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6.2/10 • 1.9K

2003-12-251h 59m

ActionAdventureMysteryScience FictionThriller

The future depends on a past he was paid to forget.

Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a three-year job, he's told he isn't getting a paycheck and instead receives a mysterious envelope. In it are clues he must piece together to find out why he wasn't paid – and why he's now in hot water.

Directors
John Woo
Editors
Kevin Stitt

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Ben Affleck

    Ben Affleck

    Michael Jennings

  2. Uma Thurman

    Uma Thurman

    Rachel Porter

  3. Aaron Eckhart

    Aaron Eckhart

    James Rethrick

  4. Paul Giamatti

    Paul Giamatti

    Shorty

  5. Colm Feore

    Colm Feore

    John Wolfe

  6. Joe Morton

    Joe Morton

    Agent Dodge

  7. Michael C. Hall

    Michael C. Hall

    Agent Klein

  8. Kathryn Morris

    Kathryn Morris

    Rita Dunne

  9. Claudette Mink

    Claudette Mink

    Sara Rethrick

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Rob Avatar

Rob

Jun 24, 2023

4/10

Oh dear, this one's pretty bad. There are a lot of faces in this movie but non of them could save this disaster. Which is a shame, because this could have been a really intense and thrilling film in the hands of a different director. Instead, it comes across as a made-for-TV movie. John Woo's direction is lacklustre and cliche, the editing is lazy and the soundtrack is overblown, unfitting and downright intrusive.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$60,000,000.00
Revenue
$117,248,958.00
Keywords
amnesiaprophecytechnologyengineertimeevil corporationcyberpunkscientistmillionairebased on short storytech noirseeing the future