Rachel Ticotin's greatest movie

Rating: 8/10 (12 October 2005)

Okay, you may ask yourself: "Who is Rachel Ticotin and why should I know about her?" The answer: two movies: "Fort Apache, the Bronx" and this movie. I won't comment here about her role in "Fort Apache..." but as for this movie, although Arnold Schwarzenneggar and Sharon Stone have top billing, as far as I'm concerned, it is Ms. Ticotin who made "Total Recall" work. In this movie she is beautiful and heroic and sensitive and loyal. She dominates every scene that she is in and carries the movie. In one scene, she slaps "Doug" and throws him out, and then in the close-up of her face she reveals all of her anguish knowing that she has spurned the man she loved ... and still loves. The inclusion of such a scene came as a surprise to me. It was a great scene. As for the story itself, it's intriguing and the main characters are either very good or very bad. Nothing new there. But if you're a fan of Rachel Ticotin, then watch this movie.