Paycheck

Pros: Interesting Plot. Action.
Cons: Acting wasn't that good.

I saw some previews for Paycheck and thought it looked interesting. I decided to see it, and I did enjoy the movie. Michael Jennings was a reverse engineer. He would take apart some new device to figure out how it worked and ...

Pros: John Woo, Uma Thurman, Ben Affleck, some of the story-line
Cons: Aaron Eckhart, Aaron Eckhart, Aaron Eckhart!

Once upon a time, movies had villains that could act.  Once upon a time, movies had villains that were actually entertaining to watch.  Once upon a time, movies had villains that were not only believable, but who could steal a scene just as easily as the ...

Pros: Non-stop action...Go baby go!
Cons: Not Woo's best work...

Preamble Ooops! Wrong movie...but hey, I couldn't resist. The title made me do it. Poor Ben. He's still having a difficult time shaking 2003. Cancelled nuptials. G igli. A homeless Project ...

Pros: Affleck and the plot
Cons: Thurman part too small

I don't want to get into a word fight with some of the more qualified advisors and critics on this site, but I sometimes believe movies are "over-analyzed". Sure, it's important to compare the previous work of the director and the actors to the film ...

Pros: It's a pretty good time.
Cons: Woo is lost. The script needed more work.

‘Paycheck’ is just the sort of movie that, to channel John Cleese (or Basil Fawlty), makes me want to give the screenwriter a damn good thrashing. Unfortunately, I can’t find it in me to do it in this case. I’d hate to be overly harsh on Dean ...

Pros: Philosophical, baby. Aaron Eckhart brings it. Lots of action.
Cons: Fundamental paradoxes, one of the opening scenes is dangerously close to Minority Report.

You like Minority Report? Great, then you'll like Paycheck too. Thank you very much for doing business with us. NEEEEXT! Hey, wait a second. Why are you still here? Oh, I see, you want me to tell you why. A nice thought, for sure. ...

Pros: Entertaining
Cons: A bit too flashy

Philip K. Dick is known as much for his sci-fi “what ifs” set in the near future as his prolific nature as an author. His stories have been adapted to screen both successfully and unsuccessfully. Blade Runner and Minority Report are both his as are ...

Pros: Ben Affleck's stick-fighting scenes are surprisingly funny.
Cons: They weren't meant to be.

If you removed the opening credits from Paycheck, you would never possibly guess that the film was directed by John Woo (or, for that matter, that it was based on actual source story by Phillip Dick) That it was is both confusing and frustrating, ...

Pros: Paul Giamatti and little else
Cons: Close to career lows for John Woo and Ben Affleck

The statute of limitation on using Face/Off to defend John Woo has finally come to an end. I just want to make that entirely clear. The conversations go like this: Film Snob A doesn't want to see a new John Woo film and declares, "Since he ...

Pros: A smart, well-executed storyline with ample suspense and action
Cons: Not always implemented excitingly

The end-of-year movie buzz, after the predictable award-show fare, seems to be focused on Paycheck, the latest film from John Woo and also the latest film to be based on a story by the late Philip K. Dick (who also inspired such films as ...

Pros: Raises philosophical questions, action aplenty.
Cons: Never really answers those questions, weak acting.

It's easy to describe Paycheck, John Woo's new film, as "Minority Report Lite". Like that 2002 masterpiece, the film is based on a story by Phillip K Dick (whose stories were also the inspiration for Blade Runner and Total Recall by the way) and like the ...

Pros: story starts off interesting
Cons: gets more boring with every passing minute, little chemistry between Affleck and Thurman, bad dialogue

Despite a strong December, my heart was crushed twice by directors I am slowly losing faith in. Richard Donner was the reason why I became so infatuated with movies to begin with. He made “Superman” and “Superman II” the best super hero ...

Pros: Good action scenes, special effects, initial plot.
Cons: Bad acting, plot got worse, glaring errors.

Paycheck: A Two Star Movie with a (bad) Numismatic Switch. By James Zaworski I watched the Ben Affleck and Uma Thurmon thriller “Paycheck” the other night on HBO. It started out as having the makings for a good science fiction thriller, but it ...

Pros: Action and more action. Entertaining.
Cons: Won't move you. Little chemistry between Affleck and Thurman. Lottery subplot lame.

I am not sure what my expectations of Paycheck were when I was trying to find a movie that both my girlfriend and I could see on Saturday afternoon before I had to go to work. I had heard about the story line and read a couple reviews that wondered ...

Pros: Good action, Aaron Eckhart
Cons: Not too believable--falls a bit flat in places.

I heard that this film wasn't all that good, and that Affleck is losing it. I don't agree. This was a halfway smart film. The plot wasn't bad, and I didn't think the acting was that bad either--not the best I have seen mind you, but not that badly ...