Totally rad, Arn

Rating: 8/10 (21 October 2015)

This was a very anticipated Arnie pic, in the waiting, and boy did it pay off. It's a very exciting, atmospheric and VIOLENT ride. Again, this Arnie pic, poses that question, what if this was really possible? And what other film, can we see a dwarf woman with three-gazoombies (boobs)? Answer: None. Paul Verhoeven's films never disappoint. They're big and largely and visually exciting, and of course, this one doesn't change that. Arnie, too, doesn't give a half bad performance, as a male beefcake, (Douglas Quaid) who has a hot wife (Sharon Stone, great here and sexy) where he keeps dreaming about Mars. And we ourselves, question, what's so great about Mars. His job is a construction worker, and even when a work associate warns him, not to go to this place, Recall, for what you could say a dream vacation, where they implant fictional memory inside of you, where you're someone else, what does Arnie do? I would never let these twats tamper with my mind. From here the story cracks an interesting thriller twist, as Arnie's implant, has a bad mishap, where suddenly bad guys are chasing him, led by a baddie, (Ironside) wonderful in the role an actor who after this, started to become noticed, where I knew about this guy, years before this, after seeing his great performance in 1983's Cross Country. Ronny Cox plays his boss, the one who owns Recall, and again plays such as bad arse so well, drawing parallels to his other baddie character in Robocop. Like Robocop, T.R, was trimmed for cinema for it's M rating where on video in it's fully restored R version, we get to indulge in all of it's violent glory. T.R. is well written by veteran pros, one of whom's Dan Bannon, co wrote Aliens and Dead And Buried. The dynamite music score stays in your head, sort of like a Basic Instinct'ish opening credit start. The Johnny cab line with a chafed Arnie, before dispersing, is the real tag line that sticks with me, but there is no getting over the one, "Get ready for a surprise". The same could be said for viewers who haven't this super exciting pic.