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.
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"!
reality and fantasy are equally shitty except in one of them you are important.
I watched this in Glasgow's GFT last night with a room of like-minded people who appreciate the cheesy wonder if 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.
Easily one of Arnie’s best, as it’s also blessed with a certain Dutch director at the top of his game. The narrative is bonkers enough to be intriguing and still presses forward at a high pace and the amount of ultra violence and oneliners is high. Vintage Arnold and thus awesome.
Just know what you're getting yourself into, this is not a top shelf sci go movie, this is Rambo in space
"I got 5 kids to feed."
Total Recall will always be one of my favourite Arnie films. There is so much awesomeness about it, I can't help but love it, despite the fact that some of it hasn't aged that well.
The cast are all great and equally corny as each other. I still laugh at all the same bits, every time. I don't think I will ever get tired of watching this film.
"Get your ass to mars!" The Verhoeven Fest continues with Total Recall from 1990. This was Verhoeven's film directly after RoboCop and while it's not quite as fantastic as that film, it's still pretty damn awesome. Arnold was pretty much at the height of his powers at this point. Verhoeven brought back Ronnie Cox as the main villain Cohaagen since he played such a good bastard in RoboCop and this was his first time partnering up with his future leading lady Sharon Stone. This was based on a short story by Phillip K. Dick and a screenplay by Dan O'Bannon, who I like to think came up with a lot of the cool sci-fi concepts in this film. Fantastic practical…
Classic SF film and Philip K Dick story....35mm at New Beverly was a treat. Awesome print.
1. Total Recall brings Verhoeven's energetic directing to the big budget Hollywood blockbuster, and the result is less energizing than his previous Dutch work. Totally Recall is most interesting conceptually, and most of the conceptual material can be found in Philip K. Dick's original story. Thus, a formal question must be asked: does the imaged version of this narrative add to its philosophical importance or complexity? The answer here is: yes, but not to the extent that it could have been. In addition to the common questions of "what reality is" that are often brought up in discussions of the film, what proves to be most powerful in Recall is the image of the Schwarzenegger's person as a memoryless, resourceful…
viéndola me he dado cuenta de que de aquí salió la canción que ponían antes de los partidos de liga en canal+ y mira
Arnold's best film and easily one of the best sci-fi action films ever made. If you gotta problem with that, then...."Scroooo youuuu!!"
The Bourne Identity, The Matrix, Minority Report, Inception and probably a few other films all owe a debt to Total Recall. Verhoeven adapted all those sci-fi ideas on film with bravado and excitement before any of them. On top of that, he still made a signature Arnold action movie.
Once again, Arnold becomes an involuntary revolutionary leader fighting for the every man and mutant. Corporate greed, espionage, fascism, classism, racism, interplanetary life, terraforming planets, aliens and one man's self-discovery and redemption. Plus, heaps of ultra-violence. All under 2 hours.
Epic and masterful.
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