Rating: R
Genre:
Science Fiction
Theatrical Release: 06/01/1990(USA)
Release Date: 10/24/2006
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD-EX/THX
Run Time: 113 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity, Sci-Fi Violence
Distributor/Studio: Lions Gate
In
Paul Verhoeven's wild sci-fi action movie
Total Recall,
Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a 21st-century construction worker who discovers that his entire memory of the past derives from a memory chip implanted in his brain. Schwarzenegger learns that he's actually a secret agent who had become a threat to the government, so those in power planted the chip and invented a domestic lifestyle for him. Once he has realized his true identity, he travels to Mars to piece together the rest of his identity, as well as to find the man responsible for his implanted memory. Verhoeven has created a fast, furious action film with
Total Recall, filled with impressive stunts and (literally) eye-popping visuals. Though the film bears only a passing resemblance to the
Philip K. Dick short story it was based on ("We Can Remember It For You Wholesale"), the movie is an entertaining, if very violent, ride.
~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide