Total Recall

Total Recall

Rating 6.5 out of 10

I saw the original Total Recall back in 1990 staring Arnold Schwarzenegger.  I barely remembered it.  I remember it not being that good and wondering why they'd remake it.  I looked up my mini-review (yes I have been doing these since 1985) and found I gave the original a 5 rating.  I thought the plot was kinda stupid but the effects were good.

I would say the new version of Total Recall is much the same yet better.

In the future (not sure how far in the future) nuclear wars have left much of the world unlivable.  There are two areas left where big domes have been built.  The rich live in one dome and the poor workers live in the other.  The rich are the bad guys of course and they have an evil plot that centers around our star Doug Quaid (Colin Farrell).  In the future you can take a vacation just by sitting in a chair and letting your mind go places your body can't.  When Doug tries this things go bad wrong.  Turns out Doug was a super spy that had his mind wiped and a new life put in place.  Those evil bastards have put him in a small apartment with Kate Beckinsale as the loving affectionate wife.  How do I sign up for this??

Some of the plot makes sense.  Some does not.  The action is very good.  Colin Ferrell is in his top form hunky self.  Kate is always the price of the movie ticket.  If you want a good action movie and don't want to bother much with plot line you could do worse than this.  It's not much more than that.