As anyone who knows me would attest, Total Recall is my absolute favorite movie of all time. I would explain why, but if you’ve seen the film, you would immediately understand. If you haven’t, well… you’re missing out. Unfortunately, us Total Recall fans now have a bit of a problem. Apparently someone decided it would be a good idea to re-make Total Recall, and starring Colin Farrell no less. Sadly, I don’t have a pukey face emoticon to post here, so you’ll have to use your imagination.
Both a promo image (seen above) and the synopsis were released, but I’m not going to share the synopsis with you. Hint: it’s exactly the same as the original Total Recall.
Now, I realize how unfair it is to judge a film solely on a single picture, but I do have legitimate concerns – namely that the movie stars Colin Farrell. There’s also the fact that these security guards, or soldiers, or whatever the hell they are, look like they’re wearing paint-ball armor that’s been painted white. Obviously the original Total Recall was super serious and high budget, so this just won’t do!
The Total Recall re-make arrives August 3rd in theaters everywhere. May Vishnu have mercy on our souls.
Stop trying to sell yourself on the pipe dream…the first “Total Recall” sucked ass and I blame the director Paul Verhoeven. The story was awesome, Schwarzenegger is always great, and I’m a die-hard PKD fan, but the director destroyed that movie with his over-lit soap-opera style of direction. This should be a dark, disturbing noir-type film, more “Blade Runner” and less “Days of our Lives”. Let’s just hope this new director doesn’t fuck this one up too.
It was hokey, but Total Recall will always hold a special place in my heart.
this breaks my heart so badly…they had to go and ruin one of the greats.