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#24 - Total Recall (Not 2012)
Stifled - 3
Karo - 12
Charon - 15
JONA - 15
Inviso - 16
Genny - 22
KBM - 29
Snake - 29
Johnbobb - 30
Scarlet - 31
Wickle - 35
Total: 237

"RECALL RECALL RECALLLLLL! I absolutely love in-film propaganda. All of the news updates on the rebellion on Mars and all of the Recall commercials make the experience so much more immersive. Ahnold (typo intended) is at the top of his game for this one. While I may prefer a certain movie about killer robots to this one, Doug Quaid/Hauser is actually my favorite performance of his. The cackling, the one-liners, the actual battle with himself, and everything else is just stellar. I shudder to think of anyone doing this movie besides him. The rest of the cast is great too, particularly evil Ronnie Cox. I could be happy with Ronnie Cox being the baddie in every 80s movie, honestly. The action is great. The chick with three boobs is completely out of left field, but works so well in a movie like this. Its amazing, campy, bullet-ridden fun at its finest. This is one of those movies Im always down to watch.

Traviss Opinion: I believe I mentioned a chick with three boobs somewhere in my write up. No thank you! Travis skipped this one. He saw enough accidental boobs with all of those PG movies that tricked me. Gotta parent when I can!" ~Stifled

"So a futuristic doctor is able to plant memories of exotic vacations into peoples heads and for some reason this is a successful business. Anyway, this ordinary construction worker goes there and has a super-spy mars adventure shoved in his head. But maybe he was the spy all along and his other life was fake. Or maybe he is having a mental breakdown.
Regardless of what the facts are, Arnold goes through various areas and planets kicking a lot of ass as everyone tries to kill him, including his wife and coworkers. It all comes down to the heroes activating an alien reactor that fills the surface of mars with oxygen and ends with everyone taking their first steps in the now breathable atmosphere of the planet. Shortly afterward everyone dies of exposure because the surface of mars has like an average low of -70 degrees in the best of situations.
The plot goes all over the place with evil corporations, worker rebellions, alien artifacts and constant betrayals or plot twists. It does strain the believability at times, though because maybe it was possibly not real that is kind of the point. The silly mutant grotesqueries make the movie seem very dated and most certainly could have been done without, but it is still a fun ride." ~Karo

"The obvious question at the end is if you feel like Quaid does or not; did he really just live out the advertised dream from Rekall? After all, they said the experience would be extremely convincing and real. Everything they said happened did happen; he was a secret agent, he did save the planet, and he did get his dream girl at the end. Now, obviously he was having dreams about Mars before he went, leading you to think maybe he really was a brainwashed ex-agent, but maybe it was simply a meaningless dream that Rekall turned into reality. It's interesting to think about, but even beyond that, the movie itself is very enjoyable. The characters and the world are enjoyable, and Quaid himself is a fun action hero lead. "Hahaha, you think this is the real Quaid?" ... "it is!"." ~Charon
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