Total Recall (2012) on Netflix
PG-1320121h 58mActionAdventureSci-FiThriller
Douglas Quaid builds police robots in the Colony and dreams of life as a secret agent. He visits Rekall for implanted memories of that life, and the procedure goes wrong.
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Plot summary
Chemical warfare has left Earth with two habitable territories: the Colony, which covers Australia, and the United Federation of Britain. Residents of the Colony travel to factories in the UFB each day through the Fall, a gravity elevator that runs through the Earth's core. A group called the Resistance, which the UFB calls terrorists, wants better living conditions in the Colony. Douglas Quaid, a Colony factory worker who builds police robots with his friend Harry, is troubled by dreams in which he works as a spy beside a woman. He goes to Rekall, a company that implants artificial memories, and picks the fantasy of life as a secret agent. During the preparations, technician McClane finds that Quaid's mind already holds genuine memories of a spy's life. Before McClane can question him, a squad of UFB police arrives.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Total Recall (2012)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- In August 2010 Arnold Schwarzenegger expressed interest in reprising his role as Quaid, but by October The Hollywood Reporter had Colin Farrell on top of a shortlist that included Tom Hardy and Michael Fassbender, and Farrell secured the role in January 2011. Schwarzenegger ridiculed the remake in 2019, asking, "How stupid is that?"
- Ethan Hawke was cast in a cameo role and said his character had a monologue about five pages long, but the role was cut from the theatrical version and survives only in the extended Director's Cut.
