I liked it, but the 1990 version was much better, with amazing special effects for the time.
Ah! And Lori (Kate), you can be my fake wife any time B) lol

Preferred the First

As a huge Arnold fan, I have seen the original Total Recall many times before and when I heard they were remaking this classic I just didn't expect anything from it. Surprisingly the new Total Recall is an enjoyable movie that really can't be compared to the original, but it can hold on its own. The story concept is the same thing as the original but the execution is what makes it diferent. Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale and the rest of the cast do a very good job in this film as the action and style set the tone through the entire movie. The SFX is also very good and it should since this film depends a lot in the futuristic enviroment that surrounds the story. The new Total Recall can't beat the original,but when it comes to entertainment, it actually deivers.

i love futuristic sci-fi action thrillers. cool cityscapes. hot actresses.

I guess I was hoping for more, but it was fair enough reboot of a quite-outdated Arnold film. I have to give props to Colin Farrell for at least being understandable (sorry, Arnold, but your harsh accent was great in _Terminator_ but nothing else). I was surprised at how much like the first movie this one was…down to the three-titty hooker and what looked like the exact same movie set as the original. The SFX were (obviously) better in this one, and a surprising cast made it very watchable. Overall, though, the movie was just way too busy, too fast-paced, and too convoluted for me to really keep up with. I had a hard time understanding the conclusion, and how a few selectively-placed explosives could end an entire invasion. All around, I gave it a "7" just because it was fun to watch and definitely action-packed.

An additional warning: the first few minutes can be kind of plodding, but give it time…

If you see this movie as a stand-alone affair and NOT a remake of the classic Verhoeven flick, it's not that bad of an action movie. Oh sure...there are things that make me facepalm in this, but all-in-all it's not that bad if you think of it as just another mind-numbing action movie.

Do I recommend seeking it out...no, but if you catch it on TV or at a friends...give it a chance.

Fun film

Who cares if this isn't an exact remake of the Arnie one...hell...this one can stand on it's own. Hotter girls, and amazing special effects...what more do you want.

I wish I had a recall center near me so I could replace my memory of this movie.

problem = not bad, but too much running around fighting in a miserable-looking sci-fi military/mechanised grubby/grimey-land

>"You might want to give your little girlfriend a kiss goodbye. As long as she doesn't mind where those lips have been."

Len Wiseman stole the design from the robots from a good friend of mine while at a Comic Con. He took a look at his book, was rude about it, and 1 year later this movie had the same designs in them. Anyways, watch the original one instead (shame because I am a fan of the cast of this movie).

7.5/10 - Quite enjoyable: Lots of action, neat CGI, and a story with interesting concepts.

I love their CGI design and everything still looks pretty even though this is almost 10 years old by now (which is obviously noticeable but for that it looks awesome). The action is certainly not lacking but might make it a bit difficult to follow along (we're thrown right into it, like the main character, without any/much explanation).

What I really enjoyed is that they have "flying" cars (they're obviously only hovering) due to magnetic levitation. That seems much more realistic than the classical flying cars. However, in a real setting those cars would obviously be autonomous train-like pods without any (manual) steering.

The concept of Rekall is also interesting (a bit of a different take on The Matrix) and I also like the concept of "The Fall" (not realistic but very cool).

i mean it's fun for the sci-fi angle but look there's only so much i can do to suspend disbelief and it's really difficult to suspend disbelief that there's a giant elevator going between two points on earth straight through its core and like. nothing happening except for a gravity shift.

Not so bad as people usually say. A bunch of new ideas if comparing with original movie and some nice fighting sequences. [spoiler]The fake wife is a killer (hot as hell)[/spoiler]

You know... this remake of Total Recall wasn't that bad despite what others are saying. The action scenes I thought were really great and the special effects were excellent to look at it. While the story line could have been better - Farrell's Total Recall was overall a decent action film.