"See you at the party, Richter!"

For those of you who haven't seen this film, I have only one thing to say; "Get your ass to Mars!"

I just love everything about this film: the practical effects; the over the top violence; Ronny Cox chewing the scenery like a man possessed, Michael Ironside’s sulky and snarling performance; Sharon Stone looking better than she ever has; Arnie’s super camp run after killing the gang lead by “Harry from verk”; the security guard who doesn’t even wait until he’s out of shot before giving up the chase after Doug Quaid smashes through the X-ray scanner, with a gun. There are a million other things but I’ll stop there as I could be at it all night otherwise.

Then at the centre of it all is the big man himself, playing an everyman as only a gigantic genetic freak like him can. Many people say it would be a better film without Arnold Schwarzenegger, but for me he’s the pumped up cherry atop a gloriously over filled cake.

Everyone should watch this film and relax, they’d live longer.

reality and fantasy are equally shitty except in one of them you are important.

They sure don't make 'em like they used to! Total Recall is Science Fiction at its absolute finest! Arnold Schwarzenegger truly was the king of the 80s and 90s. A brilliant film in every aspect. If you haven't seen this yet, then "get your ass to Mars"!

I watched this in Glasgow's GFT last night with a room of like-minded people who appreciate the cheesy wonder of this excellent sci-fi.

The one liners were cheered and received mighty laughs, which made the film even better.

I even thought the special effects stood up and the eye popping scenes were great.

If you get the chance to see it in a cinema do so, it really enhances the film greatly.

Highlight of the film was my brother hitting the giggles for about 5 minutes and starting me off.

Great stuff.

5/10

No voy a molestarme en venderos un peliculón que se vende solo. Vedla y ya.

GET YOUR ASS TO MARS!

Total Recall is exciting mostly because of how anything-goes the spirit of it is. It can encompass comedy and horror and action and science fiction and weirdness while maintaining a great consistency and sense of fun. At the end of the day, it's a fun film, one with cool action scenes and one that has fun with the intricacies of its twisty plot without getting weighed down in specifics. Arnold is great, as the mere fact that he starts the film as an "everyman" is funny and strange enough to make one question the reality of what they're seeing, and that's before mutant chestmen enter the equation. One does wonder what David Cronenberg might've done with the film, but it still forges forward with philosophical queries and anti-capitalist themes (like Robocop, Total Recall questions the relationship of business and government and how it affects the general people).

Apart from the special effects this just didn’t do much for me

Oh, Paul Verhoeven your crazy bastard. The premises for TOTAL RECALL are almost the best imaginable one sci-fi / action film can have: the main role played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, the best actor in action, the film is based on a story by Philip K. Dick and directed by the action god Paul Verhoeven. The end result is masterful. It's an entertaining popcorn movie with unexpectedly high and well-written script with more thought over it than you can imagine. I love TOTAL RECALL. Five stars!

There is no reason not to love Total Recall.

Exactly the right kind of schlock. Silly, creative, tapping in to big ideas, violent and bursting at the seams with inventiveness.

It's just a shame that Schwarzenegger is here. I like the Austrian Oak when he's used well (True Lies, Terminator, Predator etc.) but he just doesn't have the range for this one. Michael Ironside is an absolute gem though and Dean Norris is always appreciated. The rest of the cast however look like they would be more at home with the soap opera crowd from Starship Troopers.

While I thoroughly enjoyed it, ultimately I think I would have preferred it to focus on the world at large rather than bringing things back to Schwarzenegger/Quaid quite so much. Arnold just aint Peter Weller.

In all the times I saw this movie as a kid, it never hit me intellectually like it did just now. What a great cerebral, emotionally challenging piece of science fiction. Verhoeven infuses this with fast-paced action, a surprising amount of gore, and tons of style. I also did not recall just how similar of a premise this is to what The Matrix would have a decade later. I prefer this, and especially the ambiguity of the ending.

"I just had a terrible thought... what if this is just a dream?"

Me: Does it matter?

i can’t get over how openly bizarre verhoeven is and yet i somehow never noticed. but ya know ya don’t notice much when ya watch stuff as a dumb kid