Review of Total Recall (2012) by Cameron M — 04 May 2015
Not bad. I have not seen the original film so I cannot compare it to that, which I think might give be a better view on this one.
The action sequences are done well, most of the CGI was good, good group of actors. Overall a decent action flick, not perfect but pretty average. Somewhat of a combination of Dredd (2012) and Minority Report (both stories written by same author).
I do have a few issues with 'the Fall'.
The physics of it doesn't make sense to me. Near the end, during the drop to the centre characters are walking around with no issues. Wouldn't this be the part where weightlessness occurs, as they should be in free fall? If you've ever experienced that feeling when an elevator first begins to go down, wouldn't that be the same for this, just on a much larger scale?
Second, as they passed the core in the film, when the gravity switches, they become weightless. Wouldn't this be the part where the gravity would be the strongest? Also as the Fall does not pass directly through the core (as shown on one of the screens in the film) but does curve around it, there wouldn't be a short change in the direction of gravitational pull but a gradual one.
This review of Total Recall (2012) was written by Cameron M on 04 May 2015.
Total Recall has generally received mixed reviews.
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