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Total Recall 2.0
Aug. 10th, 2012 01:16 pmYesterday, I went and saw the remake of Total Recall, a movie I shall forever think of as Total Recall 2.0.
It's hard to go into a remake without expectations or comparisons to the earlier version, but even if I hadn't seen the original movie, I don't think I'd be very charitable toward this remake.
The cast is attractive and there are a lot of action scenes. Bryan Cranston surprised me with his performance as Cohaagan. However, overall, this movie does NOT MAKE SENSE!
Let me give you an example. Set in the future after prolongued chemical warfare the only habitable regions left on the planet are parts of Europe, referred to as the Federation of Great Britain, and Australia, which is now known simply as the Colony. Now, every day workers commute between the Federation and the Colony via a giant subway car that travels THROUGH THE EARTH. They have cars that fly via magnetic repulsion; they can download memories into a person's head; there are humaniform robots making the rounds as part of the police force.
With all these mad scientific achievements and fantastic technical accomplishments, why aren't these people on the Moon? Or Mars? Why aren't they devoting their research to reclamation of the poisoned environment?
The Federation is overcrowded? Gasp! Why not build underground? Why not invoke some sort of compulsory birth control? Why not establish more laws where the penalty is death or sterilization?
Need to solve a problem? Save the memories/minds of the greatest, smartest people and then upload them into convict bodies?
Sadly, Total Recall 2.0, is an example of the future where everyone is stupid.
They're all hot, mind you, but they look good.
On the Melworks Scale of Movie Love, I give Total Recall 3 out of 10. Wait for the video. Or just go watch the original.
It's hard to go into a remake without expectations or comparisons to the earlier version, but even if I hadn't seen the original movie, I don't think I'd be very charitable toward this remake.
The cast is attractive and there are a lot of action scenes. Bryan Cranston surprised me with his performance as Cohaagan. However, overall, this movie does NOT MAKE SENSE!
Let me give you an example. Set in the future after prolongued chemical warfare the only habitable regions left on the planet are parts of Europe, referred to as the Federation of Great Britain, and Australia, which is now known simply as the Colony. Now, every day workers commute between the Federation and the Colony via a giant subway car that travels THROUGH THE EARTH. They have cars that fly via magnetic repulsion; they can download memories into a person's head; there are humaniform robots making the rounds as part of the police force.
With all these mad scientific achievements and fantastic technical accomplishments, why aren't these people on the Moon? Or Mars? Why aren't they devoting their research to reclamation of the poisoned environment?
The Federation is overcrowded? Gasp! Why not build underground? Why not invoke some sort of compulsory birth control? Why not establish more laws where the penalty is death or sterilization?
Need to solve a problem? Save the memories/minds of the greatest, smartest people and then upload them into convict bodies?
Sadly, Total Recall 2.0, is an example of the future where everyone is stupid.
They're all hot, mind you, but they look good.
On the Melworks Scale of Movie Love, I give Total Recall 3 out of 10. Wait for the video. Or just go watch the original.
