Ben Affleck, Uma Thurman, Aaron Eckhart, Michael C.
Hall, Emily Holmes, Krista Allen, Colm Feore, John Cassini
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Directed
by: John Woo
Written by: Philip K. Dick (Short Story). Dean Georgaris,
James Gray, Scott Frank (Screenplay)
Produced by:Michael Hackett, John Woo, Terence Cha
Distributor: Paramount Pictures |
US:
12/25/03
UK: 16/01/04 |
Ben
Affleck as Michael Jennings - a brilliant computer engineer
hired by high-tech corporations for specialized top-secret
projects. Once a job is complete, Jennings routinely
has his short-term memory erased so as not to divulge
any sensitive company information to future clients.
Highly paid for his work, he expects to earn $4.4billion
at the end of his latest 3-year project. But upon completion
of the job, instead of a big paycheck, Jennings is handed
an envelope filled with random objects and told that
he has agreed to forfeit all payment. With his memory
erased as usual, Jennings has no way to prove them wrong
until he discovers the objects are clues to the puzzle
that once was his past. But with Federal agents hot
on his heels, Jennings quickly learns that more than
just his paycheck is at stake. In a race against time,
Jennings must put the pieces together with the help
of Rachel (Uma Thurman), the woman he has worked with
and loved for the past three years who rekindles his
memory of their life together, before the people he
once worked for have him killed. |
When
he died in alcoholic semi-obscurity, could Dick have
precogged the massive influence he would have on future
generations of film makers and novelists. Apart from
the direct based-ons like 'Blade Runner', 'Minority
Report', 'Total Recall', 'Through A Scanner Darkly'
and this. There's also a whole subculture of wannabes
ranging from Martin Amis to Charlie Kaufman's latest
flick 'Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind'. Go Dick!! |
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"Hey
guys you absolutely 100% guarantee, even the Enquirer
won't be able to see the join? Right?"
"Err, yeah, sure Senor
Affleck."
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