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	Filmtracks: Paycheck (John Powell)
		Paycheck: (John Powell) The concept and execution of Paycheck is consistent with both the stories of author Philip K. Dick and the directing of John Woo.
		As a film, Paycheck was released on Christmas Day, 2003 to a slightly better than tepid response, with the nail ironically driven into the film's success at roughly the same time as the announced break-up of America's favorite, squeezable couple, Lopez and Affleck.
		Perhaps surprising to casual listeners of the film and score is the level of orchestral depth to the music, especially when the score could just as easily have been loaded up with synthesized cellos and hard electronic percussion.
	www.filmtracks.com /titles/paycheck.html (828 words)

	Paycheck (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Paycheck is a 2003 film adaptation of the short story Paycheck by science fiction writer Philip K. Dick.
		The "paycheck" comes at the end of the movie, when Jennings finds a winning $90 million lottery ticket hidden under the newspaper lining the bottom of Porter's birdcage.
		Although set in Seattle, the movie was filmed in Vancouver.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paycheck_(film) (699 words)

	Film Reviews on CLUAS - Paycheck
		The ultimate paycheck soon comes the way of the handsome geek in the form of a 3 year project worth millions of dollars and even more stock options.
		To help him pick up his enormous paycheck and outrun the FBI - who are on his case because of his shady work partners - Michael turns to two Hollywood stereotypes for help, the love interest (Uma Thurman) and the unattractive but amusing buddy (Paul Giamatti).
		Instead the film feels like a standard Tinsletown thriller, entertaining enough in a roustabout sort of way, but rather predictable and formulaic in the process.
	www.cluas.com /cinema/paycheck.htm (323 words)

	DVD Review: Paycheck
		The film focuses on Mike Jennings (Ben Affleck), a reverse-engineer who makes an awfully good living taking ideas from other companies and altering them, then having his memories erased by the company who he worked for, leaving no proof that he actually took the idea for them.
		After his work is over, he goes to pick up his paycheck, only to find that the money is not there, replaced by a set of about 20 small objects that he apparently put there in order to save himself - in his near future.
		"Paycheck" is forgettable largely because I wouldn't recommend pondering it too heavily after the credits have rolled; there are plot holes and loose ends throughout, but if one can suspend disbelief, they'll find a moderately entertaining, mostly fast-paced thriller.
	www.currentfilm.com /dvdreviews5/paycheckdvd.html (1024 words)

	Paycheck (2004) - Channel 4 Film review
		Paycheck brings together the stylistic signatures of three Hollywood players, one of whom has been dead for over 20 years.
		Paycheck is a close adaptation of Dick's original story.
		The secret nature of this work means that before he can pick up his paycheck, all memory of the job must be erased from his mind.
	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=126863 (418 words)

	Slant Magazine - Film Review: Paycheck
		The film is centered around a computer engineer, Michael Jennings (Ben Affleck), who makes a living by stealing other programmers concepts, selling them to mega-corporations and then having his memory of the business transaction erased to protect both himself and his clients.
		Shortly after the film opens, Jennings becomes involved in a major new project only to find himself waking up three years later with no memory of what he did in that time.
		Paycheck is a clever twist on the detective film thriller, and a testament to Dick's imagination, but it's ultimately a failure—worse than the mediocre choreographic spectacle is its half-hearted functionality.
	www.slantmagazine.com /film/film_review.asp?ID=928 (502 words)

	THE CINEMA LASER DVD REVIEW-- PAYCHECK (WIDESCREEN EDITION)
		Personally, I found PAYCHECK to be quite enjoyable while I was watching it, but like so much fast food, this movie is little more than a whole lot of empty calories that one is unlikely to remember after the meal.
		Sure, the early sections of the film are all exposition and tons of dialogue, but once the action kicks in, so does the soundtrack.
		PAYCHECK is aggressively mixed with fully active front and rear soundstages that place the viewer right in the middle of the action.
	www.thecinemalaser.com /dvd_2004/paycheck-ws-dvd.htm (911 words)

