Paycheck

Titolo originale: Paycheck
Regia: John Woo |
Anno: 2003
Origine: Canada | United States of America |
Generi: Azione Avventura Mistero Fantascienza Thriller
Tag: amnesia | prophecy | technology | engineer | time | evil corporation | cyberpunk | scientist | millionaire | based on short story | tech noir | seeing the future |
Cast: Ben Affleck | Uma Thurman | Aaron Eckhart | Paul Giamatti | Colm Feore | Joe Morton | Michael C. Hall | Kathryn Morris | Claudette Mink | Peter Friedman | Ivana Miličević | Christopher Kennedy | Fulvio Cecere | John Cassini | Callum Keith Rennie | Michelle Harrison | Emily Holmes | Kendall Cross | Catherine Lough Haggquist | Krista Allen | Ryan Zwick | Dee Jay Jackson | Serge Houde | Calvin Finlayson | Darryl Scheelar | Mark Brandon | Roger Haskett | Steve Wright | Craig Hosking | Barclay Hope | Peter Shinkoda | David James Lewis | Robert Clark | Andrea Siradze | Isabelle Roland | Peter Caton | Ryan Robbins | Benita Ha | Chelah Horsdal | Craig March | Jason Calder | Mike Godenir | Brad Kelly | Brent Connolly | Michelle Anderson | Lori Berlanga |

Michael Jennings è un ingegnere specializzato nell'introdursi in prodotti informatici appena brevettati per rubarne i segreti. È talmente bravo che, per contratto, le ditte che lo assoldano gli cancellano i ricordi di tutto il periodo in cui ha lavorato al progetto. Due mesi di vuoto di memoria sono tutto sommato un piccolo prezzo da pagare per vivere agiatamente. Ma un giorno la posta si fa più alta: lavorare per il vecchio amico Rethrick ad un progetto segretissimo, per tre anni, in cambio di una quantità di denaro irrifiutabile. Buio. Ritroviamo Jennings, privo di ogni ricordo dei passati tre anni, con un conto in banca azzerato, una bella fidanzata di cui non ricorda che uno sguardo, l'FBI che lo bracca e gli uomini di Rethrick che vogliono ucciderlo.

Frasi

[Jennings sees Rachel at the party and is fascinat [...] D
[first lines] Holographic Woman: It's time to wak [...] D
Jimmy Rethrick: Michael, you're done! D
Jimmy Rethrick: I am the future, Mike! D
Rachel Porter: I want to save the world. Michael [...] D
Shorty: But that's not the question you should be [...] D
Maya: [pretending to be Rachel] You can't remember [...] D
[Jennings visits the bank to deposit his $92 milli [...] D
Shorty: Maybe we should just find Decker. Michael [...] D
Michael Jennings: [quoting from a fortune cookie s [...] D
[after having his three-year memory erased] Micha [...] D
Wolfe: So, you're saying he sent himself a differe [...] D
Michael Jennings: If you love me, if you care abou [...] D
Shorty: C'mon, don't be mean to the one that does [...] D
James Rethrick: Michael Jennings is not a super ag [...] D
[after seeing Michael's future demise on the machi [...] D
[Shorty enters with a pair of caged birds] Michae [...] D
[Michael begins to suspect that the woman with him [...] D
Attorney General Brown: We knew Decker was trying [...] D
Shorty: Look, if we know anything, we know that ti [...] D
Rachel Porter: Hey, I said you were okay, okay? M [...] D
[Michael is focusing on the Einstein stamps on the [...] D
Shorty: You never once asked me what I see when I [...] D
[Michael and Rachel have entered the inner sanctum [...] D
Michael Jennings: Oh, my God, it's the future. The [...] D
Rachel Porter: I, um, I brought you some clothes. [...] D
Jimmy Rethrick: There was a time when we were in s [...] D
Jimmy Rethrick: Michael Jennings died exactly thre [...] D
Agent Klein: Do you think Jennings really saw the [...] D
Shorty: Whoa, whoa, whoa, don't leave me alone. M [...] D
[last lines] Shorty: You know what? I think now's [...] D
Rachel Porter: Michael, are you okay? Michael Jen [...] D
[as Michael and Rachel are kissing] Shorty: Break [...] D
Michael Jennings: If you show someone their future [...] D
[after Jennings and Rachel have escaped a hair-rai [...] D
Shorty: Say one word about this hat, and I'm outta [...] D
Shorty: [after being shot at] Great seein' ya agai [...] D