Ben Affleck, Uma Thurman, and Aaron Eckhart star in this MacGyver-type film about a man who gave up three years of his life to build a secret device for a company Alcom that can portray the future. When he finished the job, his memory was erased. But when he picks up a packet of his belongings, he learns over a course of silly and far-fetched situations that he placed 20 items in this packet that would help him remember (and help him get back inside Alcom) that he needed to destroy the device. Why? Because it was going to destroy humankind.
Paycheck wanted so badly to be another Minority Report. It brought in capable actors but the script lacked direction, coherence, and most importantly, sense. You could tell that a few of the stars, Uma especially, tried to make something happen with the dialogue given them. Nothing could save this from being awful.
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