Total Recall Movie Review 1990

Mind-bending sci-fi movie set in the 21st century. Construction worker Quaid (Schwarzenegger) dreams every night about the colonization of Mars, so he decides to visit a travel service that specializes in implanting vacation memories into its clients' brains and buy a memory trip to the planet. Only during the implant, Quaid discovers his memories have been artificially altered and he must find out just what's real and what's not. Intriguing plot and spectacular special effects. Laced with graphic violence. Based on Phillip K. Dick's "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale."

Distribution

Time-Life Video and Television, 1450 Palmyra Ave., Richmond, VA 23227-4420, Phone: (804)266-6330, Toll-free: 800-950-7887, Fax: (757)427-7905

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 113 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sci Fi, Special FX Extravaganzas, Top Grossing Films of 1990, Boom!, Cyberpunk, Special FX Wizards: Rob Bottin, Books to Film: Phillip K. Dick, Amnesia, Deadly Implants, Mars, Cabbies

Screenplay

Gary Goldman, Dan O'Bannon

Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside, Ronny Cox, Roy Brocksmith, Marshall Bell, Mel Johnson

Cinematography

Jan De Bont

Director

Paul Verhoeven

Music

Jerry Goldsmith

Producer

Ronald Shusett, Carolco Pictures

Awards

Oscars 1990: Visual FX.