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Total Recall

- What Is Real?

Factory worker Doug Quaid takes a virtual mind-trip vacation with the Rekall company, opting for implanted memories of being a spy. When the procedure goes wrong, Quaid becomes a wanted man by the police and joins forces with a rebel fighter to stop the evil Chancellor Cohaagen.

Release Date : 2012-08-02

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Total RecallOriginal FilmPrime FocusRekall ProductionsColumbia Pictures

Production Country : CanadaIndiaUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Douglas Quaid / Hauser

Original Name : Colin Farrell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Melina

Original Name : Jessica Biel

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lori Quaid

Original Name : Kate Beckinsale

Gender : Female

Character Name : Carl Hauser (director’s cut)

Original Name : Ethan Hawke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Matthias

Original Name : Bill Nighy

Gender : Male

Character Name : McClane

Original Name : John Cho

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cohaagen

Original Name : Bryan Cranston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hammond

Original Name : Dylan Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Terminal Announcer (voice)

Original Name : Cam Clarke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harry

Original Name : Bokeem Woodbine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marek

Original Name : Will Yun Lee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bohemian Nurse

Original Name : Natalie Lisinska

Gender : Female

Character Name : Resistance Fighter

Original Name : Milton Barnes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Slacker

Original Name : Stephen MacDonald

Gender : Male

Character Name : Military Adjutant

Original Name : James McGowan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bank Clerk

Original Name : Michael Therriault

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rekall Receptionist

Original Name : Mishael Morgan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Resistance Woman

Original Name : Linlyn Lue

Gender : Female

Character Name : Factory Foreman

Original Name : Andrew Moodie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Three-Breasted Woman

Original Name : Kaitlyn Leeb

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hauser Cover Identities

Original Name : Leo Guiyab

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hauser Cover Identities

Original Name : Nykeem Provo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry Reed

Original Name : Steve Byers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer

Original Name : Danny Waugh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sentry Lieutentant

Original Name : Geoffrey Pounsett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lead Federal Police

Original Name : Jesse Bond

Gender : Male

Character Name : Security Sentry

Original Name : Warren Belle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sentry

Original Name : Vincent Rother

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sentry

Original Name : Matthew Nette

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stevens

Original Name : Brooks Darnell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sentry Trooper

Original Name : Brett Donahue

Gender : Male

Character Name : Synth Captain

Original Name : James Downing

Gender : Male

Character Name : Murray

Original Name : Simon Sinn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prostitute

Original Name : Lisa Chandler

Gender : Female

Character Name : Girl on Balcony

Original Name : Miranda Jade

Gender : Male

Character Name : Red-Headed Lady

Original Name : Shereen Airth

Gender : Male

Character Name : Immigration Officer

Original Name : Philip Moran

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Fall Announcer (voice)

Original Name : Leigh Folsom Boyd

Gender : Female

Character Name : Newscaster

Original Name : Emily C. Chang

Gender : Female

Character Name : Newscaster

Original Name : Clive Ashborn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Newscaster

Original Name : Bill Coulter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Newscaster

Original Name : Merella Fernandez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Newscaster

Original Name : Alicia-Kay Markson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Newscaster

Original Name : Brian Rodriguez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chopper (voice)

Original Name : Bridget Hoffman

Gender : Female

Character Name : ATC Dispatcher (voice)

Original Name : Brian T. Delaney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Colony Police Officer (uncredited)

Original Name : J.J. Perry

Gender : Male

Reviews

markuspm

@markuspm

2021-06-23

Marriages can be quite complicated - and who said women cannot drive.

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Reimaging suffers a Schizoid Embolism. This reboot of the Paul Verhoeven/Arnold Schwarzenegger 1990 monster hit finds Colin Farrell as factory worker Douglas Quaid who, in search of meaning in his life and maybe an answer to his weird dreams, visits Rekall, a company who implant fantastical memories to order. When something strange shows up during the initial procedure, Quaid finds that nothing in his life is at all what he thought. There's a lot of very good craft here, there really is, that is on proviso you are happy to indulge in stylised effects over character substance. It's also a cold hard fact that fans of the original Philip K. Dick story, and fans of the Verhoeven bonkers adaptation, are very unlikely to embrace such a candy shop approach to what was once an inventive premise. Jessica Biel and Kate Beckinsale file in for the two lead female roles, which on facial likeness is a smart bit of casting, while on a butt point of view they have two of the best in the business. Farrell is competently gruff rough and tough, but again can you avert the thought process away from Schwarzenegger cutting a swathe through a futuristic world? A big problem is that as much as Beckinsale is lovely and feisty, the decision by her husband, director Len Wiseman, to make her part a complete film filler, grates on the nerves with its obvious stench of nepotiz. Still, if you are looking for a sci-fi picture awash with outrageous excitement, bangs and crashes galore and a sexy cast? Then this will certainly give you cause to chomp down with glee on your popcorn. There's homage nods to the Arnie movie, which are gratefully received, the pace never sags and the art design for this futuristic world is grade "A" in quality. As remakes go it's OK and far from being a stinker, you can have fun here, but it can't deliver enough quality to those fans mentioned earlier, and they are right to have such high standards. 6/10

Per Gunnar Jonsson

@Dark Jedi

2024-05-16

I quite liked the 1990 version of Total Recall with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Thus I was somewhat concerned whether or not I would like this one since it would be impossible for me to watch it without comparing it to “the original”. Well, luckily, I did like it. I think the 1990 version is still my favourite but I did indeed like this one as well. It is said that this movie follows the original story better than the 1990 version. I wouldn’t know since I have not read it. Both are good stories with the same central idea although I have to say that the 1990 version of the story felt a wee bit more “grand” than this one. This movie is, of course, more modern in that the special effects are more up to 2012 standards. Having said that I think the funny idea of going through earth’s core in a tunnel through the planet is way more far-fetched than actually going to Mars and, although the gravity reversal was a good idea in itself, the instant on/off effect was just ridiculous. Obviously no scientific experts where hired for this movie. The 1990 version had a lot of action in it and this one doesn’t disappoint in that area. Actually, the entire film is pretty much one long action chase and a pretty well done at that. One gripe I have though is that I felt that Quaid was a bit on the wimpy side. But then, that probably comes from comparing with the Schwarzenegger “original”. So the bottom line is that I quite liked it, It’s a good solid action movie, but it didn’t de-throne the 1990 version.

The Movie Mob

@mooney240

2022-09-03

**Overall : A fantastic sci-fi action film that is much better than its reviews imply.** While based on the original Total Recall starring Arnold Schwarzenegger film from 1990, Total Recall (2012) differs in many ways. The tone is more serious and less zany than the first. The setting is on Earth rather than Mars, and the ending is left a little less ambiguous than the first. These differences caused mixed reviews, mostly from fans of the original. However, I enjoyed this film much more than the original! The acting and effects were much improved, and the action sequences were amazingly well done. Total Recall (2012) is more straightforward of a sci-fi action movie than its predecessor, but I find that a strength rather than a fault.

Rob

@Arcanum101

2023-05-13

Totally class. Totally absorbing. Totally worth a watch...or ten dozen. There's a great story here, some great and convincing characters and mind-blowingly imaginative visuals. Not to mention two kick-ass women! If you want a rollercoaster ride from the comfort of your own sofa this is the movie for you. It's even worth putting up with Colin Farrell for.