"Hope you enjoyed the ride."

Rating: 9/10 (7 May 2016)

The story is brilliant and quite intelligent (far above your average action flick), a secret agent/sci-fi story full of plot twists and surprises with lots of action. It plays with reality in a brilliant way, rather than a cheap way. More than once one asks the question, is this fake or reality.
Decent Schwarzenegger acting here, his typical one-liners are present as are his butt-kickings. The action scenes are very impressive. The blood is excessive to say the least, making this the most violent and extreme action i've seen from old Arnold in... forever! Fans of ultra violence step this way! He still is a larger-than-life action hero here. Baddies Cohaagen (Ronny Cox) and Richter (Michael Ironside) deliver Great performances as usual. Never a dull moment when Ironside's on screen. Sharon Stone has a minor role looking purdy and kicking some butt. Rachel Ticotin is fine as Schwarzenegger's ally, nothing special, though. Director Verhoeven's unique talent and style are very present in Total Recall as well, the ultra violence and gore, the satirical humor, relentless and hard action scenes - it's a fast-paced, bloody roller-coaster ride, and a bloody good one at that. The great and unusual score by Jerry Goldsmith matches the film's mood and theme perfectly.
Total Recall is still one of the most violent and relentless films I've seen, even compared to today's standards. But with all this violence comes a very interesting story which is for grown ups and is so worth the concentration needed to be invested in this brilliant Sci-Fi epic!
Overall rating: 9 out of 10.