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Total Recall (2012, dir. Len Wiseman): not as fun as the Schwarzenegger/Verhoeven 1990 version

05 Aug

220px-TotalRecall2012PosterI see the crap movies then tell you about them so you don’t have to … the latest being the Total Recall (2012) remake … wasn’t as fun or OTT as the Schwarzenegger/ Verhoeven 1990 version (though it hews closer to the Phillip K Dick source material) … plays out like a big-budget Bourne movie set in the future. The 1990 adaptation and Inception dealt with the “am I in a dream or not” theme better (e.g. the scene with the sweat bead vs. the tear), Inception also captured the relationship angle better, and the Bourne movies (plus Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)) better explored the amnesia implications. Overall, OK to watch if it’s for free on Netflix, you’re bored, and you’ve already seen the other better movies 🙂

 
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Posted by on August 5, 2012 in Film Reviews, Passive Media

 

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