Paycheck

Paycheck is a short story by science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, involving an engineer, who, after working two years on a secret project, had those two years erased from his memory.

In 2003, it has been adapted into a motion picture by director John Woo, starring Ben Affleck, Uma Thurman and Aaron Eckhart. Panned by critics, and largely ignored by the viewing public, the movie was seen mostly as a vehicle for Affleck. This is considered one of Woo's worst films, possibly because he downplayed many of the story's science fiction elements for transition to the film.