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26 February 2009 11:21 AM, PST | MovieBlog.Ugo.com | See recent Ugo MovieBlog news »

I need a Tums the size of a hockey puck.  According to Dark Horizons, a deal has been struck to remake Total Recall. Paul Verhoeven’s pitch-perfect adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Effing Ironside, Ronny Cox and the very fetching Rachel Ticotin was released in 1990. When you say “twenty year old movie” it doesn’t sound that unreasonable that a remake be in the works.  But Total Recall does not feel dated.  I just watched it recently, oddly enough.  The action sequences are still rock solid, the performances are great and many of the special effects look great.  Yeah, okay, the hair and some of the music cues are a little of their time - but compare Total Recall with something like 2008’s Babylon A.D. and tell me what is a more effective sci-fi actioner? …

1 article from 2009