91/100 Total Recall (movie review)
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phynckeTotal Recall (2012)
Summary: IMDB
A factory worker, Douglas Quaid, begins to suspect that he is a spy after visiting Rekall - a company that provides its clients with implanted fake memories of a life they would like to have led - goes wrong and he finds himself on the run.
This will be a very short review. Sci fi thriller and a remake of a previous movie by the same title. I cannot remember the plot of the other one but this one had a whole political thing going on that worked for me. Colin Farrell gives a good performance as the central character whose memory is altered. Kate Beckinsale rocks it here as the baddy. Love her kicking ass and we know she can from the Underworld series. I like the geo-political intro at the beginning which sets the stage.
One thing which totally did not work for me was the climactic moment and how the heroes of the film walk on the outside of the transportation thing as it is hurtling through the center of the planet (earth) at supersonic speed. My movie buddy and I both surmised that they would have been smashed to bits by the centrifugal force and could not have climbed on the outside of the "Fall". I call bullshit on that. I am sorry, think of another way to get them from A to B...they can fight their way through those troops or something. No way would they have made it given the premise of how fast they are going through there.
In general I liked this movie and found it very entertaining and twisty. Good twists and turns and left me guessing. I like not knowing what is going to happen.
IMDB for cast and credits:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1386703/
Overall rating:
Solid entertainment and eye candy alert.
Recommend:
Yes, fun movie and good sci fi thriller.
Warnings:
Violence
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Summary: IMDB
A factory worker, Douglas Quaid, begins to suspect that he is a spy after visiting Rekall - a company that provides its clients with implanted fake memories of a life they would like to have led - goes wrong and he finds himself on the run.
This will be a very short review. Sci fi thriller and a remake of a previous movie by the same title. I cannot remember the plot of the other one but this one had a whole political thing going on that worked for me. Colin Farrell gives a good performance as the central character whose memory is altered. Kate Beckinsale rocks it here as the baddy. Love her kicking ass and we know she can from the Underworld series. I like the geo-political intro at the beginning which sets the stage.
One thing which totally did not work for me was the climactic moment and how the heroes of the film walk on the outside of the transportation thing as it is hurtling through the center of the planet (earth) at supersonic speed. My movie buddy and I both surmised that they would have been smashed to bits by the centrifugal force and could not have climbed on the outside of the "Fall". I call bullshit on that. I am sorry, think of another way to get them from A to B...they can fight their way through those troops or something. No way would they have made it given the premise of how fast they are going through there.
In general I liked this movie and found it very entertaining and twisty. Good twists and turns and left me guessing. I like not knowing what is going to happen.
IMDB for cast and credits:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1386703/
Overall rating:
Solid entertainment and eye candy alert.
Recommend:
Yes, fun movie and good sci fi thriller.
Warnings:
Violence
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post 91/100 in the 100 things challenge
