Paycheck vs Watchmen
Watchmen has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 6.2/10 for Paycheck). Paycheck is the shorter watch at 1h 59m compared with 2h 43m. Paycheck is the older of the two (2003 against 2009). Both are action, mystery, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Paycheck
Watchmen| Paycheck | Watchmen | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.2/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2009 |
| Length | 1h 59m | 2h 43m |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller | Action, Mystery, Science Fiction |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | John Woo | Zack Snyder |
| Main cast | Michael C. Hall, Callum Keith Rennie, Aaron Eckhart, Paul Giamatti, Peter Friedman | Carla Gugino, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Matthew Goode, Laura Mennell, Billy Crudup |
Synopsis
Paycheck
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.
Watchmen
In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so they uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.
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