Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Douglas Quaid, a tough construction worker with a beautiful ... more
wife, a good job and great friends. Haunted by recurring dreams of another life on Mars, Quaid is drawn to Rekall Incorporated, a travel service specializing in implanting fantasies in the minds of those who wish to turn their dreams into reality-dreams as real as a memory in your mind. But something goes wrong and the procedure unlocks memories that were supposed to be left hidden suddenly his every move is dogged by would-be assassins and he discovers a mirror image recording of himself which says ?Get ready for a big surprise. You?re not you. You?re me.? As his reality shatters around him, Quaid journeys to Mars to solve the mystery of who he is. It's A Journey Of Non-Stop Action And Extroadinary Special Effects On Which Quaid Must Contend With Strange Mutants, FuturisticVehicles And A Staggering Array Of Weaponry.
Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Douglas Quaid, a tough construction worker with a beautiful ... more
wife, a good job and great friends. Haunted by recurring dreams of another life on Mars, Quaid is drawn to Rekall Incorporated, a travel service specializing in implanting fantasies in the minds of those who wish to turn their dreams into reality-dreams as real as a memory in your mind. But something goes wrong and the procedure unlocks memories that were supposed to be left hidden suddenly his every move is dogged by would-be assassins and he discovers a mirror image recording of himself which says ?Get ready for a big surprise. You?re not you. You?re me.? As his reality shatters around him, Quaid journeys to Mars to solve the mystery of who he is. It's A Journey Of Non-Stop Action And Extroadinary Special Effects On Which Quaid Must Contend With Strange Mutants, FuturisticVehicles And A Staggering Array Of Weaponry.
They stole his mind: now he wants it back! In a futuristic world construction worker ... more
Doug Quaid obsesses about taking a vacation on the planet Mars. His wife objects so Doug instead opts to have an artificial memory of a Martian holiday implanted into his mind. The trouble is during the implantation procedure Quaid suffers a strange reaction. Why? It seems as though he has already been to Mars but his memories of his journey have been wiped... Now secret agents and the cohorts of a megalomaniacal industrialist are out to get him. Can Quaid experience total recall and finally figure out just why everyone is trying to stop him from reaching the red planet?
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Arnold Schwarzenegger is perfectly cast as Quaid, a 2084 construction worker haunted by ... more
dreams of Mars in this crowd-pleasing science fiction spectacle. Against the wishes of his sexy blonde wife (Sharon Stone), Quaid goes to Rekall, a company that implants artificial memories, so he can remember visiting the red planet that is now being settled by human inhabitants. However, Quaid is actually an amnesiac secret agent from Mars--or is he
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It took me the best part of fifteen years to understand what the hell was happening in John Verhoeven's futuristic, mind-tampering action flick TotalRecall. Based on a short story by Philip K. Dick, the film presents the concept of artificial memory implants that [apparently] will wipe out any previous identity. A person then has the option of living his/her life with a chosen fantasy, as if it were a reality.
Of course, the execution of this idea doesn't run as smoothly as the company in the film- "Rekall Inc." -would want. Douglas Quaid (Schwarzenegger) is an everyman: a construction worker, with the trademark blonde wifey (Sharon Stone). Strangely, he has frequent dreams about Mars (in 2084, the planet hosts an airtight city, which is inhibited by humans). So, one day he decides to visit Rekall, in a bid to make his dreams come true ...
Advantages: Arnie at his best Disadvantages: Nothing springs to mind
easy to watch again
Recommended.
~DVD Features~
Language English
Subtitles: Dutch, English, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish
Region: Region 2
Number of discs: 2
Classification: 18
ASIN: B000056IFT
Amazon Prices: £6.97
Run Time: 108 minutes
Also included are:
Trailer
Teaser Trailer
Making of TotalRecall Featurette
All are standard features.
Greg. ...
Maximus-Qualitus 25.10.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Total Recall (DVD)
Advantages: Sharon stone, well put together story Disadvantages: was abit short !
of a woman, who is this woman? Is he lying? It must be the woman in Quaids dreams is her name Melina? Has Houser really turned his back on Copenhagen (Ronny Cox) the man that practically owns the whole planet, even to the extent he can provide and cut off air supply.
There is a power struggle between the aliens and humans. What is the information Quaid must recall! Is it able to save the Alien race and civilisation in general?
On Quaids mission to set the planet free he is provided with some very handy devices, by himself, such as a hologram device that allows a likeness of him self to be seen that can be used as a diversion.
At the time of this films production it was well respected and I think it should still be. This film is testimony to the days when films were made with substance and not just for money. Even with Arnold's range ...
Philip K. Dick, Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett, Jon Povill
Editor
Frank J. Urioste
Costume Designer
Erica Edell Phillips
Special Effects
Eric Brevig
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
Interactive menu
Sound
Dolby Digital
DVD Description
Arnold Schwarzenegger is perfectly cast as Quaid, a 2084 construction worker haunted by dreams of Mars in this crowd-pleasing science fiction spectacle. Against the wishes of his sexy blonde wife (Sharon Stone), Quaid goes to Rekall, a company that implants artificial memories, so he can remember visiting the red planet that is now being settled by human inhabitants. However, Quaid is actually an amnesiac secret agent from Mars--or is he
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