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Total Recall by Paul Verhoeven
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DVD detailsActor: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Ironside, Sharon Stone Director: Paul Verhoeven Brand: Lions Gate DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); Spanish (Subtitled) Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 113 minutes Published: 1990 DVD Release Date: 2005-05-31 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Studio: Lions Gate
DVD Reviews of Total RecallDVD Review: Great Hero, So-so Governor Summary: 4 StarsTotal Recall is definitely one of the best "Arnold" movies around. While so many people remember him for the Terminator movies or Predator, I think that Recall was a movie that really showed Arnold's ability to play an everyman who can do extraordinary things.
It's too bad that he hasn't lived up to that ability in his political life.
DVD Review: Not bad, but like, so what? Summary: 3 StarsI must be getting old: these films about weird things with violence and monsters just don't do a heckuvalot for me anymore. I see them as having standard plots, and this is pretty much one of them: quasi-amnesiac guy trying to figure out who he is, gets into big situation, kills some, kills more, saves a world (appartently). It is second level sci-fi.
That being said, there is no question that the acting in this is far superior to b-flicks, from Arnie to Sharon Stone, who was in her prime when this was made. They make this a better-than-average watch, but there is still no way I would want to watch this over and over as there aren't any interesting ideas in it.
Recommended, but there are far better hard sci-fi productions.
DVD Review: 3 stars out of 4 Summary: 4 StarsThe Bottom Line:
It's sometimes a little over the top, but it's a whole lot of fun and suprisingly thought-provoking for a movie that features Arnold Schwarzenegger and a woman with three breasts.
DVD Review: Verhoeven's Masterpeice Summary: 4 StarsWhile "Total Recall" imagines a largely pessimistic future, as do similar 1980s sci-fi hallmarks "Robocop" and "The Running Man", the future here is far more inventive, opulent and painstakingly detailed. The script is witty and humorous, while the plot is dense and imaginative - the film moves in exciting, unexpected directions.
The cast is vastly more talented than those who supported Peter Weller in "Robocop". They all make their presence felt. Rachel Ticotin, Michael Ironside, Ronny Cox, and a young, incredibly sexy Sharon Stone, and even little-known character actor Dean Norris, provide enormous support to big Arnie in the role of his career.
Yes folks, this is Schwartznegger's greatest acting turn - he himself even admits as much in the documentary included on this DVD. He plays Douglas Quaid - the man who seeks his true identity, struggling for truth in a world full of robotic taxies and corporations that control even the air the common people breathe. Or is it all a just a dream...?
There's so much more to "Total Recall" - I can't explain it all here. Suffice to say that it came out in the cinema when I was only 12 and my dad (who had already seen it) insisted that I see it, despite its terrible violence. To him, the film's gratuitous violence was far surpassed by its intelligence and groundbreaking creativity. Looking back, I'd have to agree with the ol' man.
This is Paul Verhoeven's masterpeice. May he always be forgiven for future misfires such as "Showgirls".
SPECIAL MENTIONS
Dan O'Bannon (et al) for Writing (an adaptation of Philip K D's "We Can Remember it for You Wholesale")
Paul Verhoeven for Directing.
Eric Brevig (et al) for Visual Effects.
Arnold Schwartznegger for Acting.
DVD Review: HOLY CRAP!!! PUZZLING STORYLINE MAKES FOR A STUPID SCI-FI WASTE OF TIME, TALENT AND BRAIN MATTER!!! Summary: 1 StarsThis movie was such a waste of time. I didn't understand the story from the beginning, though I saw this pile of junk from start to finish. With an excellent cast and the director of "Robocop" behind the camera, I thought this movie would be so much better than it really was. It was such a piece of crap. Mind-boggling story. Rated Crappholy.
Description of Total RecallStudio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 10/09/2008
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