Paycheck

Paycheck (2003) is John Woo's science-fiction thriller you can watch online on iFILM. Engineer Michael Jennings takes on classified corporate projects, then has the memory of each job wiped clean. It keeps everyone safe. Ben Affleck plays a man who sells his own recollections for a living.

After a three-year contract, Michael expects a check for 92 million dollars. Instead he gets an envelope full of ordinary junk: a paperclip, a stamp, a pair of glasses, a book of matches. He mailed those items to himself before the memory wipe, and each one ends up saving his life once people start hunting him. Jennings rebuilds his erased past piece by piece, trying to figure out what he learned that was worth walking away from the money. Uma Thurman plays the biologist he trusts, Aaron Eckhart his employer, and Paul Giamatti an old friend.

The script came from a short story by Philip K. Dick, the writer behind Blade Runner and Minority Report. Woo layered in his signature gunfights and chases, turning a puzzle about free will into a lean action picture. Stream Paycheck (2003) online on iFILM.