Paycheck

Paycheck (2003)

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Ben Affleck plays Michael Jennings, a brilliant engineer. When he is hired to do a job for a man named Rethrick, he is told he will be paid nearly $90 million dollars. However, at the end of the job, he must have his memory erased of the job. Three years later, Jennings has his memory erased and goes to collect his $90 million dollars. However, instead of that, he finds an envelope with simple objects that seemingly don't connect together that he had sent to himself while he was working for Rethrick. The FBI come after him because of the job Rethrick had given him. Jennings has to find out what he was doing the past three years using the envelope and its contents.

Continuity mistake: When Michael and Shorty are having lunch after Michael is released, he empties the contents of the envelope onto the table. A bit later he puts everything back into the envelope, but the bullet remains on the table under a napkin. Later in the movie, Michael empties the envelope and the bullet is in it.

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Shorty: Say one word about this hat, and I'm outta here.

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Question: Would it have been at all possible for Ben Affleck to obtain the key to the janitors office in the train station and mail it to himself, as he was not allowed to leave the complex he was working in for three years?

Answer: He could have got someone to obtain the key and bring it to him. The same goes for much of the other stuff in the envelope.

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