	Paycheck Movie Review - Ben Affleck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Based on Philip K. Dick’s story, the film “Paycheck” is about a freelance high-tech super genius who voluntarily has his memory erased by his employer after a special project.
		The film was directed by John Woo (Windtalkers) and the script was adapted from the Philip K. Dick story by Dean Georgaris (Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life).
		When he goes to the bank to deposit his paycheck, he learns that he forfeited his large sum of money and stock options for an envelope with 19 seemingly random items such as a diamond ring, a matchbook, one-day bus pass, a paper clip and a pair of keys.
	www.onestopreview.com /reviews/review.php?review=paycheck (817 words)

	A Movie Parable: Paycheck
		The latest Dick premise to be adapted into film is Paycheck, based on a short story written in 1952.
		Director John Woo is in full, high-octane mode here, probably hoping that amid all the gunplay, explosions, and stylishly filmed high speed chases, we'll overlook the many apparent flaws in the script.
		Michael, at one point in the film, makes the statement, "When you tell somebody their future, you deprive them of it." In actuality, the opposite is true.
	www.christiancritic.com /mov2003/paycheck.asp (568 words)

	Paycheck (2003): Reviews
		Paycheck is one of those movies in which all the ingenuity went into the original idea and none into its execution.
		Paycheck is too smart for a mindless actioneer, and too slick to capture the full moral weight of Dick's dystopia.
		Paycheck is a terribly muddled mess, a Hitchcock homage (with generous, obvious nods to The Birds, Strangers on a Train and North by Northwest) by a great filmmaker trying to say a great deal with so very little.
	www.metacritic.com /film/titles/paycheck (1132 words)

	Paycheck (2004): Film Review & Competition
		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.
		To celebrate the DVD release of the hit movie Paycheck, starring Ben Affleck, BMW Motorrad is offering its R1150 Rockster as featured in the film as the star prize in two separate promotions organised by Universal Pictures and the Play.com website.
		But upon completion of the job, instead of a big paycheck, Jennings is handed an envelope filled with random objects and told that he has agreed to forfeit all payment.
	www.femalefirst.co.uk /entertainment/film-review-paycheck.php (596 words)

	Paycheck London Movie Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Paycheck is the latest thriller from Hong Kong action maestro John Woo, the man behind Hong Kong hits Hard Boiled and The Killer, as well as Stateside actioners such as Broken Arrow, Face/Off, Mission Impossible 2 and, most recently, Windtalkers.
		Paycheck is adapted from the Philip K. Dick short story of the same name and is set some time in the not-too-distant future.
		To be fair, though he overdoes it a bit, Affleck's actually not too bad in the fight scenes and it's the sort of film where if you see him fighting with a pole in the beginning, you know damn well he'll have a pole-like object in his hands again before the end of the film.
	www.viewlondon.co.uk /review_1950.html (622 words)

	Paycheck (USA 2003)
		Paycheck's plot is deceptively puzzle-like, but everything falls into place with such rote efficiency that any and all surprise is relegated to a split-second of weightless wondering.
		Paycheck has great source material, a relatively hot leading man (this film was shot before Gigli was released), a respected leading actress (Uma Thurman, who struggles valiantly with a cardboard script), and a director who has shown that he can do some pretty cool stuff.
		Paycheck lives up to its namesake by earning its creators one, and there are probably many moviegoers who will feel this film matches their dumbed-down Hollywood expectations.
	www.lovehkfilm.com /panasia/paycheck.htm (799 words)

	indielondon.co.uk - film - Paycheck, Ben Affleck feature
		Last year, in particular, was one to forget, given that the much-hyped marriage to ‘J-Lo’ never took place, while films such as Daredevil and Paycheck became only moderate hits, which failed to ignite with the critics.
		In London to promote the UK release of Paycheck, however, Affleck bravely came face to face with many of his tormentors at the Dorchester Hotel and, to be fair, coped extremely well with the loaded questions and mischief-makers.
		Paycheck, itself, is a futuristic thriller in which Affleck plays a genius who is paid to erase his memory after performing high-tec tasks for multi-million corporations.
	www.indielondon.co.uk /film/paycheck_feature.html (1077 words)

