Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical establishment in his power, he lies low under an assumed name in Vegas, performing cheap tricks and living off small-time gam...
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Director
- Lee Tamahori
- Cast
- Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel
IMDb
6.2
Rotten Tomatoes
28%
Metacritic
42
Déjà Vu (2006)
Action · Science Fiction · Thriller · PG-13
Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a time-shifting surveillance device to help prevent crime.
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- Director
- Tony Scott
- Cast
- Denzel Washington, Paula Patton, Val Kilmer
IMDb
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes
56%
Metacritic
59
Comments
Talk about the film with other members