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Total Recall

FromPaul Verhoeven

WithArnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox

Year1990

Duration113min.

LanguageEnglish

In the year 2084, Mars is a colony where valuable ore is mined under the rule of a tyrant. On Earth, construction worker Doug Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger), bored with his existence, keeps having exciting dreams of Mars and then goes to a company that implants lifelike memories in order to receive a Mars vacation implant. No sooner has he booked a complete “ego trip” package that promises action, adventure and romance as a secret agent than events derail and he is hunted by enemy agents: Is he in the dream realm of false memories or was his previous life just a lie? Is he even destined to become the savior of Mars? Paul Verhoeven, a master of the tightrope walk between unrestrained entertainment exaggeration and its sly subversion, serves up a Schwarzenegger spectacle in a class of its own - and with barbs. (C.H.)

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