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I went to see Ben Afflecks new movie Paycheck this afternoon with my cousin. Given Ben's less then stellar track record this past summer I wasn't honestly expecting much but the reviews were positive and it was about the best of what was playing at the time we could go.
This is a sci fi movie that centers around the an engineer (Ben Affleck) that is hired by a firm to reverse enineer products to allow them to catch up to their competitors. His memory is then erased with a funky machine and he collects his large paycheck. The plot moves on when Ben's offered a chance to make some big $$$ on a top secret project. Its this project that the movie revolves around so I won't expand upon the plot anymore.
During the opening credits John Woo's name flashed across as a director which I hadn't realized he was involved in this one so I had some preconcieved notions on what the action scenes would look like but to be honest with the very rare exception this isn't your typical John Woo movie...at least I didn't think so.
Uma Thurman plays Ben's romatic counter part and other then looking a little older then I remember her being she's still a hottie :twisted: and her acting is solid enough not to be a distraction...
In the end I quite enjoyed the movie for what it was...a sci fi movie with some decent action scene's. It's not the type of movie that makes you stop and reflect on it later when you walk out the theatre like some do but if you like pop corn movies you'll likely enjoy this one too.
I give it a 4 out of 5
This is a sci fi movie that centers around the an engineer (Ben Affleck) that is hired by a firm to reverse enineer products to allow them to catch up to their competitors. His memory is then erased with a funky machine and he collects his large paycheck. The plot moves on when Ben's offered a chance to make some big $$$ on a top secret project. Its this project that the movie revolves around so I won't expand upon the plot anymore.
During the opening credits John Woo's name flashed across as a director which I hadn't realized he was involved in this one so I had some preconcieved notions on what the action scenes would look like but to be honest with the very rare exception this isn't your typical John Woo movie...at least I didn't think so.
Uma Thurman plays Ben's romatic counter part and other then looking a little older then I remember her being she's still a hottie :twisted: and her acting is solid enough not to be a distraction...
In the end I quite enjoyed the movie for what it was...a sci fi movie with some decent action scene's. It's not the type of movie that makes you stop and reflect on it later when you walk out the theatre like some do but if you like pop corn movies you'll likely enjoy this one too.
I give it a 4 out of 5
ops: 
I think they might have cut out a scene as she almost ran over somebody. 
..lol
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