A classic!

Rating: 9/10 (5 December 2005)

In what is probably Paul Verhoeven's best film to date, Total Recall takes Phillip K. Dick's short story We Can Remember It For You Wholesale and makes it into a slam-bang action film that never falters for even a moment. While I don't consider Arnold Schwarzenegger the best of actors, he does a very good job under Verhoeven's direction as Douglas Quaid/Hauser. Kudos also to Rachel Ticotin as Melina and Sharon Stone as the overly sexy Lori (this film really made her film career which she would follow up with Verhoeven in the superb Basic Instinct only two years later). However, the best part of this classic is Jerry Goldsmith's best score of his career. He successfully and interestingly combines classic orchestral techniques with synth elements. Well done Jerry (RIP). This is a very solid 9 out of 10 and a must see.