Review of Total Recall (2012) by Filmqueen — 22 Nov 2015
I actually liked this film more than the original version from 1990. I don't think it's a problem that it diverged more from the original story and nobody travelled to Mars. The older film also made changes to Philip K.
Dick's short story, they had to because it would be too short for a film and there wouldn't be any action. I think it's much better that they stayed on Earth instead of travelling to Mars and they showed a more up to date vision of the future with much of the land underwater.
It's also an improvement that the protagonist's girlfriend is not a whore this time, which I hated in the original. The action scenes are good. The ambiguity is still somewhat in the story ,although the ending makes a conclusion.
This review of Total Recall (2012) was written by Filmqueen on 22 Nov 2015.
Total Recall has generally received mixed reviews.
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