Movie Review – Total Recall

You will not find a bigger fan of the 1990 version of Total Recall than me.  Nary a chance goes by me to use the “See you at the party, Richter!” line for appropriate and inappropriate occasions.  I love the rough, over-the-top violent nature of Paul Verhoeven film where the boundaries of R-rated violence gets pushed to the bring.  I love seeing Arnold and his thick Austrian accent shout out his lines and make silly, guttural noises as he shoots an untold amount of people.  I love the absurdity of the characters from the titular (ha) three boobed hooker, mutant baby thing Kuato and eye-bulging atmosphere of Mars.

So like any good thing, Hollywood can’t let it be.  The recent “remake” to come out of Hollywood basically takes only the name, characters and three-boobed hooker and decides to turn down the volume on the ultra-violent, futuristic action film of 1990 to that of a PG-13 CGI fest starring really pretty people.

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