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Without ever quite becoming boring, Paycheck seems to narrow into a routine pattern, and a plot that at first had nuance and the hint of a broader meaning degenerates into chases and standard action.
You may not buy everything about this movie, but you'll likely leave it with a smile.
If a movie is going to flout, or at least bend, the laws of the universe, it at least ought to obey its own internal rules.
[Woo] still has pretty much of a tin ear for American performances, so he lets Affleck doze through the starring role. The film feels as if it has no center.
Though the premise is provocative enough, the execution feels like a host of other violent action-drenched movies.
A bloated thriller that runs out of steam long before its final interminable chase.
This movie just sags, even in the action scenes.
It's not necessarily high brow sci-fi, but it is very accessible to the mainstream eye.
This is a movie that tries to look and sound great. It can only manage a microscopic amount of both.
...where Woo takes over as an action director...from then on it's all shoot, run, fight, and chase. (Blu-ray Edition)
Paycheck takes two hours to watch and two minutes to forget.
Playful but inconsequential...the interpretation of Dick's intriguing concept is a street which mostly just dead-ends into noisy silliness. [Blu-ray]
"Paycheck" is a no-brainer action movie with just enough sci-fi thematic input to keep it spicy.
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.
For those who enjoy a ripper of a good yarn, Paycheck is good value.
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.
There's a sense of treading water about this movie.
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.
Paycheck is John Woo lite.
A mildly entertaining slice of science fiction that's anchored by some top-notch action.
The film discards serious discussion for Mexican standoffs and action scenes, trading the possibility of complex rewards for simple pleasures.
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