LogFAQs > #912954977

"The premise is awesome and I love ideas that involve messing with your mind and memories. Total Recalls got a fun, lively and visually appealing world and has some great action and some comedy thrown in there. I love the twist in this movie. Its very unique and theres not many particularly like it." ~JONA

"This movie was a trippy mindfuck through and through, and the fact that it was so convoluted actually made it more fun to watch. As usual, Arnold is not the most versatile actor, but when you need someone to be a badass, hes your man. And he starts out as your typical everyman, just working a crappy construction job on Earth, and hes bored with his life. He wants to go to Mars for a vacation. And the concept behind Recall itself is intriguing, because it offers a tangible service (which Id actually like if it were real) that allows for some vagueness to the plot. But then he goes to Recall and things get weird, because everything that happens in the movie is exactly the plot that the Recall sales rep pitched to Arnold. But at the same time, from a cinematic perspective, the plot feels like it HAS to be real, if only because of all the scenes where Arnold is not involved. Ultimately, everything about this, from a secret agent sci-fi spy movie perspective, is amazing. The effects are cheesy, yet fun. The acting is cheesy, yet fun. And its an upgrade from Paul Verhoeven, who already did a great job with RoboCop." ~Inviso

"Jason brought up an excellent point regarding Total Recall: You pay your credits or whatever to have these perfect memories implanted of these fabulous vacations or alternate realities, but as soon as you get the bill labeled "Total Recall" your brain is going to recognize them as false immediately so what's the point? Other than that rather gaping plot hole this is a fun movie rife for speculation, at which Jason and I arrived at conflicting opinions as to whether the entire experience was fabricated. Word of God says I'm correct, but that doesn't really matter. All that DOES matter is that you think this is the real Quaid? Ha ha ha, it is!" ~Genny

"I enjoyed the twisting, turning sci-fi potboiler parts of the movie a lot more than I did the Arnold Schwarzenegger '80s action movie parts, but that's really just personal taste, as both aspects of this movie are done well. Both Verhoeven and Arnold have had better projects in their illustrious careers, but Total Recall still manages to be entertaining as hell a majority of the time, even when it's impossible to take seriously. At its best, it's reminiscent of the blood-soaked, manically satirical highs of Starship Troopers, but other times it veers a little too hard into the trashier, Basic Instinct side of Verhoeven that I'm not as big a fan of. The best thing about this movie is the villains I love a good crazy Michael Ironside villain, and Ronny Cox is great too as the sneering Big Bad Cohaagen. A lot of scenes tend to devolve into loud shootouts with automatic weapons that get repetitive after awhile, but even if this doesn't have quite the edge that other, similar movies have, there are certainly some great moments. Mars has rarely looked prettier." ~KBM

"Buried underneath this otherwise hardcore action film is actually a surprisingly twisty plot that never really reaches the full lengths it could with Schwarzenegger leading the charge. Still, combined with Verhoevens penchant for satire, Total Recall is still a pretty fun movie throughout." ~Snake
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