	Paycheck - Cranky Critic® Movie Reviews
		He's got at least one of those in Paycheck, a film whose reason for being is so utterly confusing that the entire film is now being explained in its television commercials.
		That's sorta kinda what Paycheck is about but, when push comes to shove, this was half an idea from SF writer Philip K. Dick, who knew it (because he didn't flesh out this 1953 short story into a full novel length, as far as we know).
		Paycheck could have been a great mystery, as Jennings tries to figure out what each object means to restoring his memory and keep the hell away from evil men who work for evil rich men who out to kill him, but it's not.
	www.crankycritic.com /archive03/paycheck.html (886 words)

	Motion pictures based on work by Philip K. Dick - Paycheck
		"Paycheck" the story is available as part of the collection, "Paycheck and 24 Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick", published in 2003.
		Paycheck is about engineering genius Michael Jennings (Ben Affleck), who does specialized projects for high-tech corporations.
		Highly paid for his work, Jennings expects to earn $90 million for this latest 3-year project, but upon completion of the job, instead of a big paycheck, he is given an envelope full of random objects and told that he has agreed to forfeit all payment.
	www.philipkdick.com /films_paycheck.html (318 words)

	Movie Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The film stars Ben Affleck as a man who has his memory erased, yet remembers to send himself some clues, but fails to explain...
		None of this is worth explaining, because eventually "Paycheck" just turns into a highlight reel for director John Woo ("Hard Target," "Mission: Impossible 2"), with his trademark motorcycle chases, silly shootouts and yes, another dove fluttering on the screen.
		Unfortunately, "Paycheck" was originally a short story, so there's not quite enough material to cover a full-length film.
	ccs.flatoday.com /fe/Movies/reviews/paycheck.asp (489 words)

	Film Blather: Paycheck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When a sci-fi film -- especially an ambitious one -- loses the audience, the result is much more disastrous than when viewers turn on a romantic comedy, or a straight-forward action thriller.
		One could point to the difference in plots; where Minority Report was metaphorical, potentially relevant and vaguely contemporary, Paycheck is pure fantasy, a happy-go-lucky amalgam of archetypical sci-fi elements -- this may be the only time you see a device that predicts the future using -- wait for it -- a laser.
		Paycheck, though more attuned to Woo's sensibilities than something like Windtalkers, is neither essentially plotless like Mission: Impossible 2 nor gimmicky like Face/Off.
	www.filmblather.com /review.php?n=paycheck (765 words)

	Dark Horizons: Interview - Uma Thurman for "Paycheck"
		While clearly reticent to discuss her recent separation from husband Ethan Hawke, the glamorous star says that like her Paycheck co-star Ben Affleck, the best way to handle the media's obsession with an actor's private life is to, well, ignore it.
		Paycheck, directed by action aficionado John Woo, is a futuristic thriller in which Ben Affleck plays an electrician who has had part of his memory erased, and struggles to find clues to his whereabouts for the past three years.
		One of the more compelling aspects of the film is the ability for a machine to predict the future.
	www.darkhorizons.com /news03/umat.php (1201 words)

	PAYCHECK - WIDESCREEN DVD
		The problem with Paycheck isn't really that it's not well thought-out or that it's possibly the first Woo action film to be genuinely boring from start to finish, but that Woo seems to have replaced his joy of genre (and genius within the medium) with a scrabbling desperation to manufacture what used to come naturally.
		Paycheck is Woo ripping off the best of Woo: all his standard signatures (doves, slow-motion, long dissolves, meticulous matching shots, Mexican stand-offs, sliding-while-shooting, starfucking), plus stuff about switching faces (Face/Off), bird cages with hidden compartments (Hard-Boiled), motorcycle chases (Hard Target), and Lazy Susan meet-cutes (A Better Tomorrow II, Mission: Impossible II).
		Paycheck is bad by itself, but immeasurably worse for anyone who used to revere, and for good reason, Woo as something of a national treasure.
	filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/paycheck.htm (745 words)

