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webmaster says: very good

Country: USA, 1990
Runtime: 113 minutes
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller
Language: English

Summary

Arnold Schwarzenegger is perfectly cast as Quaid, a 2084 construction worker haunted by dreams of Mars in this crowd-pleasing science fiction spectacle. Against the wishes of his sexy blonde wife (Sharon Stone), Quaid goes to Rekall, a company that implants artificial memories, so he can "remember" visiting the red planet that is now being settled by human inhabitants. However, Quaid is actually an amnesiac secret agent from Mars--or is he? Enemy agents led by a thug named Richter (Michael Ironside) start trying to kill him before Quaid remembers anything more. Bullets and bone-crunching mayhem follow in large doses as Quaid heads to Mars to deal with mutants, ancient alien races, and Cohagen (Ronny Cox), a greedy capitalist controlling the colonists' air supply, in an effort to remember his real identity. TOTAL RECALL is based on the story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick and was a big box-office hit, helping to firmly establish director Paul Verhoeven as a specialist in darkly satiric, blood-drenched genre films.
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Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger .... Douglas Quaid
Rachel Ticotin .... Melina
Sharon Stone .... Lori
Ronny Cox .... Vilos Cohaagen
Michael Ironside .... Richter
Marshall Bell .... George/Kuato
Mel Johnson Jr. .... Benny
Michael Champion .... Helm
Roy Brocksmith .... Dr. Edgemar
Ray Baker .... McClane
Rosemary Dunsmore .... Dr. Lull
David Knell .... Ernie
Alexia Robinson .... Tiffany
Dean Norris .... Tony
Mark Carlton .... Bartender


Crew

Writing credits: Philip K. Dick (short story We Can Remember It For You Wholesale) (inspiration), Ronald Shusett (screen story, screenplay), Dan O'Bannon (screen story, screenplay) and Jon Povill (screen story), Gary Goldman (screenplay)

Original music by Jerry Goldsmith, Bruno Louchouarn (songs)

Cinematography by Jost Vacano

Production Companies

Carolco International N.V.
Carolco Pictures
TriStar Pictures (us)


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Taglines

They stole his mind, now he wants it back.

Get ready for the ride of your life.


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