Total Recall

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Blu B It's terrible compared to the 1990 original. On it's own AT BEST this a run of the mill Sci-Fi action flick that looks like every medicore 21st Century Sci-Fi flick. What makes this so inferior to the original? At it's core it lacks the tounge in cheek humor, fun, memorable characters, amazing distinct special effects, and distinct direction. This strips it away and tries to go like a Nolan Dark Knight Trilogy or Bounre Trilogy gritty grounded realisitic action and taking itself super serious the entire time. But for me the death blow is what makes the 1990 classic so good is you don't know for sure whether it's a dream or real and your having fun no matter what. This is soooo obvious it's not real the entire time and doesn't leave it to the imagination. The over the top action, the fact he's a super soldier out of nowhere, the almost comical "movie convience" timing when someone arrives at just the knick of time, and just how farfetched the whole thing is. It makes it instead a run of the mill Sci-fi movie with an intrigiuing Matrix like plot. The cinematography is nowhere near as good and honestly i sjust bad. It's lifeless, too dull, lacks any distinctness, the action scenes are oversaturated with CGI, are too over the top beleivable and clash with the asetics of a film that takes itself so serious. The acting is subpar also. Yeah Farrel is handsome and all but everyone is super serious, has hardly any emotion, and my god there are plot expose dumbs in this multiple times that are sooooooo boring to sit through and completely unneeded. The suporting cast is super forgettable. The music is super forgettable as well. Editing isn't bad as it makes perfect sense and follows the same beats of the first but the fight scenes go on way too long at times and sometimes feel like they are edited in a way just to show off like the 360 fight at the start. This all leads to terrible pacing as the twist is already given away and sooo obvious the entire time. The direction is sooo basic and again, lacks almost any tangibility with it's world because so much is just CGI and dull sets that lack any character. Skip this. Defintion of another pointless remake. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 11/07/25 Full Review Laurian D Could have been much better, but definitely a huge improvement over the original. I love Arnie, always will. But he was miscast in the 1990 version and that movie hasn't aged well at all. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/02/25 Full Review Jimmie W. Why attempt remakes when done this horrible? Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/26/25 Full Review Peter B I really don't understand the negativity, come on, the the original movie was fun, but cartoon like, whereas this one adds better acting and special effects, plus the novel idea of 'the fall' to the colonies. And a Bladerunner vibe adds to the enjoyment, plus the line "I give good wife" is a classic. Kate's hair also deserves a special Oscar. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/23/25 Full Review Shane K Impressive visuals in places but that is where the positives end. This movie is a shell of what made the original good. No Mars, a lead character thats utterly forgettable and a lacklustre script. It took me 3 goes to get through it and I am literally writing this during the final scenes instead of watching. It takes some kind of skill to remake Total Recall and make it a bad movie. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 09/07/25 Full Review momo k low effort. insufferably worse than the original. so many poorly done call backs to the original (and visually to bladerunner) everywhere. i turned this movie off right at like 45% watched. created an account to complain here :D. can't even wait around to see bryan cranston try and save this slog. THIS MOVIE MAKES ME WISH I HAD THREE THUMBS DOWN.... i was kind of gobsmacked when they described Cohagen perpetrating a false flag attack as a profound plot twist and they had to literally explain what a false flag was to the audience and to the main character. i don't know what happens in the next hour of this movie but it has to be slop. i wish netflix had better sci movies when im just trying to chill out on my day off. just pure puke. this is the first time i ever posted on RT, this movie compelled me to. just dust off the dvd player or vhs and watch the original if you need something to enjoy. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/25/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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