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Paycheck

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.

Michael Jennings is a reverse engineer who does technical jobs for certain companies and as soon as he is done, his memory of that work is wiped out. Now the longest he has been contracted is 2 months. But now billionaire, James Rethrick offers him a job that would last 2 years, maybe 3, and he promises that he will probably earn 8 figures. Michael agrees. Before beginning he turns in all of his personal effects. When the job is done, his memory is erased and he learns he made over 90 million dollars over the three years. When he goes to claim it and his personal effects, he discovers that prior to the erasure of his memory he waived his rights to the money he earned and that the items that were given to him were not the ones he gave when he began. Later he is arrested by the FBI, who say that he committed some act of treason and murder. It's while he is in custody that he escapes using some the items that he was given. Later he meets with a friend who gives him some information that helps him understand what is going on. At the same time Rethrick sends his people to pursue him for him.

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Info about Paycheck

Studio(s): Paramount Pictures, Davis Entertainment

Originally Released: Australia, Mar 18, 2004

Production Countries: Canada, United States

Box Office Gross: $96,269,812.00

Budget: $60,000,000.00

Genres:Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller