Total Recall (2012)
Total Recall (2012)
MPAA Rating : PG-13 (for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, some sexual content, brief nudity, and language)
Genres : Remake
Run Time : 2 hours 15 minutes
Director : Len Wiseman
Writers : Kurt Wimmer & Mark Bomback (screenplay), Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon, Jon Povill & Kurt Wimmer (screen story), Philip K. Dick (short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale") (inspiration)
Stars : Colin Farrell, Bokeem Woodbine and Bryan Cranston.
Storyline:
For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he's got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life - real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man as he finds himself on the run from the police.
User Reviewer:
I guess the floodgates are now open. Adapting Philip K. Dick's stories are no longer enough, and now a trend may follow either to remake the films that have already been done, to give it another spin for a new generation, or how about remaking all of the films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, starting from Conan, and now Total Recall. For sure, Colin Farrell can't step into the ex-Mr Universe's hulking frame in playing the construction worker turned double agent Douglas Quaid through what would seem like a fantasy walk in the park for the mind gone all wrong, but if you'd put away your memory of the past film, then his outing here would stand out against his recent slate of projects, bringing him back to action-hero mould even if Len Wiseman's vision here turned a little bit suspect.
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