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Movie Reviews of Total Recall
Movie Review: The film about Mars ever...
Summary: 5 Stars
...which isn't saying much. We've had Red Planet, Mission To Mars and, er, some others. Made when "CGI" wasn't in the modern film maker's lexicon, it contains the best latex-driven, gross-out puppetry that has yet to be bettered. Watching this film really does reinforce the opinion that on-set effects are far more interesting to watch than a moving image on an Amiga. The film's story is more twisty-turny than most late 80's actioners, and by the end you'll still have questions. Which is what SF is all about.
The extras on this special edition are actually quite rubbish. There's a documentary on the making of the film edited by a gibbon. Someone says "I ran to the office with the revised script" and we cut to a shot of Arnie running in the film. Someone says "Paul Verhoven was making faces on set" and we cut to a gurgling Arnie at the end of the film with his eyes popping out of his head. This happens ALL THE TIME. We obviously can't imagine what the interviewees are saying so we have to have brief visual descriptions. Because we're thick.
The Arnie commentary is pretty bad. It starts off pretty well but then degenerates into "This is me pulling a bug out of my head." Presumably descriptions for blind people. He obviously can't remember the film at all which is criminal considering he was paid more than I earn in a year to do it. There's another commentary by two Germans which was panned by critics for being in German. But they're Germans. So they're going to talk German. Do you see?
Excellent film. Wasn't worth the wait for the special edition though.
Movie Review: The film about Mars ever...
Summary: 5 Stars
...which isn't saying much. We've had Red Planet, Mission To Mars and, er, some others. Made when "CGI" wasn't in the modern film maker's lexicon, it contains the best latex-driven, gross-out puppetry that has yet to be bettered. Watching this film really does reinforce the opinion that on-set effects are far more interesting to watch than a moving image on an Amiga. The film's story is more twisty-turny than most late 80's actioners, and by the end you'll still have questions. Which is what SF is all about.
The extras on this special edition are actually quite rubbish. There's a documentary on the making of the film edited by a gibbon. Someone says "I ran to the office with the revised script" and we cut to a shot of Arnie running in the film. Someone says "Paul Verhoven was making faces on set" and we cut to a gurgling Arnie at the end of the film with his eyes popping out of his head. This happens ALL THE TIME. We obviously can't imagine what the interviewees are saying so we have to have brief visual descriptions. Because we're thick.
The Arnie commentary is pretty bad. It starts off pretty well but then degenerates into "This is me pulling a bug out of my head." Presumably descriptions for blind people. He obviously can't remember the film at all which is criminal considering he was paid more than I earn in a year to do it. There's another commentary by two Germans which was panned by critics for being in German. But they're Germans. So they're going to talk German. Do you see?
Excellent film. Wasn't worth the wait for the special edition though.
Movie Review: BRAIN DUMP
Summary: 5 Stars
Paul Verhoeven's stylish non-stop action TOTAL RECALL is one of Arnold's better movies. Featuring the now classic "consider this a divorce" scene, TOTAL RECALL bristles with electrical tension and brutally explicit action and violence. Based on a short story by Philip Dick, the movie focuses on Arnie, whose memories have been wiped away and when he discovers that, it leads him to Mars and confrontations with nasty guys that want him dead. Considering that this is a 1990 film, the special effects, set design, costuming, etc. are very impressive, as is the late Jerry Goldsmith's atmospheric score.
Arnie is Arnie, who has never made us think of him as a serious actor, but this is his kind of movie, and he is surrounded with some competent supporting performers: Rachel Ticotin as Melina, his love from his previous life, who exudes a smoldering sensuality; the then lesser known Sharon Stone, who plays Arnie's "wife" with a mixture of flirtatious sexuality and out and out viciousness; the irrepressible Michael Ironside, the consummate villain chewing up the scenery; and Ronny Cox as the nasty Coalhagen, who is masterminding all the trouble on Mars to meet his own excessive needs.
This is one of those movies you can enjoy more than once, to savor the lush topography of Mars and Sharon Stone getting her just rewards.
Movie Review: One of my favorite all time movies!
Summary: 5 Stars
Paul Verhoeven pulls all stops in this non-stop action movie. TOTAL RECALL is a well produced and scripted story that takes you on a trip half way though our galaxy. The main characters memories have been wiped away and the viewer explores the fictional world and adventures of getting his memories back.
This film brings back memories of the late 80's in some of it's set designs and fashions. But all visual and special effects are very impressive and the making of is described in detail in the bonus feature section. The bonus features alone make this DVD a must own!
The soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith is very fitting and beautiful and can be considered one of cinemas greatest scores of all times!
This is one of those movies you can watch many times over- it actually gets better with age! It is fun to travel to the wonderfully strange world of Mars and relive a very breathless and exciting adventure!
Movie Review: Cool on Earth, cool on Mars, he is Ah-Nold!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is among the coolest Arnold movies I've ever seen. It follows Doug Quaid, played by Ah-nold, a man who is obsessed with Mars. He is being decieved by a villainess named Lori who is pretending to be his wife. Soon, he finds out all sorts of things and is getting into fights involving guns, knives, fists, feet and even explosive weapons. There is a man on Mars, which he soon gets to, named Vilos Cohaggen, who is an evil tyrant and keeps all the air for Mars and its people to live on locked up and bottled. Doug soon finds out all sorts of things, meets his real wife, Melina, a beautiful woman who's also a warrior, then the challenge begins. Will Doug ever find out the truth about who or what he is? Will Vilos be stopped? Will Mars ever be livable again? Find out when you see this wonderful masterpiece. Oh, and I suggest you buy the special edition. Doug & Lori are my two favorite characters. Hero & villain, male & female. Done.