Total Recall

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Total Recall

PG-13,

2012,

1h 57m,

Sci-Fi/

Action/

Adventure/

Mystery & Thriller

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In need of a vacation from his ordinary life, factory worker Douglas Quaid visits Rekall, a company that can turn dreams into real memories. Thinking that memories of life as a superspy are just the ticket, Quaid undergoes the procedure -- but it goes horribly wrong. Suddenly, Quaid is a hunted man. He teams up with a rebel fighter on a search to find the head of the underground resistance and take down the leader of the free world.

Critics Consensus

While it boasts some impressive action sequences, Total Recall lacks the intricate plotting, wry humor, and fleshed out characters that made the original a sci-fi classic.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

Sep 8, 2017

D+

There are so many opportunities to make a remake better, but this film didn't attempt none of them.

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David Sexton

London Evening Standard

Aug 31, 2012

1/5

We used to do the future so much better. Let's not forget that. Let's forget this instead.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Aug 30, 2012

2/5

Recalls Ridley Scott's Blade Runner and Christopher Nolan's Inception, without, sadly being quite as distinctive as either.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Sep 4, 2023

1/5

The performances match this shallow kiddie pool story.

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Graeme Tuckett

The Post NZ

Apr 18, 2023

Done right, Total Recall should be a glorious mash-up of genres; The Truman Show-meets-Blade Runner. As it is, this is sci-fi without ideas, and a thriller completely bereft of thrills.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Oct 3, 2022

2/4

[The film] spends so much of its time trying to duplicate aspects of the original that the filmmakers were distracted from their most clever ideas.

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Theodore S

Dec 10, 2018

Not very good. Stick to the original.

Draco W

Sep 28, 2018

Se extraña al planeta rojo de Verhoeven. El mundo y los gadgets futuristas son lo mejor de esta versiòn.

George W

Sep 18, 2018

Incredibly dull and pointless remake of an Arnie classic. None of this cast stand up to the original, special mention for Beckinsale who is possible one of the worst actors I've ever seen. If you're anything like me you'll just be shouting out loud the lines they've just read in a stereotypical Arnie voice, doing this was 100% more enjoyable than watching this boring film 'SEE YOU AT THE PARTY RICHTER!' 'GET YOUR ASS TO MARS!' etc, you get the jist.

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Sep 16, 2018

!#! Nice movie, so where is th'info. Full movie action , No terraformation machine , no explorer .hole in earth with passenger , {i thing} Going out nowhere else whit this train. In the first movie , I eat something i didn't in the second line of the franchise.

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Aug 18, 2018

I liked the piano scene, but some movies don't need to be remade.

Hagrid R

Aug 15, 2018

as an avid fan of the original movie i am insulted by how this movie is trying too hard to be taken seriously. it is a remake of a movie where Arnold Schwarzenegger dresses up as a woman to get to Mars, it isn't supposed to be absolutely serious. Not only that but even for a remake it is unoriginal. i know that remakes are supposed to have the same plot of the original movie or at least a similar one but this movie is self aware on how terrible it is, i know this because they rip off minority report and blade runner among other famous sci fi movies written by the same author Philip K Dick. the only reason it gets an extra half star is because Bryan Cranston is in it, which is the only plus side to the movie even though he only appears in person halfway through the final act of the movie.

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Len Wiseman

Director

Colin Farrell

Douglas Quaid

Kate Beckinsale

Lori

Jessica Biel

Melina

Bryan Cranston

Cohaagen

Bokeem Woodbine

Harry

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Synopsis

In need of a vacation from his ordinary life, factory worker Douglas Quaid visits Rekall, a company that can turn dreams into real memories. Thinking that memories of life as a superspy are just the ticket, Quaid undergoes the procedure -- but it goes horribly wrong. Suddenly, Quaid is a hunted man. He teams up with a rebel fighter on a search to find the head of the underground resistance and take down the leader of the free world.

Director: Len Wiseman
Producer: Neal H. Moritz, Toby Jaffe
Screenwriter: Kurt Wimmer, Mark Bomback
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Production Co: Original Film
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Seq. of Sci-Fi Action|Brief Nudity|Intense Seq. of Sci-Fi Violenc|Language|Some Sexual Content)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 3, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $58.9M
Runtime: 1h 57m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, Datasat

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