Paycheck (DVD 2004)

Story: Adapted from a mind-bending sci-fi thriller by Philip K. Dick, the slick and riveting PAYCHECK is directed by John Woo (THE KILLER, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE II)--the king of artful gunfighting flicks--who shows off his agility here with flat-out, white-knuckle cinematic entertainment. Michael Jennings (Ben Affleck) is a high-paid engineer who works on hush-hush computer inventions and technology for shady companies. Later, his memory is wiped clean, so he has no recollection of his work. His so-called friend Rethrick (Aaron Eckhardt, the master of smarmy mean-spiritedness, as in IN THE COMPANY OF MEN) offers him enough money to retire by working on a project at Rethrick's company, Allcom. When Jennings emerges three years later, sans memory, he tries to collect his paycheck. At the bank, he's handed a manila envelope filled with cryptic items he doesn't recognise, and told he voluntarily forfeited his entire paycheck. He also has a stunning girlfriend named Dr. Rachel Porter (Uma Thurman) who is likewise ensnared in the conspiracy. Jennings must somehow piece together the clues he left for himself, and find out why everyone is out to kill him.
As usual, Dick's story is the basis for a killer script that travels from point A to Z with gripping immediacy. The clues left for Jennings are amusing writerly devices, intricately pieced together. Woo clearly enjoyed choreographing the wild gunfighting and chase sequences (slo-mo bullets aplenty), sending Affleck and Thurman on the run with a BMW motorcycle.

Comments: Ben Affleck has been given 20 items to help him prevent his own murder. ( 19 items IN envelop, and 1 stamp ON the envelop containing pictures from the future )

The theory about infinite sight taking you into the future is a unique concept, however i wonder how they are able to see at a other location then where they are exactly, could this be what the computer is being used for to change the camera angle or something? When you think about it, then it doesn't make that mutch sense, it's more of a christal ball theory then actual psychical one that can be achieved.

When you go FASTER then the speed of light then time around you slows down and you can move into the future, but actual seeing into the future as they explain here i don't think that that's possible, not to say that one could ever achieve to go faster then the speed of light.

Interesting movie, great action scenes, Ben doing his best as a actor, and i think it's going to be a nice movie to watch with your girlfriend because there are some nice romantic scenes hidden in the movie.

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