Recalling Recall

I’m always a bit sceptical about re-makes, I mean look what they did to the classic Italian job!!!And as a big sci-fi fan I have not totally recovered from replacing Michael Rennie with Keanu Reeves but I always give it a go, so off I went to see what they had done to Total Recall.

In all honesty I have never been a big Arnie fan but Running Man and Total Recall were good Sci-Fi and I wondered how Recall would hold up under a more modern treatment.

It was really good, if you have never seen the original then it is definitely a film for today and you have no need to reference the original, a lot of things are different and it is reflective of current sci-fi.

If you have seen the original then there are some nice little homages to the original, the transport scene has been nicely re-worked with a great little “red herring” for those who remember the original “disguise”.

They have lost the mutants except for a certain “lady” with extra in the bosom department and thank goodness they have lost the wet towel, the nose extraction and the eye popping vacuum scenes.

I enjoyed the Star Wars looking troops, the atmosphere of the settings, some of which had blade runner echoes, the earth based rather than Mars premise, a solid cast and overall the whole flavour of the film……personally I recommend it as one to watch if you are an action sci-fi fan….it will probably go on my Christmas list!