| NOTE: This page is only about James Rethrick's film incarnation as his original book incarnation was not voted Pure Evil, thus only the film version of James Rethrick's info and crimes should be put here. |
James Rethrick is the main antagonist of the 2003 science-fiction action film Paycheck, which is based on Philip K. Dick's 1979 novelette of the same name.
He is the ruthless and seemingly polite CEO of Allcom who contacts his old buddy Michael Jennings about working for him to build a machine capable of predicting the future, only to abuse it for his own ends and planning to dispose of Jennings once he's no longer useful.
He was portrayed by Aaron Eckhart.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- Killed William Dekker via having his goons do it once he realizes what Rethrick's true goals are.
- Framed Michael Jennings for the crime and sends Wolfe to retrieve him so that he can access his machine.
- Planned to use Jennings' device to become rich, even though he knows it would cause a plaque to spread which will murder millions and forcing the survivors underground, which only gets worse when the United States declares World War III, nuking cities and wiping out millions more in the future so that he can become the ruler of the world.
- Tried to set up Jennings to die by having him gunned down by a FBI agent and attempts to have Dr. Rachel Porter disposed of as well.
External Links[]
- James Rethrick on the Villains Wiki
