Total Recall (1990) movie poster

Total Recall (1990)

"They stole his mind. Now, he wants it back."
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👍 91%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 70%
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Runtime
1h 53m
Rated
R
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.3/10 (6,333 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Metacritic
60

Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Douglas Quaid / Hauser · 76% avg
Rachel Ticotin as Melina · 75% avg
Sharon Stone as Lori Quaid · 70% avg
Ronny Cox as Vilos Cohaagen · 70% avg
Michael Ironside as Richter · 71% avg
Marshall Bell as George / Kuato · 70% avg
Mel Johnson Jr. as Benny
Michael Champion as Helm

Is Total Recall good?

Yes. 91% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 70%, but audiences disagreed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#45 / 1971 · Action
Rank in its year
#2 / 65 · 1990
Rank among its director's films
#2 / 9 · Paul Verhoeven

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company that manufactures memories. When his memory implant goes wrong, Doug can no longer be sure what is and isn't reality. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

Total Recall is a 1990 American science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven, loosely based on Philip K. Dick's short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale." Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Douglas Quaid, a construction worker in 2084 who is haunted by recurring dreams about Mars and visits Rekall, a company that implants artificial vacation memories. When the procedure goes wrong and reveals that Quaid may actually be a secret agent whose memory was erased, he is plunged into a violent conspiracy involving the brutal governor of Mars Colony, played by Ronny Cox, and a mutant resistance movement living in the colony's oxygen-deprived slums.

Paul Verhoeven brought his signature blend of extreme violence, dark humor, and satirical social commentary to create one of the most inventive and thought-provoking science fiction action films of the 1990s. The film's central ambiguity — whether Quaid's adventure is real or a Rekall-implanted fantasy — was maintained with deliberate precision, and the practical special effects by Rob Bottin created memorably grotesque images including the three-breasted woman and Quaid's bulging eyes during atmospheric decompression. Total Recall earned $261 million worldwide on a $65 million budget.

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