I loved this movie!

Rating: 9/10 (22 August 2005)

I'm very partial to "Total Recall", and always will be. Arnold Schwarzenegger shooting Sharon Stone on Mars and quoting, "Consider it a divorce." is classic. And he's known for catchy taglines like that, having a LOT of them in "Commando", and several others through the years.
But the reason why I loved it so much was because I'm from Quincy, Illinois. There's only 2 people that have been famous from there. Rick "The Whale" Reuschel, a pitcher for the San Francisco Giants in the 1980s, and Roy Brocksmith, Hollywood's adorable big teddybear. I met Mr. Brocksmith in 1991, right after this movie was released (he had just finished Arachnophobia a few months before) and I got to spend a whole day with him just us 3 (with the guy that introduced us, who worked for the community college in Quincy).
At 12 years old, you meet someone like that, and it blows your mind. :) of course, he's not Governor Schwarzenegger (thats still funny), but he's from Quincy and I met him and I loved it. That brings me to why "Total Recall"? Well, its one of a very select few (a handful) of appearances he ever made where he gets real mad. He's really a quiet, gentle man and this role he played as the doctor who yells at Arnold, "But back on Earth - YOU'LL BE LOMBOTTOMIZED (spelled wrong)" That stands out as the most memorable moment of a very nice career. And the story and other characters stand out too, its a classic "ARNOLD KICKS @$$" film. :)
One of my favorite movies of all-time. Check it out! We miss you, Roy! God Speed.