I’ve only just spotted this so it is rather last minute. Don’t worry, I’ve got a memory wiping machine so you’ll all remember that I gave you plenty of notice 
Give or take a week or two it has been a year since the BBC last broadcast sci-fi action drama Paycheck. It is on tonight (4th of September) at 11:35pm on BBC1, except in Northern Ireland. No showings scheduled for the NI crowd.
Ex-Dare Devil and future Batman Ben Affleck stars as computer engineer Michael Jennings. Michael is tasked with copying competitor designs but has his memories of the work erased afterwards to in some way get around copyright laws. Things go awry when Michael realises that someone is trying to kill him, but his pre-memory wipe self has left clues about it. Uma Thurman (Kill Bill) also stars.
Kathryn as a small but captivating role near the beginning of the film. Being a public service broadcaster that it is the BBC has again kindly started the movie early enough so that you can see Kathryn and still be in bed by midnight. These things are important for those of us of a certain age.
The BBC’s website has more details HERE. Various images from the film are in the KM UK Gallery.
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