Total Recall (2012) A remake of the 1990 Schwarzenegger vehicle that was set on Mars. This version places the action on a war scarred Earth where space is at a premium. Britain is now the worlds superpower with Australia reduced to colony status. Farrell is an undercover agent whose repressed memories start to resurface when he visits a Rekall centre where you can have false memories implanted of any fantasy you want. But it goes wrong and he soon learns of a conspiracy headed by Britain’s Chancellor to invade the colony. For all the money spent on it, ($125,000,000 estimated compared to the originals $65,000,000 estimated), the flashy effects and the big action scenes the film lacks that ‘something’ that the original had. It just didn’t grab me and I found myself trying to stay awake!
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