Customer Ratings & Reviews

Science Fiction and action film fans should enjoy this re boot of the Arnold classic. Do not analyze or overthink, just go for a ride!

Remade Total recall Excellent May a little bit more interesting than the old one

This movie is great, has amazing FUNNY lines, fast action, really sets a nice pace. You get to watch hot babes, I mean, what more can one ask for in a good SCI FI. The sound is great, can't say enough good things about the sound, it has what you expect for the money you spend on a disk of this magnitude, the money they spent was well placed. You get high quality content. The CGI is so realistic you forget its CGI and just fall into the story and lose yourself in the emotion and staging of the drama and action.

This is not like the original from the 1990. It uses some of the ideas but the look is very different and it focuses more on action and special effects. The futuristic world that has been imagined for this movie was well designed, and visually, the film is stunning. It's hard to compare the two especially when this one does not have Arnold Schwarzenegger. However, I still think that it is worth buying the set and watch once in a while.

Updated version of the original Total Recall with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Personally I like this one a lot better and while the plot is basically the same I prefer the setting remaining on Earth to the Mars of the original. Action packed with great visuals and even though this is only 1080p it rivals the best real 4k transfers in visual quality and wow factor.

I am a fan of the original Total Recall. But this movie was great! I enjoyed it very much! Highly recommended!

I'm primarily interested in the storyline differences between the Director's Cut and its theatrical counterparts, so here are the differences between the two (NOTE: SPOILERS FOLLOW). The Director's Cut runs about 12 minutes longer than the theatrical cut. No additional gore has been added although additional F-bombs have been added. Ethan Hawke makes a surprise appearance in a scene that was cut from the theatrical movie. (1) Extra scene of Quaid meeting with a Human Resources Management representative from the Cohaagen administration who requests that he sign a non-disclosure agreement given that he works at a sensitive defense production factory. (I can see why this was cut as it didn't add much to the overall storyline.) (2) Extra scene of scantily clad women in Rekall neighborhood. (The three mammary gland-ed lady still makes the same appearance with topless nudity.) (3) In the scene where Quaid finds the hidden holographic piano recording in his apartment, it has been altered to show Ethan Hawke as the old Quaid, revealing that Cohaagen also gave Quaid facial reconstructive surgery. (This was an interesting twist which I wished they had left in. It explains why no one was able to recognize him.) (4) When Quaid and Melina escape from Lori in the elevator action sequence, there is a re-inserted shot of the destroyed elevator plunging onto the roadway below and destroying a hover car. (Pretty neat CGI!) (5) During the UFB assault on Matthias's base, there is an extra shot of a white combat synth gunning down some hapless Resistance members. (6) Melina is revealed to be Matthias's daughter. Cohaagen also refers to Melina as Matthias's daughter, rather than lieutenant. (7) Cohaagen talks a little more about his plan to use Quaid to lead to Matthias, revealing that it was Quaid's idea to have his memory wiped in order to feign allegiance to Matthias. (8) When Cohaagen has Quaid strapped to the chair, Quaid instead yells an F-word laced expletive at Cohaagen. (9) When Cohaagen ponders what to do with Melina, she spits in his face and screams the F-word, whereas in the theatrical cut she says "Never!" (10) The climactic final fight is slightly longer, showing an additional shot of UFB black-clad special forces troops getting gunned down by Melina and the fight between Cohaagen's black painted super-synth bodyguard and Quaid is slightly longer. And that's it. The biggest addition is Ethan Hawke's reinserted scene. I enjoyed the Total Recall re-make, even if it lacked some of the campy humor and ridiculous gore of Paul Verhoeven's original. I give it five stars for completely shallow reasons- Kate Beckinsale! Hello. Heck if I were Quaid and married to Kate Beckinsale I'd forget about Rekall. Jessica Biel is easy on the eyes too. The re-make is darker and more serious, akin to Minority Report meets Total Recall. It seems to combine elements from both the Arnold film and Philip Dick's "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale". In a nod to the Verhoeven film, Harry and Quaid talk about going to Mars, a synthetic thug loses his arm, a similar looking "two weeks" woman walks by customs, Quaid uses holograms, Federal police engage in a zero-G gunbattle with Quaid, and the iconic three breasted woman makes an appearance. Missing of course are the memorable Johnny Cab, Benny, the poor sap who gets perforated on the escalator, and Kuato. The action scenes are well staged even if TDI Vector sporting Federal police are mowed down like stormtroopers. The technology is fascinating, especially "The Fall" and hand insertable phones. The Colony's populace has a distinct Asian overtone and is more Blade Runner-esque. The UFB is probably situated in England to make Beckinsale's native accent more convenient. I only wish they had made a hard R-version rather than pander to the PG-13 desires of studio executives.

