Total Recall

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Total Recall

PG-13

2012

1h 57m

Sci-Fi

Action

Adventure

Mystery & Thriller

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In need of a vacation from his ordinary life, factory worker Douglas Quaid 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 on a search to find the head of the underground resistance and take down the leader 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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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

09/08/2017

D+

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

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David Sexton

London Evening Standard

08/31/2012

1/5

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

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

08/30/2012

2/5

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

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

09/04/2023

1/5

The performances match this shallow kiddie pool story.

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Graeme Tuckett

The Post NZ

04/18/2023

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.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

10/03/2022

2/4

[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.

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Brian H

@Brian0965 Mar 3

I don't care what anyone else says.... I loved it!

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michael Z

@Mccopz Feb 28

I recently watched both this, and the original, back-to-back. The latter version had its moments but really could not compare to the novelty of the original, including the subtle humor. "Consider it a divorce!"

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ICUR M.

@icurmtheaded Jan 22

What was missing: "get your_ to Mars". Great visuals, believable albeit implausible physics sets, yet laughable catfight, cringe 3 callback and no lasers.

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Troy R

@Grim16 Jan 7

Perfectly fine movie with decent acting. Action was fun and fast paced, if not a bit over the top. End was probably what rubbed everyone the wrong way, but honestly its whatever, the movie is over and resolved. Surprised the ratings are so bad. I mean its no perfect movie, but its interesting, unique, and fun. I mean sure its a remake but if its done decent and 20 years after the original, who cares.

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jordan m

@RT33862223 Dec 13

47 percent my butt. if you just take it as its own thing its fine. its a perfectly fine thiller

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Justin W

@RT37619642 Dec 11

It's not that it's a terrible movie, it just was completely unnecessary. Not one thing about this film is better than the original. It doesn't do anything new, and most of the changes are for the worse. If the 1990 version just did not exist at all and this was a made for TV or straight to streaming film, it would be a decent film. I will say that I liked Kate Beckinsale at least equally as much as Sharon Stone as Lori, but other than that it's not really worth watching over the original in any way.

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Synopsis

In need of a vacation from his ordinary life, factory worker Douglas Quaid 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 on a search to find the head of the underground resistance and take down the leader of the free world.

Director: Len Wiseman
Producer: Neal H. Moritz, Toby Jaffe
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, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 3, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $58.9M
Runtime: 1h 57m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, Datasat