Corrected entry: Jennings says he could only move things into the delivery envelope addressed to himself if they were innocuous items cleared by security. Why would they allow him to export a security pass?
Phoenix
2nd Jan 2004
Paycheck (2003)
2nd Jan 2004
Paycheck (2003)
Corrected entry: When Ben Affleck is figuring out where he sabotaged the machine, he says there are only two things left in the envelope: the bullet and the crossword puzzle. Why didn't he consider the watch on his wrist? He had no idea what it did, and it hadn't triggered yet.
Correction: Mike already assumes that the watch has been 'used' since it was taken out of the envelope in the beginning by the FBI agent and put on his wrist. The watch had a double purpose; identifying that the contents of the envelope was his (the tan lines matched), and warning him to 'go'. Even though it's second purpose hadn't been served yet, it's assumed that anything outside the envelope shouldn't be needed anymore, therefore he wouldn't second guess this.
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Correction: Jennings could only get innocent items out of facility security. His pass would have been a perfectly ordinary item for him to carry in and out of the building during his three year service. He obviously wasn't confined to the building during his stay. For the follow-up question of why he couldn't include a letter to himself in the envelope he substituted for the original, recall he got picked up by the FBI who went through his envelope. If he had communicated to himself; he'd have been communicating to them as well. It also seems likely that [don't know the character name] gave up on finding Jennings after he found the watch, even though he knew Jennings was alive. Jennings couldn't have recreated the machine without his partner, and they didn't have the machine intact. Also, since Jennings had beaten them all every step of the way with his foresight, he'd have arranged to have protected himself against further investigation. He, perhaps better than anybody else at the end understood that they were simply wasting their time - he had beaten them before they even began.