I’m actually a big fan of this remake of a great sci-if movie I grew up on. I’m typically not big on reboots but this one made the cut. The movie will have you on your edge throughout. Everything isn’t what it seems......

Good movie. Not close to the classic but close enough

Overall movie was good, perhaps not your first choice for blockbuster entertainment, but you should know what your're getting with stars that are listed. The entertainment factor is definitely there. I had some issues with the disc though. When I first purchased it, the movie's audio would drop mute for half a second but it would come right back and still be in sync with their lips though, it was just annoying. This happened the first few times i played it however, it didnt happen the last time i played it through. i'm assuming Sony pushed an update since i discovered most Blu-ray Total Recall owners had this same issue, so make sure your Blu-ray player is plugged into the internet!

The movie is cool, not just a remake of the original but completely different. Lots of action and moves at a good pace. The picture quality and effects are awesome too but the audio track is messed up. The audio mix and surround sound is good but it kept cutting out to a point that was unwatchable. I thought there was something wrong with my receiver but I tried other blu rays and they were fine. I did a quick search online and found many threads of other people having the same problem. Sony Pictures has a press release stating that it is a known issue caused by copyright protection. Sony's suggested fix is to switch the blu ray audio setting from bitstream to PCM. I tired it and it fixed the problem. I would give this disc a 5-star if there was no issue with the audio track.

Bought this movie from 2014, still watch it when i want, it was a good purchase. You can watch the movie as Extended or Theatrical, along with Digital Copy!

If you are going to remake an action/adventure movie, especially one that is only 22 years old which I would consider contemporary, you need to do it on a much grander scale. The common plot devices that were clearly a homage to the earlier film only served to remind the viewer of how much bigger and better Paul Verhoeven's version was. I appreciated the occasional misdirection that this version of the story delivers for fans of the original film - I know what happened the last time - will they or won't they? Maybe the prospects for this remake were low from the start. I like the new cast - more Jason Bourne and less Buck Rogers than Arnold's version and the CGI sells the reality of both realities (sorry), but I see it more as an opportunity lost.

I hadn't seen any trailers for this movie, but I did love the original. I was surprised to find that there was very little from the original in this remake. That being said, this is a good (not great) movie. You should be aware though, that this is not a scene for scene remake of the original. I guess the basic plot is still there, but it is a new movie based on the original concept. Bought it on sale, and happy to have it in my collection. The only detraction is that this movie had voice sync issues on my Yamaha Blu Ray player, and eventually just froze completely at one point in the movie. I was able to play the DVD without issue, and I have also updated the firmware on the player since then, but haven't tried to re-watch this movie yet.

Love the resolution quality on this film! Now even BETTER on my new Samsung 4K TV from Best Buy!! Great people great prices!

The movie was far better than I expected. In my opinion, most remakes try to either follow the exact same formula of the original and do not offer enough new elements to re-capture the audience or they stray so far off of what made the original great that they loose their audience. This movie had enough of the original elements that made the first movie so good but introduced new dynamics and a shift from the underlying motivators of the first film. My one gauge on those within the SAG (screen actors guild) is if at the end of the movie who am I thinking about. If I am thinking of them as the actor (i.e. Colin Farrell) then they have failed. If I am thinking of them as the character (Douglas Quaid) then they have succeeded. As actors and actresses progress in their careers, it becomes increasingly more difficult to not think of them as the the actor so the bar is raised over time. There was not one person in this film whom I thought of as the actor by the end of the movie and that is very rare for me. The tie backs to the original (like the cameo at the scanner) and the other references (such as the tear instead of the sweat that proved the realistic nature of the scene) were extremely well done. The only thing that I believed could have been done better was that the tie-in that Quaid had actually decided to join the resistance before the memory wipe was very subtle and would be missed by many. Overall, one of the best remakes I have seen in a long time.

This remake of the classic Total Recall feels like the original, though not quite the same as original it holds its own with lots of action. There was a small issue with my blu-ray copy, near the end of the movie at the elevator scene the movie will stop and restart the movie from the beginning. So i exchanged it at my local Best Buy, they were very happy to help. The exchanged blu-ray does the same, stopping at the one scene in the movie. To watch the rest of the film i simply watch till just before it stops and then skip to the next chapter and rewind back to where the movie would be. All in all worth the effort. A great movie.

A really fresh take on the original movie. Wasn't sure that it would be any good but was pleasantly surprised.

Great remake you'll wish you had 3 hands after watching this movie

I like this movie better than the original Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone movie. It has better action and I think Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, and Jessica Biel do a better acting job than Arnold and Sharon. The plot is similar with the same characters but it is much more entertaining with better graphics (probably due to the use of more powerful computers). I think the remake is more of an actions movie rather than the sci-fi hit the original movie was. Kate Beckinsale was a real tough fighter in this movie but the same character played by Sharon Stone, in the original movie, was weak.