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About this movie

Genres:
Action & Adventure, Science Fiction
Language:
English
Running time:
1:58:17
Partner rating:
PG-13
Released:

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Colin Farrell Douglas Quaid/Hauser
  2. Kate Beckinsale Lori Quaid
  3. Jessica Biel Melina
  4. Bryan Cranston Cohaagen
  5. Bokeem Woodbine Harry
  6. John Cho McClane
  7. Bill Nighy Matthias
  8. Will Yun Lee Marek
  9. Milton Barnes Resistance Fighter
  10. James McGowan Military Adjutant

Directors

  1. Len Wiseman

Producers

  1. Neal H. Moritz
  2. Toby Jaffe

Writers

  1. Kurt Wimmer
  2. Mark Bomback

Total Recall

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Originally adapted by director Paul Verhoeven in 1990, author Philip K. Dick's classic sci-fi short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale returns to the big screen in this remake starring Colin Farrell, Bryan Cranston, and Kate Beckinsale, and directed by Underworld's Len Wiseman. The planet has been decimated by nuclear war in the late 21st century, leaving only two nations -- the United Federation of Britain and the Colony. Douglas Quai... Originally adapted by director Paul Verhoeven in 1990, author Philip K. Dick's classic sci-fi short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale returns to the big screen in this remake starring Colin Farrell, Bryan Cranston, and Kate Beckinsale, and directed by Underworld's Len Wiseman. The planet has been decimated by nuclear war in the late 21st century, leaving only two nations -- the United Federation of Britain and the Colony. Douglas Quaid (Farrell) is a factory worker with a stable job and a loving wife (Beckinsale), but upon learning that a company named Rekall could grant him the memory of the ultimate espionage adventure, he decides that a virtual vacation is better than no vacation at all. But in the midst of having the new memories implanted, something goes haywire. Still strapped to the chair as the system breaks down, he's branded a spy as the authorities close in, and quickly flees for his life. Later, Quaid discovers that he has a secret identity, and he joins forces with rebel soldier Melina (Jessica Biel) on a mission to track down Matthias (Bill Nighy), the head of a fierce resistance movement that's been labeled a terrorist organization by the tyrannical Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston). Cohaagen seeks to control the entire free world, and now the harder Quaid fights to defeat him, the clearer it becomes that his memory had been altered long before he walked into Rekall.

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Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'rotten' by Rotten Tomatoes

31%Tomatometer score: 31% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Positive review
    Catherine Bray, Film4 More or less serviceable action thriller with some nice ideas for visual set pieces, but did it really have to be as long as it is? – Full review External link
  2. Negative review
    David Sexton, This is London We used to do the future so much better. Let's not forget that. Let's forget this instead. – Full review External link
  3. Negative review
    Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK] Recalls Ridley Scott's Blade Runner and Christopher Nolan's Inception, without, sadly being quite as distinctive as either. – Full review External link
  4. Negative review
    Robbie Collin, Daily Telegraph It's escapism that is itself trapped in a prison of risk-phobic, formulaic filmmaking. – Full review External link
  5. Negative review
    Tom Huddleston, Time Out 'Total Recall' is Hollywood at its worst: pointless, witless, and so very unnecessary. – Full review External link
  6. Positive review
    Jim Schembri, 3AW A slick, high-tech, fabulously designed popcorn pusher. Yet the one big thing missing from the lark is the one thing that made the Arnold Schwarzenegger film so enjoyable - fun. – Full review External link

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