Total Recall details
| Formats: | 12 DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Nighy, Jessica Biel, Bryan Cranston, John Cho, Ethan Hawke |
| Director: | Len Wiseman |
| Genres: | Action/Adventure - Family, Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Family, Fantasy - General |
| Studio: | SONY PICTURES |
| Collections: | Action, January - Action, Our Favourites, The Biggest and Best |
| Name | Discs | |
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Total Recall |
12 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 58 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 23 Jan 2013 |
| Main languages: | English, English Audio Description |
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A good film, only flawed by the original
By TheWatchman (490 reviews) from Suburbia , 25 Jan 2013[Highly rated reviewer]
Imagine a world where 1990 didn’t happen. Then, some 22 years later, a sci-fi action film comes out where Colin Farrell plays a lowly construction worker who wakes up one morning to find out that he might be a spy and everyone is trying to kill him. Everyone would love it and hail it as a great film. However, 1990 DID happen and, during that year, Arnold Schwarzenegger released Total Recall – a much loved sci-fi romp where he does all that and more. Therefore, many people (including me) said, ‘Why are they bothering to remake it?’ To be fair, Colin Farrell’s version isn’t bad: it has great sets, great special effects, awesome chases and some nice ideas (more based on the original source material – short story by Phillip K Dick than Arnie’s version was). However, its major drawback is a sense that we’ve seen it all before. Every now and again, you’ll find a scene which is nearly word for word identical to the 1990 version and it keeps reminding you that you’ve actually seen this story before. I found this quite jarring. It gets the action and tension right and plays the whole things straight – quite a major change from Arnie’s ‘one-liners’ and pulpy comic book feel to the original. If you haven’t seen the original and you like sci-fi, then you’re definitely missing out. I think for those who might not have seen it yet, they’ll appreciate Colin Farrell’s version more. But this is a project that was always semi-doomed from the start. Schwarzenegger’s version was always going to be too popular to completely match. Fair play for them for doing their best to go in a different direction, but I think this is one film that would actually benefit from NOT being called Total Recall. It’s a good film and it certainly doesn’t deserve the typical scorn that most remakes automatically receive. However, I still think it comes back to the question, ‘Why did they bother?’- Was this review helpful to you?
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(218)Action packed confusion
By Lor53 (6 reviews) from Hemel Hempstead , 24 May 2013Great action an special effects, moved along to fast for me so bit confusing. Not really like the original, they put some of the original things in just to remind you, but i didn't get into as well, preferred the original version. Still love the main actors though.- Was this review helpful to you?
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We can forget this film for you wholesale
By TheGoodApocalypse (2 reviews) , 21 May 2013THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Show review anywayHide
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Good waste of a couple of hours
By a customer , 21 May 2013Pretty good action sequences and Kate Beckinsale rocked as the baddie wife, the ending was a bit of a let down and the relationship between Colin & Jessica was pretty wet & unconvincing. Good waste of a couple of hours though.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Very good film
By Greengarfy (15 reviews) , 21 May 2013I actually really enjoyed this. I was dubious as I'm a big fan of the original, and to be honest this would have perhaps been better as a sequel or prequel rather than a remake, as the two films are barely recognisable as the same thing (except for character names, company names etc.) I don't usually like Colin Farrell but he was very good, as was the ridiculously hot Kate Beckinsale. Don't judge this based on the first film as they are completely different, and in my opinion- just as good as, if not better, than the original.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Enjoyable, worth a watch
By Dr_Nimble (6 reviews) , 20 May 2013The original is better but I feel this has been made in a respectful way. It is different enough to stand alone but has warm references to the older film. Watch as a film and don't focus on comparing to the original and you should enjoy it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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