Total Recall

31% of critics liked it

47% of users liked it

Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale
In theaters Aug 03, 2012
PG-13, 2 hr. 1 min.

Movie Info

Cast: Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, Bryan Cranston, Bokeem Woodbine, Bill Nighy, John Cho, Will Yun Lee, Milton Barnes, James McGowan
Director: Len Wiseman
Rated: PG-13
Running Time: 2 hr. 1 min.
Genre: Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Theater Release: Aug 03, 2012
DVD Release: Dec 18, 2012
Synopsis: Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), even though he's got a beautiful wife (Kate Beckinsale) who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life - real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police - controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen

Critic Reviews

  • Tom Huddleston, Time Out
    'Total Recall' is Hollywood at its worst: pointless, witless, and so very unnecessary. More...
  • Rafer Guzman, Newsday
    "Total Recall" is a toned-down, smoothed-out version of an amped-up, bug-eyed classic. More...
  • Dana Stevens, Slate
    This is a taut, serviceable sci-fi thriller with a couple of neat visual ideas, and if you're not familiar with either the Schwarzenegger version or the original story, the brain-bending twists alone will take you a reasonably long way. More...
  • Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com
    Casting and visuals are an upgrade, but we get far too many action sequences and not enough of the mind games. More...
  • Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
    I was no particular fan of the first Total Recall, but I confess that this flat, by-the-numbers remake made me a tad nostalgic for its bombastic preposterousness. More...
  • Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
    Whatever tug Total Recall has on the imagination comes from the vague sense we've seen it all before. And seen it better: from Christopher Nolan's Inception to Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. More...
  • Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
    Director Len Wiseman is good on action, and Patrick Tatopoulus's dystopic production design is within hailing distance of Blade Runner, his chief influence. But essentially this is a big-screen video game. More...
  • Chris Packham, Village Voice
    Where Paul Verhoeven's original was testosterone-stupid and, therefore, fun, Wiseman's film is just boring-stupid. More...
  • Christy Lemire, Associated Press
    Farrell is confident and competent regardless of the situation; there never seems to be any real threat of him coming out alive. More...
  • Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
    Those who buy a ticket to Total Recall may not go in expecting a generic Bourne sequel, but that's about what they'll be getting - just set in a Blade Runner universe made of giant gray Lego blocks. More...