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Total Recall, 1990

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin

Directed by: Paul Verhoeven

Written by: Dan O'Bannon

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 113 min

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Rating:7.4

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The mood of Total Recall is stylized, exciting, and rough. The plot centers around memory loss, technology gone awry, and conspiracies. It is an action and sci-fi movie. Stylistically, Total Recall is neo-noir, is futuristic, and involves twists and turns. In approach, it is fantastical and serious. The pacing is fast. Total Recall takes place, at least partly, on a distant planet. The setting is Mars. Visually, it involves special effects. Total Recall is known for being original, a blockbuster, and an award winner. It is especially suggested for a boys' night. Note that it includes strong violent content.

Summary of Total Recall

Arnold Schwarzenegger is perfectly cast as Quaid, a 2084 construction worker haunted by dreams of Mars in this crowd-pleasing science fiction spectacle. Against the wishes of his sexy blonde wife (Sharon Stone), Quaid goes to Rekall, a company that implants artificial memories, so he can "remember" visiting the red planet that is now being settled by human inhabitants. However, Quaid is actually an amnesiac secret agent from Mars--or is he? Enemy agents led by a thug named Richter (Michael Ironside) start trying to kill him before Quaid remembers anything more. Bullets and bone-crunching mayhem follow in large doses as Quaid heads to Mars to deal with mutants, ancient alien races, and Cohagen (Ronny Cox), a greedy capitalist controlling the colonists' air supply, in an effort to remember his real identity. TOTAL RECALL is based on the story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick and was a big box-office hit, helping to firmly establish director Paul Verhoeven as a specialist in darkly satiric, blood-drenched genre films. His next stop: BASIC INSTINCT, also with Stone.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	1 June 1990
Runtime:	113 min
Awards:	Academy Awards

Awards

Awarded Best Visual Effects at the 1990 Academy Awards

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

as Douglas Quaid / Hauser

Rachel Ticotin

as Melina

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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Guilty of gross mellerdrammer & innocent of sophistication... Guilty of being dumber than WWF wrestling & innocent of hypocrisy about its cartoon violence. Full Review

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by: Jay Scott

Entertainment Weekly

Starts out as mind-bending futuristic satire and then turns relentless -- it becomes a violent, postpunk version of an Indiana Jones cliff-hanger. Full Review

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by: Owen Gleiberman

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The evil corporation in this movie kind of reminds me of Netphlix. I dont usually write protest reviews, but its getting silly now. First they took away notebook and the rest- I didnt say anything. They said friend features were unpopular, which is... Read and rate it

11.September.2010
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by: ColumboFan
ColumboFan rated this movie0/10

Fun, but nothing special

To start: Arnold Schwarzenegger is in this movie - that alone means that it can't be taken seriously. Combine that with even more absurdity (including a three-breasted hooker and a machine-gun-toting midget) and you have the makings of (what... Read and rate it

11.August.2010
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by: Alexander
Alexander rated this movie6/10Okay

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