	Sci Fi Wire -- The News Service of the Sci Fi Channel
		Terence Chang, producer of John Woo's upcoming SF thriller film Paycheck, told SCI FI Wire that neither he nor Woo read the Philip K. Dick story on which the movie is based.
		After his work is done, his memory is wiped, and the man (Affleck) must discover where he was for the last three years as federal agents pursue him and the people he once worked for seek to kill him.
		And the other is when [Woo] came onto the film, he built up the love story part of it and made it more of a love story.
	www.scifi.com /scifiwire/art-main.html?2003-10/01/13.00.film (430 words)

	Paycheck
		Paycheck dumbs down Dick and then takes away many of the big explosions Woo likes, giving a lesser amalgam of the two; still enjoyable, but without any depth of meaning.
		Paycheck also comes out relatively quickly after The Bourne Identity, a better film with a similar story structure.
		Paycheck becomes a race for Jennings to figure out what each item means, and what he exactly he worked on.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/paycheck.html (646 words)

	Paycheck movie,trailer,review,pics,pictures,poster,news,DVD at The Z Review
		Paycheck is set in the future where a man has had part of his memory erased and has to try and discover where he has been for the last two years.
		Paycheck will tell the tale of an electrician who wakes up to discover his employer has erased his memory of the past two years as a security measure.
		Paycheck will centre on a man who has part of his memory erased and begins to find clues to his whereabouts for the past two years.Paramount are producing Paycheck.
	www.thezreview.co.uk /comingsoon/p/paycheck.shtm (1338 words)

	Paycheck - Movie Review by Faizan Rashid - TEN Movies
		'Paycheck', based on a short story by science fiction maestro Philip K. Dick, takes an idea used in many of his previous film adaptations and stretches it wafer thin.
		The tale is concocted using the common themes of memory, determinism and predestination (Dick's forte) with wild action chases and a hero on the lam.
		Movies like 'Paycheck', which corrupt the original work of their authors, are the primary reason why Dick preferred to keep a safe distance from Hollywood for as long as he was alive.
	movies.theemiratesnetwork.com /reviews.php?id=1063 (484 words)

	Paycheck : film review
		Enter Paycheck, which follows in the illustrious footsteps of Bladerunner, Total Recall (okay, maybe "illustrious" is too strong a word) and Minority Report in being based on a short story by sci-fi author Philip K Dick.
		An audience of film critics is never going to be the most forgiving, but it's rare to see a movie where the whole theatre laughs out loud.
		And then towards the end of the film at a pivotal point when Affleck may or may not be about to die, a door opens, the action slows down and...
	www.musicomh.com /films/paycheck.htm (757 words)

	Paycheck
		In return for a paycheck with a large number of zeros he also submits to the dangerous medical procedure of having the memory of his recent work erased from his mind.
		With films like this and Daredevil Affleck is stretching his wings to a new genre.
		With this film and the Hulk it seems that just as his actors are breaking into action he is moving towards a more science fiction oriented career.
	www.hometheaterinfo.com /paycheck.htm (1042 words)

	December 2003 \| blackfilm.com \| reviews \| film \| Paycheck
		Paycheck isn’t on that level, but it has a lot to offer with genuine suspense and killer action scenes.
		Paycheck is a very stylized film with a lot of slick action choreography.
		Early in the film we see Jennings working out with a rod, establishing the fact that he’s going to pummel someone with a similar weapon later in the story.
	www.blackfilm.com /20031226/reviews/paycheck.shtml (973 words)

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