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Total Recall
1990
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Rachel Ticotin, Ronny Cox, Micheal Ironside
113 Minutes
Rated R
Trailer:
http://videodetective.com/movies/TOTAL_RECALL/trailer/M00043094.htm
What is reality when you can't trust your memory? An Earthbound construction worker keeps having dreams about Mars. A trip to a false memory transplant service for an imaginary trip to Mars goes terribly wrong and another personality surfaces. When his old self returns, he finds groups of his friends and several strangers seem to have orders to kill him. He finds records his other self left him that tell him to get to Mars to join up with the underground. The reality of the situation is constantly in question. Who is he? Which personality is correct? Which version of reality is true?
Rating:7/10
One thing Paul Verhoeven knows how to do is science fiction movies. You look at how good Starship Troopers is and how good Robocop is, and you can see that he does a pretty good job with Arnold in Total Recall. This was Arnold at his best. Cheesy one liners before or after he kills someone with lots of action and a high body count. There really didn't need to be a whole lot of acting done, but still it was a nice effort from Arnold. It also helps when you have quality actors like Micheal Ironside and Ronny Cox as the villians. The other thing that really made this movie work was the special effects. Very innovative for a movie of its time, while lots of this stuff still looks pretty cool. There are several different interpretaitions of this movie, with the two big ideas, is it real or is it a dream? Both sides have very convincing arguements for the interpretation through out the movie. And even the ending can be taken in different ways. This movie was originally given a rated X for all the violence that this movie had, especially the scene where Arnold used a human being as a shield as he was getting shot at. You can still see that scene, but it was cut down quite a bit. Also from what I understand, there is a director's cut available on dvd, so if that is your thing, you might want to check it out. This is a popcorn sci fi movie that doesn't get boring though and is easily enjoyed.
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