Total Recall

PG-13

Released Aug 3, 2012

1 hr. 57 min.

Sci-Fi

Action

Adventure

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31%

239 Reviews

Tomatometer

47%

100,000+ Ratings

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In need of a vacation from his ordinary life, factory worker Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell) visits Rekall, a company that can turn dreams into real memories. Thinking that memories of life as a superspy are just the ticket, Quaid undergoes the procedure -- but it goes horribly wrong. Suddenly, Quaid is a hunted man. He teams up with a rebel fighter (Jessica Biel) on a search to find the head of the underground resistance and take down the leader (Bryan Cranston) of the free world.

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Critics Consensus

While it boasts some impressive action sequences, Total Recall lacks the intricate plotting, wry humor, and fleshed out characters that made the original a sci-fi classic.

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Audience Member

Not bad, not great. Great adaptation of the AI cops. Actors great. I don't like how they didn't keep the same Mars theme going from the original? Weird to cut that out. And why, did they miss the chance to replay Doug Quaid's best line, "Consider that a divorce." lol. Instead make the whole movie about his fake wife chasing him??

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/24/24

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joan v

Cant say this movie lacks coo sci-fi action scenes. It's jam packed full of it but it takes the illusion wether he is sleeping or awake feel one sided. That's was one of the great lore's from the original and this movie failed at elevating it or at least maintain it. Could not maintain it for at least half way through the movie and took away from the plots twist and steak's that you should feel if the events was not a dream.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/20/24

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Martin S

I liked this much better than the Arnold version; because it was truer to Philip Dick's novel !!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/18/24

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Michel H

I think that Director Wiseman's instructions to Colin Farrell were: "Look bewildered", "Keep looking bewildered" and "Look more bewildered". Not ideal for an otherwise decent actor. Oh, well. They can't all be winners.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/18/24

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Justin T

This is totally soulless. There are some cool visuals ruined by none of the charm from the original. I'm not wasting my time writing a long review, just know that there is really no reason to watch this film ever.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/11/24

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few m

Soulless trash of a movie. They took out so many elements from the original; going to Mars, the mining, the alien tech, the mutants... that they should've just called it by a different name. It still would've sucked. Robots felt like leftovers from other better scifi movies. Kate Beckinsale is HORRIBLE. Her acting was painful to watch. And wtf was up with the strong strobe light in opening scene?!?! Are you trying to make your audience have seizures?

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/06/24

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Len Wiseman

Director

Colin Farrell

Douglas Quaid

Kate Beckinsale

Lori

Jessica Biel

Melina

Bryan Cranston

Cohaagen

Bokeem Woodbine

Harry

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

There are so many opportunities to make a remake better, but this film didn't attempt none of them.

Rated: D+

Sep 8, 2017

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David Sexton

London Evening Standard

We used to do the future so much better. Let's not forget that. Let's forget this instead.

Rated: 1/5

Aug 31, 2012

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Recalls Ridley Scott's Blade Runner and Christopher Nolan's Inception, without, sadly being quite as distinctive as either.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 30, 2012

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Don Shanahan

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The performances match this shallow kiddie pool story.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 4, 2023

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Graeme Tuckett

Stuff.co.nz

Done right, Total Recall should be a glorious mash-up of genres; The Truman Show-meets-Blade Runner. As it is, this is sci-fi without ideas, and a thriller completely bereft of thrills.

Apr 18, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

[The film] spends so much of its time trying to duplicate aspects of the original that the filmmakers were distracted from their most clever ideas.

Rated: 2/4

Oct 3, 2022

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Synopsis

In need of a vacation from his ordinary life, factory worker Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell) visits Rekall, a company that can turn dreams into real memories. Thinking that memories of life as a superspy are just the ticket, Quaid undergoes the procedure -- but it goes horribly wrong. Suddenly, Quaid is a hunted man. He teams up with a rebel fighter (Jessica Biel) on a search to find the head of the underground resistance and take down the leader (Bryan Cranston) of the free world.

Director: Len Wiseman
Executive Producer: Ric Kidney, Len Wiseman
Screenwriter: Kurt Wimmer, Mark Bomback
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Production Co: Original Film
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Seq. of Sci-Fi Action|Brief Nudity|Intense Seq. of Sci-Fi Violenc|Language|Some Sexual Content)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 3, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $58.9M
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, Datasat

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