1990 Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Construction worker Douglas Quaid discovers a memory chip in his brain during a virtual-reality trip. He also finds that his past has been invented to conceal a plot of planetary domination. Soon, he's off to Mars to find out who he is and who planted the chip.
Arnold Schwarzenegger Sharon Stone Rachel Ticotin Ronny Cox Michael Ironside Marshall Bell Roy Brocksmith Ray Baker Rosemary Dunsmore Dean Norris Debbie Lee Carrington Lycia Naff Robert Costanzo Marc Alaimo Michael Gregory Mickey Jones Robert Picardo Michael Champion Mel Johnson Jr. David Knell Alexia Robinson
I used to have Total Recall only rated 4-stars but after watching it last night I realized the error of my ways. This is a 5-star movie.
This fucking movie, this movie right here, has some insane re-watchability. In the 4 years Richard and I have been together we've watched it at least 3 times and somehow, that doesn't seem like it's enough. I used to watch it pretty regularly in the U.S. as well, it was on TV often and Total Recall is not a movie you just flip past while channel surfing. You land on it, you say "FUCK YES, SEE YOU AT THE PARTY, RICHTER" and you watch it. It's just, culturally, what Americans do.
Total Recall…
"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.
This movie resonates with me even more as an adult. I totally empathize with Arnold’s character, someone who feels restless with their mundane life and wants something more out of life. I guess a lot of movie are about this. But the fact that the central plot point is about a guy who may or may not be augmenting his reality through technology makes this movie feel very relevant.
Plus, the action sequences are pretty exiting and the special effects have held up surprisingly well.
still laughing about how on mars the windows are made of normal glass that breaks easily not like Special Mars Glass
Scavenger Hunt 37 | A cyberpunk movie.
A total trip of a movie. Loads of goofy Arnold one-liners and practical effects. Can't say it's a good film by any means, but I never got bored.
Growing up with Arnold movies, I feel partly ashamed that I don’t like this one. But I don’t. The action is fine but the rest is not interesting enough to support the film’s length.
Really intriguing plot premise. I like the fact that Quaid is just as confused between what is reality and what is illusion as we the viewers are.
Come on, are you kidding me? Schwary that pronounce more than 20 words in a movie and jokes? That's not true! Unfotunately, he always has the same expression, so it's definitely him.
The movie is not bad. Actually, it's more than not bad. A lot of very nice ideas all put in a very good sci-fi movie. For example, the implantation of memories has been taken nearly 20years later for an american series (dollhouse). The implantation was made exactly in the same way, so probably it's really taken from this movie. Particularly impressive the ending. I saw last week a program of Micho Kaku (a scientist) that talked of something similar to what happened at the end of the movie,…
If I don't hear an interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger where he admits that pulling a ball out of his nose was the highlight of his acting career, I'll be severely disappointed.
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