Arnold Schwarzenegger is perfectly cast as Quaid, a 2084 construction worker haunted by dreams of Mars in this crowd-pleasing science fiction spectacle. Against the wishes of his sexy blonde wife (Sharon Stone), Quaid goes to Rekall, a company that implants artificial memories, so he can "remember" visiting the red planet that is now being settled by human inhabitants. However, Quaid is actually an amnesiac secret agent from Mars--or is he? Enemy agents led by a thug named Richter (Michael Ironside) start trying to kill him before Quaid remembers anything more. Bullets and bone-crunching mayhem follow in large doses as Quaid heads to Mars to deal with mutants, ancient alien races, and Cohagen (Ronny Cox), a greedy capitalist controlling the colonists' air supply, in an effort to remember his real identity. TOTAL RECALL is based on the story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick and was a big box-office hit, helping to firmly establish director Paul Verhoeven as a specialist in darkly satiric, blood-drenched genre films. His next stop: BASIC INSTINCT, also with Stone.

In 2084, Quaid, a construction worker on Earth is haunted by dreams of another life on Mars. He goes to Rekall Inc. to have artificial memories of Mars planted in his head. However, during this procedure, a number of agents from Mars fear he will discover his mysterious true identity. Paul Verhoeven's film, based on a Philip K. Dick story, is a wild ride with eye-popping special effects.

A cable-TV series, TOTAL RECALL 2070, followed in 1998.

Excerpt: "See you at the party, Richter!"--Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) after dispatching of Richter (Michael Ironside)

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen - 1.78
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital Stereo - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Arnold Schwarzenegger - Star
2. Paul Verhoeven - Director
Documentary - IMAGINING TOTAL RECALL
Bonus Feature/Short - REKALL'S VIRTUAL VACATIONS
Featurette - MARS: FACT OR FICTION
Original Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Text/Photo Galleries:
Stills/Photos
Production Notes
Production Art
Biographies
Filmographies

Arnold Schwarzenegger: Actor/Bodybuilder
Rachel Ticotin: American Actress
Sharon Stone: American Actress, BASIC INSTINCT (1992)
Michael Ironside: Actor/"Scanners"
Ronny Cox: American Actor
Marshall Bell: Actor
Mel Johnson: 
Michael Champion: Actor/"Total Recall"
Roy Brocksmith: Actor/"Total Recall"
Ray Baker: American Supporting Actor
Rosemary Dunsmore: Actress/"Total Recall"
David Knell: 

Paul Verhoeven: Dutch Director, ROBOCOP (1990), BASIC INSTINCT (1992)

Buzz Feitshans: Producer, mid '70s-late 90s, father of Buzz Feitshans IV
Ronald Shusett: 

Dan O'Bannon: Screenwriter, Director, mostly sci-fi and horror films
Ronald Shusett: 
Gary Goldman: Screenwriter, TOTAL RECALL

Jerry Goldsmith: Film composer

Frank J. Urioste: American Editor

"...TOTAL RECALL is a gut cruncher on a grand scale..."
"...A thunderous tribute to its star's determination to create, out of the unlikeliest raw materials, a patently synthetic yet surprisingly affable leading man..."
"...Spectacular....TOTAL RECALL soars when it sends up its conventions..."
"...Arnie does what he does best....TOTAL RECALL merits rose-tinted rewatching..."
"[N]otable as one of the last great FX extravaganzas of the pre-digital era."