Rotten
'Total Recall' is Hollywood at its worst: pointless, witless, and so very unnecessary.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
Total Recall
What Is Real?
2012 · 1h 58m · PG-13
Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Len Wiseman
Overview
Factory worker Doug Quaid takes a virtual mind-trip vacation with the Rekall company, opting for implanted memories of being a spy. When the procedure goes wrong, Quaid becomes a wanted man by the police and joins forces with a rebel fighter to stop the evil Chancellor Cohaagen.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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30%
Tomatometer
Rotten
"Total Recall" is a toned-down, smoothed-out version of an amped-up, bug-eyed classic.
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
Fresh
This is a taut, serviceable sci-fi thriller with a couple of neat visual ideas, and if you're not familiar with either the Schwarzenegger version or the original story, the brain-bending twists alone will take you a reasonably long way.
Dana Stevens, Slate
Fresh
Casting and visuals are an upgrade, but we get far too many action sequences and not enough of the mind games.
Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com
Rotten
I was no particular fan of the first Total Recall, but I confess that this flat, by-the-numbers remake made me a tad nostalgic for its bombastic preposterousness.
Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
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