4.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Paycheck (2003)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 4.9
Overview
Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a three-year job, he's told he isn't getting a paycheck and instead receives a mysterious envelope. In it are clues he must piece together to find out why he wasn't paid – and why he's now in hot water.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Overview
Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a three-year job, he's told he isn't getting a paycheck and instead receives a mysterious envelope. In it are clues he must piece together to find out why he wasn't paid – and why he's now in hot water.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
While the film features a critique of corporate overreach and manipulation, its central conflict and resolution primarily focus on an individual's fight to reclaim his identity and agency against a powerful adversary, without explicitly promoting a specific political ideology or advocating for systemic change.
The movie features a predominantly white main cast, though it includes visible diversity in a significant supporting role. Its narrative maintains a traditional framing, neither critiquing nor explicitly promoting traditional identities or DEI themes, focusing instead on its sci-fi thriller plot.
Secondary
The film 'Paycheck' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters, relationships, or themes. The narrative is entirely centered on its science fiction action plot and a heterosexual romantic subplot, resulting in no LGBTQ+ representation to evaluate.
The film "Paycheck" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Therefore, there is no portrayal to evaluate, resulting in an N/A rating for its depiction of transsexual identity.
The film features Rachel Porter as the primary female character. While she is involved in action sequences and aids the protagonist, her contributions are primarily strategic, intellectual, or involve the use of firearms from a distance. There are no scenes depicting her or any other female character defeating one or more male opponents in direct physical combat.
The film "Paycheck" is an adaptation of a Philip K. Dick short story. The main characters, including Michael Jennings, Rachel Porter, and James Rethrick, maintain the same genders as established in the original source material. No significant character's gender was altered for the film.
The film "Paycheck" is an adaptation of a Philip K. Dick short story. The main characters' races were either consistent with implied source material or unspecified in the original text, and their portrayals in the film do not constitute a race swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.3
6.2
Critic Ratings
2.7
4.3
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