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Okay, let’s clear one thing up. I’m going to go on the assumption that you’ve all seen the original Total Recall. Loosely based on the Philip K.Dick novel “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” and directed by Paul Verhoeven, the mad Dutchman that brought us the likes of Robocop and Starship Troopers and, of [...]
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1938. Dutch producer, writer and director Paul Verhoeven is born. Noted for his violent futuristic contributions to the genre, Verhoeven is responsible for: Total Recall, Starship Troopers, RoboCop and Hollow Man.
1977. Kelly Reilly is born. Known to many for her portrayal of Dr Watson’s fiance/ wife in Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes [...]
Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 sci-fi action epic Total Recall was not afraid to get violent. It wasn’t afraid to spill the red stuff. In fact, at the time, it had one of the highest body counts of all time.
So with Len Wiseman’s re-working on the way, will this new vision of Philip K. Dick’s We Will [...]
Based on sci-fi author Philip K. Dick’s novel We Can Remember It For You Wholesale, Paul Verhoeven’s Total Recall was one of the seminal action films of the 1990′s. A bombastic mega-violent (and supremely quotable) action film starring the incomparable Arnold Schwarzenegger alongside Sharon Stone and Michael Ironside.
The remake has fans divided, but now, we [...]
The remake of Total Recall is only months away but it’s only now that solid details regarding the plot have been revealed and it should come as no surprise that it’s more or less exactly the same as the original film. It gets us no closer to how this film is going to turn out [...]