Total Recall is now streaming on Netflix in the U.S.Let’s all agree to ignore the fact that Total Recall was remade in 2012 with Colin Farrell, and instead focus on the 1990 classic starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. If you haven’t seen this piece of history, now’s your chance. That’s probably why the 2012 remake of Total Recall starring Colin Farrell pales in comparison.Īll of these elements combine into what could be argued is the most important science fiction movie of all time, the kind of lightning in a bottle that makes for the ultimate 113 minutes of sci-fi cinema. No actor can compare with his unique ability to give 110% to every line of dialogue and bit of fight choreography while still looking like he wandered off Muscle Beach onto a film set. It’s no wonder Bottin received a Special Achievement Academy Award for this movie, even though he worked on other films like The Fog, The Thing, and RoboCop.

Yes, there’s a woman with three breasts in a Martian brothel, but there are also multiple literal eye-popping transformations of people in Mars’ thin environment. The special effects by Rob Bottin balance computer and practical effects so well, and use face prosthetics in a way you won’t believe is even possible. The revolutionary (for the time) special effects of Total Recall. So he visits Rekall, a company that implants memories of vacations at a fraction of the cost of actually traveling there.īut when the procedure goes terribly wrong, Douglas has to face the ugly truth about not only his past but a mission laid for his future, a mission that will take him to the very place he’s dreamt of for years - Mars. Total Recall is a 1990 futuristic sci-fi action thriller directed by the great Paul Verhoeven (of RoboCop and Starship Troopers fame.) It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Douglas Quaid, a lowly construction worker who dreams of Mars.

There’s a reason why it’s considered one of the best science fiction movies ever made - it delivers heart-stopping action combined with fabulous special effects and constant twists and turns.

Finding a movie that is truly unpredictable is rare, but this movie streaming on Netflix is that and more. There are hundreds of sci-fi movies that follow the same plot and hit the same beats with only a few changes of character or setting.

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