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Summary"Total Recall" is an action thriller about reality and memory, inspired anew by the famous short story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick. Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he's got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip so... Read More

Total Recall (2012)

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Metascore
43
22% Positive
9 Reviews
61% Mixed
25 Reviews
17% Negative
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Aug 2, 2012
88
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The richly constructed first hour is so superior to any feat of sci-fi speculation since "Minority Report" that the bland aftertaste of the chase finale is quickly forgotten.
Aug 2, 2012
63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Strip away the video-game visual effects, the endless chases and zero gravity shootouts, and Total Recall comes down to this: What is reality?
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5.7
39% Positive
187 Ratings
41% Mixed
196 Ratings
20% Negative
98 Ratings
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Jan 14, 2026
10
LooneyTunes
I like the move. Good actors, good operator’s work. And much more better shown the future
Oct 22, 2014
10
Meikla
Dont listen to the critics. If u like steampunk this film is great! Action combiend with a deep story. It remind me of the overhyped inception movie. But not so serious
Aug 2, 2012
50
San Francisco Chronicle
For all of its dazzlingly rendered cityscapes and nonstop action, this revamped Total Recall is a bland thing - bloodless, airless, humorless, featureless. With or without the triple-bosomed prostitute.
Aug 2, 2012
50
Variety
Crazy new gadgets, vigorous action sequences and a thorough production-design makeover aren't enough to keep Total Recall from feeling like a near-total redundancy.
Aug 17, 2012
40
Total Film
Entertaining in small doses, but gruelling at two hours, Wiseman's derivative, spec-hackular upgrade bins the twisted wit and meaty thrills of the Arnie original.
Aug 1, 2012
40
Arizona Republic
It's big and it's loud, but ultimately not much more than that.
Aug 2, 2012
20
New York Daily News
There's something sadly poetic about a movie dealing with disappearing memories that vanishes from your mind while you watch it.
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Feb 7, 2013
10
tvchicano07
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
Jul 27, 2021
6
imthenoob
I think it does a lot of things better than the original. The cast is better, I think it is more coherently written with a lot more focus on the "is this a dream" aspect rather than throwing it out of the window like the original. It's not perfect but I think they do a good enough job to make it their own and do it better than the first film.
Feb 2, 2020
6
HotelCentral
The CGI cityscapes are really the most interesting part. The story is kind of blah. Lots of shooting, though. Of course. Obviously.
May 30, 2020
3
IAmaMovieGeek
This is a piece of garbage action movie. I found it so boring. But I did like the little twist at the start. Other than that, this movie is bad. I'm giving this film a D.
Jan 10, 2017
3
Broyax
Cela fait longtemps que je n'ai pas vu le Total Recall de Verhoeven et sur le coup, j'aurais du mal à départager la version du Hollandais volant avec le cabotineur Schwarzenegger de celle de 2012 avec le très sérieux Farrell : ils ont en effet ce point commun de ne pas respecter la merveilleuse nouvelle de Philip K. **** et d'en avoir fait des films d'action décérébrés. Mais avant de revoir et de m'occuper comme il se doit du vieux Total Recall, autant m'affairer sur le Total Recall nouveau, comme le Beaujolais. Une cuvée qui permet d'apprécier la charmante Kate Beckinsale très à l'aise dans son rôle de méchante forcenée et le sémillant Bryan Cranston dans son rôle... de grand méchant qu'il semble apprécier ! Quant à Colin, il assure le strict minimum et se contente... de faire aussi bien que Schwarzy (c'est dire s'il est mauvais...) les blagues potaches en moins. De course-poursuite effrénée en course contre la montre et autres poursuites entrecoupées de dialogues clichés avec les méchants, le tout dans une réalisation un peu juste mais regardable, ce Total Recall s'avère définitivement aussi con qu'il est bas de plafond. Il ne parvient même pas à titiller un quelconque second ou troisième degré chez le spectateur, ni à le faire rire, car une telle stupidité étalée ainsi sur presque deux heures, ne devrait-on pas pouvoir en rire à l'insu du bon vouloir de son plein gré ? eh bien, non, hélas. J'étais plutôt à la limite de l'enui, désoeuvré devant cette cavalcade assez grotesque qui ne fait décidément pas honneur à la Science-Fiction. L'oeuvre de **** semble décidément inadaptable !
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  • Columbia Pictures
  • Original Film
  • Prime Focus
  • Rekall Productions
  • Total Recall
Aug 3, 2012
1 h 58 m
PG-13
What is real?
BMI Film & TV Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Razzie Awards
• 1 Nomination
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