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Total Recall

1990

Paul Verhoeven

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside, Rachel Ticotin ...

6.8

72,170

Sci-Fi. Action Earth in the year 2084. Construction worker Doug Quaid goes to Rekall Inc, which advertises that clients can pay to have synthetic memories of a holiday implanted in lieu of actually visiting the place. Quaid chooses an Adventure Scenario where he will be given the memories of a secret agent in action on Mars. But something goes wrong during the implant and Quaid emerges to discover that he really is a secret agent and that his entire ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"A worthy entry in the dystopian cycle launched by Blade Runner"
		Janet Maslin The New York Times	"A vigorous, superviolent interplanetary thriller"
		Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"A reckless orgy of pop nihilism"
		Variety	"The fierce and unrelenting pace, accompanied by a tongue-in-cheek strain of humor in the roughhouse screenplay, keeps the film moving like a juggernaut."
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[Schwarzenegger's] performance is one of the reasons the movie works so well (...) This is one of the most complex and visually interesting science fiction movies in a long time (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Jeffrey M. Anderson Common Sense Media	"'Total Recall' is a lowbrow/highbrow hybrid, which is sometimes successful and sometimes not"
		Michael Wilmington Los Angeles Times	"[It is] entertainingly raw and brutal, full of whiplash pace and juicy exaggeration."
		Kim Newman Empire	"A bloody roller coaster narrative from the creators of 'Alien' and plenty of tough-guy action speak makes this a still thoroughly enjoyable set-piece (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Tom Breihan AV Club	"Judged as a straight-up ’80s action movie, 'Total Recall' is, quite simply, one of the best (...) If you happened to be, say, an 11-year-old boy in 1990, 'Total Recall' was an absolute garden of delights"
		John Ferguson Radio Times	"This rip-roaring slice of sci-fi excess remains Arnold Schwarzenegger's most satisfying film since his breakthrough hit, 'The Terminator' (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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