Ben can't, however, make Paycheck into the good movie it might have been. That would have required a director more interested in ideas and less interested in things that go boom...

| Feb 28, 2020

A rubbish script, terrible acting from all concerned -- including, I regret to say, Uma Thurman -- and Woo's action histrionics uneasily confined to science lab interiors, all conspire to produce a movie of utter redundancy.

| Jan 11, 2018

Woo's stylish touches fall flat in this forgettable project

| Original Score: C- | May 14, 2012

This movie just sags, even in the action scenes.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 27, 2010

It's not necessarily high brow sci-fi, but it is very accessible to the mainstream eye.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 9, 2010

Paycheck takes two hours to watch and two minutes to forget.

| Original Score: 5/10 | May 18, 2009

Playful but inconsequential...the interpretation of Dick's intriguing concept is a street which mostly just dead-ends into noisy silliness. [Blu-ray]

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 17, 2009

"Paycheck" is a no-brainer action movie with just enough sci-fi thematic input to keep it spicy.

| Original Score: C+ | May 11, 2009

Most of it is very predictable and so obvious and instantly draws us away from the characters because everything here feels very artificial and very staged.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Apr 29, 2009

For those who enjoy a ripper of a good yarn, Paycheck is good value.

| Oct 18, 2008

Some remedial script work is in need, and the characters are far from compelling. But the action is up to scratch and it rattles happily along.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 1, 2006

There's a sense of treading water about this movie.

| Feb 9, 2006

Paycheck is John Woo lite.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

It's nice to know that there's a director out there who still knows how to use marquee stars and to blow stuff up real good, without resorting to CGI fakery.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

A mildly entertaining slice of science fiction that's anchored by some top-notch action.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 5, 2005

The film discards serious discussion for Mexican standoffs and action scenes, trading the possibility of complex rewards for simple pleasures.

| Original Score: B- | Apr 14, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 14, 2005

This could have been a terrific movie. Unfortunately, Paramount and Director John Woo (who was responsible for the lamentable Windtalkers), ruined it by prolific special effects.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Oct 7, 2004

There is enough left of the original idea in the movie to recommend it, just barely.

| Original Score: C+ | Aug 23, 2004

| Original Score: D | Aug 7, 2004