Total Recall (1990)

[vc2002]

The 11 people who voted B should get their asses to Mars.。

Edited September 5, 2014 by vc2002

[luna]

can't have been too violent, because my mum, who doesn't like violent movies, enjoyed this. so did i. nothing really that great, but enjoyable. to criticise this as stupid seems somewhat off the mark - paul verhoeven's technique appears to be indulgence as a means of criticism - the militarist fascism of [starship troopers] and the schizoid conspiracy paranoia of this. loved the inversion of its references, eg the mutant pub from [star wars] or the red pill from [the matrix], etc.
 
5.8/10

[JohnnyGossamer]

can't have been too violent, because my mum, who doesn't like violent movies, enjoyed this. so did i. nothing really that great, but enjoyable. to criticise this as stupid seems somewhat off the mark - paul verhoeven's technique appears to be indulgence as a means of criticism - the militarist fascism of [starship troopers] and the schizoid conspiracy paranoia of this. loved the inversion of its references, eg the mutant pub from [star wars] or the red pill from [the matrix], etc.

 

5.8/10

Yes! The bolded text within your review's exactly why I love it. Glad you at least found it passable fun.

Edited January 9, 2015 by JohnnyGossamer

[Plain Old Tele]

or the red pill from [the matrix], etc.

 5.8/10

Minor note: it came out nearly a decade before THE MATRIX.

[luna]

oh yeah, it did too. lol.

[RobinHood26]

"See you at the party Richter" Maybe my favorite line ever.

[Plain Old Tele]

It's criminal that, aside from Verhoeven, no one really bothered to utilize the awesomeness of Michael Ironside on big-budget movies.

[DeeCee]

What about Michael Champion? His filmography stops in 1996. I looked him up and supposedly he became a born again Christian, moved back to his home town in Indiana, worked as car salesman at the Toyota dealership and is now living in Wyoming. Who knows what is true as that all came from IMDB.

Edited January 12, 2015 by DeeCee

[John Marston]

One of Arnold's best. Wish Sharon Stone played the main girl as she was super hot here

[The Futurist]

You could feel the lust Verheoven already had for Sharon in this movie, the way he shot her, she was ubber  hot and we all know what came next ...

[The Stingray]

Lovely Total Recall art.

 

[RobinHood26]

Upped my grade to a A- (92)

[Goffe]

I felt pretty burnt out by the excessive amount of not good, pretty drab action. Everything else was fabulous, though.

I loved the weirdness of it, loved how unpredictable it was, loved Sharon Stone, loved how it wasn't dumbed down like most sci-fi/dethrone the dictator film nowadays, loved the special effects (which hasn't aged at all). There are so many great scenes to choose from, SO MUCH STYLE, it's almost overwhelming.

I still don't like Schwarzenegger, but he was half decent in this one.

Too bad that the action was boring as fuck, if more than half of the movie wasn't just action, it surely felt like it. That's the only thing the remake was better at, that and production design, which was very impressive in this one too.

+75/100

the remake is a 40/100

Edited August 20, 2015 by Goffe

[Avatree]

I felt pretty burnt out by the excessive amount of not good, pretty drab action. Everything else was fabulous, though.

I loved the weirdness of it, loved how unpredictable it was, loved Sharon Stone, loved how it wasn't dumbed down like most sci-fi/dethrone the dictator nowadays, loved the special effects (which hasn't aged at all). There are so many great scenes to choose from, SO MUCH STYLE, it's almost overwhelming.

I still don't like Schwarzenegger, but he was half decent in this one.

Too bad that the action was boring as fuck, if more than half of the movie wasn't just action, it surely felt like it. That's the only thing the remake was better at, that and production design, which was very impressive in this one too.

+75/100

the remake is a 40/100

 

[Goffe]

Why some of you love him? is it in a "so bad it's good" kind of way?

Edited August 20, 2015 by Goffe

[Avatree]

Why some of you love him? is it in a "so bad it's good" kind of way?

The brilliance of TOTAL RECALL has little to do with Arnold.

[WrathOfHan]

This is probably my favorite Schwarzenegger movie.

[John Marston]

Why some of you love him? is it in a "so bad it's good" kind of way?

 

 

he may not have much range but he still very likeable and has strong screen presence

[The Futurist]

Why some of you love him? is it in a "so bad it's good" kind of way?

 

What is wrong with you ?

[The Stingray]

Why some of you love him? is it in a "so bad it's good" kind of way?

 

My mind can't even process this question.