One scene delivers Philip Dick to the big screen

Rating: Null/10 (17 July 1999)

I'm not a big fan of Schwarzenegger, or of this film, HOWEVER, as a big fan of Philip K. Dick, I must celebrate one scene: Dr. Edgemar trying to convince Quaid to take the pill. The Doctor tells Quaid that all of this is an hallucination, that the Doctor has arranged to appear in the hallucination, and that Quaid's swallowing of the pill will have an effective psychological significance as a symbol of his desire to leave the hallucination. The mere fact that this scene appears in a major motion picture with Arnold Schwarzenegger makes me chortle with joy.