Total Recall (1990)

A 1990 sci-fi extravaganza!  Amazing!  Lavish even!  All the effects were, for the most part, REAL, unlike some other guy who used green screens with his sci-fi legacy:

Note: his film legacy includes this guy:

Anyway, back to TOTAL RECALL.  Arnold plays someone who may or may not be a sleeper secret agent on Earth that gets awakened or activated and has to get to Mars to do something.  Michael Ironside plays a great villain, pursuing him for quite some time.  Furthermore, the story’s good since it’s based off of a Philip K. Dick story.  I don’t know how else to talk about the movie since I try not to ruin things.  HE MIGHT BE DREAMING THE WHOLE TIME!  That doesn’t really ruin anything since it’s up to the viewer.  NO, REALLY, HE MIGHT BE DREAMING THE WHOLE TIME!  Now that I’ve said it that’s all you’re going to think, haha!  (Todd Glass Awful Prank show moment here I guess.)  Sorry, I’m most likely losing some of you with this nonsense.

The film’s primarily action with plenty of shootouts and explosions, even a girl with three breasts.  Oh yeah, did I mention it has ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER as lead role?  It does, so I don’t have to talk about the genre.  The look’s sci-fi but with that 1990 aesthetic, the one where it’s still like the 80s but slowly turning into the crap look of the 90s.  The one that looks ridiculous these days.

HE’S DREAMING!  It’s like Inception!  Maybe?

I like that I finally saw this movie from beginning to end, and I didn’t get violent that I wasted my time.  I really liked this movie, so four stars.  On that other scale, I’ll do a 7, it’s a little shaky of a movie at times, but it holds up pretty good.  Watch it if you want to see the future with a 90s spin.

(NOTE: My next post I’m thinking I plan a kickstarter to help pay for my raising Netflix dues.  I’ll call them dues since I’m part of a club, in my opinion.  Oh yeah, I have five kids to feed. (LOLOLOL)  Oh, wait, that’s only funny if you’ve seen the movie and know the quote— I don’t know why I try to be funny via text, it never really translates since it’s missing that personal touch.)

**Wow, I really went off the rails at a point there, posting a Lucas picture, Howard the Duck, implanting what I think happened in the movie into your subconscious, and rambling in general.  I apologize.  My next review will be better since the movie will be better: HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN starring Rutger Hauer as the hobo comes next.  STAY TUNED!**