Rachel Ticotin is the only person in the film who doesn't really gel into her role, being neither feisty nor powerful enough to assert herself, although part of the blame does lie within her underwritten role. Her role also sets up a classic Schwarzenegger one liner, namely "consider that a divorce". While Schwarzenegger gets to dig a little deeper into previously undiscovered acting skills, the film benefits from the early presence of Sharon Stone, before she made it big in Hollywood, as a hard-hitting, high-kicking secret agent posing as Arnie's wife. The film also benefits from an above average cast.
Therefore it's a lot of fun watching Arnie beat his way through a huge army of bad guys, who all die screaming or shouting in agony. The fight co-ordinators decided that due to Schwarzenegger's immense presence, all of his hits and kicks would be powerful blows capable of knocking out his enemies. Of course, on the surface, with all the psychological and metaphysical subtext aside, this is just another Schwarzenegger slam-blam action fest, but the fight scenes here are choreographed well and very stylised. Throughout the film, we are never sure if the events taking place are real, or a simple dream, and the ambiguity of the situation makes it all the more interesting. Dick short story, We Can Remember It For You Wholesale, and provides an engrossing look at the question of "what is reality?". The premise on which the film is based is taken from a Philip K. Much like his other hit movies ROBOCOP and STARSHIP TROOPERS, Dutch director Paul Verhoeven here delivers another exciting, entertaining and wholly fun slice of science fiction, packed to the brim with violence and gore. But either way, be sure that you put this movie somewhere high on your to-do list.Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 10 / 10 Amazing sci-fi action adventure just keeps on giving If you have not seen Minority Report, watch this first. If you have not seen Blade Runner, watch that first. I guess I simply must recommend you see this movie. I was quite interested by how he went from being what could have been a minor background role to a primary figure in the overall plot. He stole the scenes he was in with great comic timing and an interesting back-story. Clearly the best character was Benny the Cab Driver, played by Mel Johnson, Jr in his only notable role. And Sharon Stone was looking her best for this movie, and since her role seemed to be the sexpot wife who does little more than exercise and seduce her husband, that is a big endorsement. these guys are great but not right for this part. Arnold was a great choice, and no one else could be Quaid. Besides, coming from Rob Bottin ("The Thing"), the focus should be on the strengths of the makeup and effects and not the possible shortfalls. But at the same time this was somewhat amusing and a bit comical so it can be overlooked. In real life you would simply die in space, not explode. There is a certain absurdity with the special effects - eyes bulging and whatnot when the people lose oxygen. Is it a dream? A brain embolism? Reality? Any of these has evidence to support it and also to contradict it. One of the great things about Total Recall is the ambiguous nature of the story. And even as a stand-alone sci-fi film, it ranks as one of the better ones of the 1990s, if not all time. Total Recall is easily worthy of standing beside Blade Runner.
With A Scanner Darkly and Paycheck (among others) creating an extended trilogy (you know, like Douglas Adams did).
Dick trilogy: Blade Runner, Total Recall and Minority Report.
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When a man (Arnold Schwarzenegger) goes for virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real, or does he? One could consider "Total Recall" part of a Philip K.
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