Paycheck - 6

This is another film from the writer of Minority Report and Bladerunner (thanks Tim). This is also a film that deals with the future. This is not quite as well done as Minority Report, but still a good movie to discuss the implications of one future and how knowledge leads to responsible action in the present, I think that knowing the past should also work this way, so that "history doesn't repeat itself." It is a good sci-fi movie in that its internal logic works well, there isn't anything in the film to outrageous, and it doesn't lower itself to a cheesy love story either. Some good questions to ask are brought up in this film like, how do we use memory and experience to guide us toward good actions? Does forgetting something relieve us of responsibility? And how do we communicate truth when often our memories are fuzzy? This movies main insight is that what one hopes for and loves is the biggest drive toward action, even if it means giving up our own life.