"Michael Jennings is not a super agent, he's an engineer."
Ever since John Woo trotted off to Hollywood, the quality of his output has gradually declined. Following the days of Hard-Boiled, A Better Tomorrow and The Killer, director Woo moved into Hollywood and made his mark with the underrated Hard Target and the exceptional action-thriller Face/Off.
What seemed like a breezy idea for an engineer to net him millions of dollars, leaves him on the run for his life and piecing together why he's being chased.
"7.12.12.
Netflix/PS3
Jos Windtalkers oli ensimmäinen merkki siitä, että John Woon tähti on sammunut (en ole nähnyt Mission Impossible kakkosta ja Face/Off on vielä hyvä elokuva) pitäen sisällään enää harvoja hyviä juttuja ja hyvin paljon pönötystä, on Paycheck sitten merkki siitä että auteur on sinkoutunut tutuilta uomiltaan hollywoodilaisen yhdentekevään elokuvantekoon ja tottunut tähän asiantilaan liiankin nopeasti.
Toisin sanoen Paycheck on elokuva, jossa John Woo me"
Javeed Ahsan♫► added this to a list 5 months, 2 weeks ago
"I remember seeing the trailer for this movie years ago and I bought it cheap on DVD to check it out. Not a bad movie, but the movie was nothing special. It's a shame that this was John Woo's last movie in the US and the whole movie was completely forgettable. "
"Reason for the future sucking:
Ben Affleck's character has created a machine that can predict the future!
Obviously, bad guys want it so they can do EVIL things with it.
Year it takes place: The near future"
James B. added this to a list 11 months, 2 weeks ago
"Day 18 - A movie that you wish more people would’ve seen
I really enjoyed this movie, but not many have seen it. And those that have don't seem to rate it very high. But I thought it was great."
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Plot: What seemed like a breezy idea for an engineer to net him millions of dollars, leaves him on the run for his life and piecing together why he's being chased.
Genre: Sci-Fi | Thriller | Action
Director: John Woo
Stars: Ben Affleck, Uma Thurman, Aaron Eckhart
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Story: 6 | Story Idea: 8 | Acting: 6 | Score: 6 | Visuals: 7
Overall:
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