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Rating: 10/10 (22 December 2016)

Total Recall is a very smart and well written science fiction movie with non-stop action. This movie gets the viewer involved and you might have to watch it a few times to pick up everything. This and Predator are my 2 favorite Arnie movies, both are well crafted and directed. Warning: Total Recall is an extremely violent movie compared to other Schwarzenegger films. But I personally love the gore and somewhat sleaziness of the film.
The movie takes place in the future(not sure the exact date). The main character, Doug Quaid, is your typical blue collar guy who lives an ordinary life. He has re-occurring dreams of him exploring Mars with another woman. Needless to say, his wife is very jealous and thinks he has an obsession with Mars. Doug wants to move to Mars because he feels his life is too ordinary and routine. Because his wife won't let him move to Mars, Doug becomes interested in visiting a place called Total Rekall. Total Rekall sells 'fake' memories and are implanted into the brain which can be quite dangerous. After everyone is telling him not to go to Total Rekall because of the dangers, he decides to go through with it anyway.
Doug goes to Total Rekall to get a 'Mars vacation' implanted into his brain. But the smooth talking salesman tries to up-sell Doug on his vacation package with the option of going to Mars with a different identity. One of the identities is an undercover special agent which immediately excites Doug. The salesman pretty much tells him the whole synopsis of the trip and his mission as a special agent. As Doug is getting prepped for the implantation something goes terribly wrong!... Now here is where the story gets really interesting.
The character of Quaid is a very relatable one. He plays the average Joe. I think everyone gets bored of their ordinary lives at some point and desire for an escape.
In the end of the movie we never know if it's a dream or not! Brilliant filmmaking by the director. To this day, I still don't know if it's a dream or not; i haven't decided. I just have too much fun watching this movie over and over. That's the beauty of this film.