Product Details

• Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside
• Directors: Paul Verhoeven
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: May 31, 2005
• Run Time: 113 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00070FX5U
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,951 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Arnold Schwarzenegger is perfectly cast as Quaid, a 2084 construction worker haunted by dreams of Mars in this crowd-pleasing science fiction spectacle. Against the wishes of his sexy blonde wife (Sharon Stone), Quaid goes to Rekall, a company that implants artificial memories, so he can "remember" visiting the red planet that is now being settled by human inhabitants. However, Quaid is actually an amnesiac secret agent from Mars--or is he? Enemy agents led by a thug named Richter (Michael Ironside) start trying to kill him before Quaid remembers anything more. Bullets and bone-crunching mayhem follow in large doses as Quaid heads to Mars to deal with mutants, ancient alien races, and Cohagen (Ronny Cox), a greedy capitalist controlling the colonists' air supply, in an effort to remember his real identity. TOTAL RECALL is based on the story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick and was a big box-office hit, helping to firmly establish director Paul Verhoeven as a specialist in darkly satiric, blood-drenched genre films. His next stop: BASIC INSTINCT, also with Stone.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BRAIN DUMP, February 14, 2005

By	Michael Butts (Martinsburg, WV USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Paul Verhoeven's stylish non-stop action TOTAL RECALL is one of Arnold's better movies. Featuring the now classic "consider this a divorce" scene, TOTAL RECALL bristles with electrical tension and brutally explicit action and violence. Based on a short story by Philip Dick, the movie focuses on Arnie, whose memories have been wiped away and when he discovers that, it leads him to Mars and confrontations with nasty guys that want him dead. Considering that this is a 1990 film, the special effects, set design, costuming, etc. are very impressive, as is the late Jerry Goldsmith's atmospheric score.
Arnie is Arnie, who has never made us think of him as a serious actor, but this is his kind of movie, and he is surrounded with some competent supporting performers: Rachel Ticotin as Melina, his love from his previous life, who exudes a smoldering sensuality; the then lesser known Sharon Stone, who plays Arnie's "wife" with a mixture of flirtatious sexuality and out and out viciousness; the irrepressible Michael Ironside, the consummate villain chewing up the scenery; and Ronny Cox as the nasty Coalhagen, who is masterminding all the trouble on Mars to meet his own excessive needs.
This is one of those movies you can enjoy more than once, to savor the lush topography of Mars and Sharon Stone getting her just rewards.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, February 1, 2006

By	Ron (Jersey) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Well paced, well done science fiction movie. The story uses Arnold just right, and surrounds him with great actors. Based on an excellent story, this movie involves a man who starts to regain memories of being on Mars. Soon he finds that he is so much more than just a construction worker, that his whole life was just a lie. Tons of action and plenty of eye candy, this dvd is a nice print and a good addition to any collection.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, September 22, 2006

By	ECU_Classic_Music_Fan (Charlotte, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This is where Arnold figured it all out. He had a great script and a director who could help him execute an idea that could have been a real dud. Thankfully, all details were handled well and we get a well paced movie that keeps you guessing the whole time.