Total Recall movie
Philip K Dick's story gets another airing, with tedious results. At least Britain rules the world in this one
Len Wiseman's futurist thriller is a new version of the famous Philip K Dick short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale; the result recalls Ridley Scott's Blade Runner and Christopher Nolan's Inception, without, sadly being quite as distinctive as either. And as for the famous 1990 Total Recall by Paul Verhoeven starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, well
the effects are far flashier here, of course, although watching the first film is a reminder of just how much special effects can date. Now it is Colin Farrell playing Doug Quaid, the ordinary guy in a boring construction job, in a future world where a cramped and deteriorating urban society depends on exploiting the mineral reserves of subject colonies.
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