Total Recall [Blu-ray] [2020]

Good old Arnold Sci-Fi movie !A classic one.One of the best !

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Ten years ago, a new TOTAL RECALL film was released starring Colin Farrell and Kate Beckinsale. Unsurprisingly, as it is often common with remakes, it was a critical and commercial failure, with many comparing it unfavorably to the 1990 version. In 2016, Paul Veroheven, the Dutch-born filmmaker of the original TOTAL RECALL, believes that the the reason the 2012 remake failed was because it took itself too seriously (the same problem that killed the 2014 ROBOCOP remake). The mad and, at times, tongue-in-cheek taste is what made the first TOTAL RECALL so fondly remembered.TOTAL RECALL is based on a short story 'We Can Remember It For You Wholesale' (1966) written by Philip K. Dick, who's famous for the 1968 novel 'Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep' that was adapted into BLADE RUNNER (1982). However, TOTAL RECALL is really just a loose adaptation of the short story. And where's BLADE RUNNER was a noir, detective-type thriller, this is an action-adventure set on Mars (which neither the short story nor the 2012 remake went to!).While Arnold Schwarzengger is better for action than he is acting, this is actually one of his best non-TERMINATOR film appearances. There's also the female leads Rachel Ticotin and Sharon Stone, and I wonder if working on this is what got the latter to reunite with Veroheven on the director's next film, the controversial thriller BASIC INSTINCT (1992)? Of the memorable villains, the one that stands out to me is Cohaagen (Ronny Cox). His line during the climax, 'I'll blow this place up and be home in time for Corn Flakes!', has to go down as the funniest one-liner in an Arnold Schwarzengger film not to be said by Arnie!Even minor characters impress such as Dean Norris as disfigured Martian citizen Tony, the late Debbie Lee Carrington as midget rebel Thumbelina and Lycia Naff as Mary, a female mutant with three 'you-know-what!'. While TOTAL RECALL does not satire topics as much as Veroheven's other sci-fi films ROBOCOP (1987) and the now-regarded classic STARSHIP TROOPERS (1997), it still launches it's satirical critique on propaganda networks brandishing the resistance as 'the bad guys' in the Mars colony.Once we get to the Red Planet, does the special and make-up effects come to the spotlight. They were very impressive back when the film was released thirty-two years ago (it even won an Special Achievement Oscar), and apart from a very few lulls, they still hold up. Most of the effects you see are hand-made (this was made just as CGI was entering into the fray) and one scene that sticks with me is the 'decompression faces', which can look both scary and funny at the same time! Last, but certainly not least, there's the ending which people continue to debate to this day. I think it should be left entirely up to you on how you intercept that ending scene.If you haven't seen neither the 1990 nor 2012 versions of TOTAL RECALL, then definitely watch the former. It's a lot of fun and memorable than the latter, which is just a miserable and generic misfire.Reviewer: Ben David W

It is the year 2084, and Doug Quaid is a construction worker who is plagued by recurring dreams about Mars and a mysterious woman. Becoming obsessed with the red planet, he goes to Rekall, a company that sells implanted memories. However, something goes wrong with the implantation, with hidden memories suddenly coming to the surface. It soon becomes apparent that Quaid's life is nothing but a charade, and he is in fact a secret agent who previously fought to bring down the tyrannical governor of the Martian colony Vilos Cohaagen. Now, Quaid finds that he must travel to the planet, uncover more about his true identity, and put an end to Cohaagen's totalitarian regime.After the success of his 1987 hit sci-fi blockbuster Robocop, it was really no surprise that director Paul Verhoeven would return to the action/sci-fi genre. Inspired by the 1966 short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick. Total Recall like his previous magnum opus has similar themes in relation, to identity, and what makes us who we are. One might say it thematically also has similarities to Dick's 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep, which was later adapted into Ridley Scott's Sci-fi film-noir classic Blade Runner. Both movies after all utilized the imaginative plot device of implanted memories. Having bought the rights to Dick's short story, writer Ronald Shushett and colleague Dan O'Bannon went through sixteen years of development hell to get it on to the big screen. Due to its ambitious scope and going through multiple studios, forty script drafts, seven different directors, and multiple actors cast as Quaid. It's any wonder that the movie managed to get made at all. However, both Shushett and O'Bannon's persistence and determination would eventually pay off. And with no small thanks to the Austrian Action star Arnold Schwarzenegger, who had long held an interest in the project convincing Carolco Pictures to purchase the rights to the movie with the intention of him starring.With a budget of an estimated $48-80 million, it proved to be one of the most costly movies of its time, although due to it having pulled in $261.4 million worldwide it ended up being the fifth highest-grossing movie of 1990. And it's not hard to see where the money was spent. Like Robocop, Verhoeven's futuristic vision is a sleek albeit more colorful one. More far removed from the relatively contemporary near-future setting of his previous movie due to its more advanced backdrop. It's fair to say it's fairly eye-popping, not least of which when the story takes Schwarzenegger's bemused protagonist to Mars.What hooks you in is the ambiguity that the setup creates with you left wondering whether everything is really happening, or if it's all part of the Rekall implant experience. With our hero evading agents of Cohaagen (Ronny Cox), led by his lead operative Richter (Michael Ironside). There is no shortage of fun, action setpieces, with one particularly memorable one involving a disguise-kit which is explosive, to say the least. Schwarzenegger has never been the greatest of actors, but he still has always been a consistently charismatic and likable on-screen presence, and as is his want he brings a wry charm to Quaid with his propensity for one-liners. Delivering them with a knowing cheekiness. He brings something of a down-to-earth everyman quality to him. He's ably backed with solid support from Michael Ironside as the hapless Richter, with Sharon Stone effectively seductive and charming as he is duplicitous as his pseudo-wife. While Rachel Ticotin is in sassy form as the rebel-agent and prostitute Melina, who uses her profession as a cover for her rebellious activities. Ronny Cox on the hand who previously worked with Verhoeven on Robocop as the chief villain feels as if he's playing Dick Jones again, albeit in a higher position of authority and power.Verhoeven as with Robocop directs with ample hustle and bustle, keeping everything at a quick pace so that you're never bored. And as with the 1987 classic, there's a dose of sharp satire thrown into the mix with nods to capitalism, as well as the militarisation of the police force. There are some brains behind all the action which are as big as Schwarzenegger's biceps.It all culminates in a final reel where Verhoeven delights in pulling the rug right from under us with a shock reveal, which will have you mentally unpicking everything that has gone before. Explaining a lot about the position that Quaid has found himself in. It's safe to say it isn't in short supply of surprises. If it is lacking in anything, it doesn't have quite the same level of depth to it as Robocop did. It merely scratches the surface in terms of Quaid struggling to come to terms with his genuine identity as Hauser. The man he was before he became the man he knows himself to be now.Nevertheless, Total Recall is unashamed fun, enjoyable popcorn entertainment with some degree of smarts, and with its tongue somewhat in cheek, with the Johnny Cab's being delightfully cartoonish in the best possible way. With an ending that will leave you thinking long after the end credits have begun to roll.

I've had a DVD version of this movie for years and when I started rewatching it recently I had to switch it off because the grain was too distracting. This blu ray version is really well done. They've retained some grain and the original detail in the movie hasn't been lost (I'm thinking of the plasticy looking first blu ray of Predator from a few years ago).The movie remains a favourite of mine, despite the "eye-popping" sequences looking as cheesey as ever!

Value for money, spot on.

A classic that i have been looking to get for some time. When this new cleaned up version became available i bought it and have not been disappointed. Great film great restoration.

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