Total Recall

Movie • 1990

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Arnold Schwarzenegger in a cerebral, twisty Philip K. Dick adaptation filled with explosive set-pieces and that signature Verhoeven edge—pure '90s sci-fi action.

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Philip K. Dick surrealism meets 90s bombast. Schwarzenegger in a hyperviolent Martian dystopia—questioning reality vs. memory and dripping with noir influence and Verhoeven satire.

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Schwarzenegger in a mind-bending shoot-em-up—fistfights, sci-fi chaos, and Martian mayhem. Ultimate mix of brains and bravado.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger delivers a mind-bending adventure set on Mars with explosive action and unforgettable effects—sci-fi adrenaline at its finest.

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Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company that manufactures memories. When his memory implant goes wrong, Doug can no longer be sure what is and isn't reality.

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Roger Ebert

There may be people who overlook the Arnold Schwarzenegger performance in 'Total Recall' - who think he isn't really acting. But the performance is one of the reasons the movie works so well. He isn't a superman this time, although he fights like one.

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Loud and Clear

Total Recall is adrenaline-inducing, comical, philosophical and idiotic, often all four in a single sequence.

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Common Sense Media

Schwarzenegger may be a role model in some of his other films, but in this one his character is excessively mean and violent. He shoots and kills bad guys, uses innocent bystanders as shields, and even beats up women.

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Deep Focus Review

A gruesome but boldly imagined piece of science-fiction, Total Recall offers no end of rewarding contradictions in the mode and treatment of its story, being both a sheer adrenaline rush and a thoughtful, even existential questioning of reality.

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IMDb

I'm never failed to be impressed with it . Some people dislike it and I feel I must defend the movie.

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IMDb

'Total Recall (1990)' is both an interesting, layered, concept-driven science-fiction film and a squishy, one-liner-filled, Arnold Schwarzenegger action romp, essentially, in equal measure.

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Rotten Tomatoes

Total Recall is slick, sly and subversive, and if some of the special effects have aged somewhat, that only adds to the charm.

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Cinematerial

Melding the ever-more-workable Schwarzenegger mystique with a better-than-average science-fiction premise, the director Paul Verhoeven has come up with a vigorous, superviolent interplanetary thriller that packs in wallops with metronomic regularity.

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