Paycheck story
Paycheck is a 2003 American science fiction action film based on the 1953 short story of the same name by science fiction writer Philip K. Dick. Synopsis: A talented engineer accepts a contract to work on a three year secret project after which he will have his memory of the time erased and will be made rich for his efforts.
16 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| speculative prediction of the future | choice | A main novelty of the film was a special machine that allowed people to view the future. |
| facing organized pursuit | major | Jennings was being pursued by both the FBI and Allcom corporation goons. |
| memory erasure | major | Central to the plot was Jennings having his memories of the last three years erased from his mind. |
| romantic love | major | Jennings and Rachel fell in love. |
| unethical business practices | major | The Allcom corporation made use of classified government information to illegally build a machine to see into the future. The Nexim corporation hired Jennings to reverse engineer a competitor's technology and recreate it with improvements. |
| what if I had amnesia | major | A mindwipe left Jennings unable to remember anything that'd happened over the past three years, and he spent the film piecing together what had happened over that time span. |
| hologram | minor | A group of corporate executives marveled over a small hologram of a gesticulating, beautiful woman. |
| human life choice | minor | Jennings briefly deliberated over whether he should give up three years of life in exchange for a big payday before consenting to do so. |
| intellectual property in society | minor | Jennings consented that all his work done at the Nexim corporation was the intellectual property of the corporation under the terms of his non-disclosure agreement. |
| law enforcement | minor | Jennings was apprehended and interrogated by a pair of FBI agents. |