Paycheck (2003)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: Canada, United States of America

Director: John Woo

Plot: 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 Affleck, Uma Thurman, Aaron Eckhart, Paul Giamatti, Colm Feore, Joe Morton, Michael C. Hall, Kathryn Morris, Claudette Mink, Peter Friedman

Rating: 6.208 ⭐