Wayhomer Review #128: Total Recall (2012)

By Widge - posted 08.04.12 @ 7:16 pm

Kate Beckinsale as Lori in Total Recall (2012)

Episode #128 for Total Recall (2012), in which our protagonist applauds remakes that go their own way (like the song said to), applauds goofball 80s sci-fi and especially applauds sexy, scary, beat-your-ass Kate Beckinsale.

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Widgett Walls is Need Coffee's Chief Cook and Bottle Washer. He is the author of the novel Mystics on the Road to Vanishing Point, and two collections of short stories, Magnificent Desolation and Something Else: The Complete First Season. He is also co-author of the children's book There's a Zombie in My Treehouse! All of those books are available in paperback or for the Kindle from Amazon. He is also the narrator and publisher of the first unabridged recording of Seneca's letters, available here. He is active on both Twitter and Facebook. (If you befriend him on Facebook, do say you came via Need Coffee.) He lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia. He hardly ever sleeps.

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I think it's very telling that the aesthetic homages you mentioned are both to other movies based on Philip K. Dick stories.

Comment by Brian J. — August 4, 2012 @ 9:40 pm

Ha! Well, there's bloody proof that I come straight from the cinema...neurons hadn't completely made that connection yet. Either that or proof the meds aren't working.

Comment by Widge — August 4, 2012 @ 9:58 pm

I completely agree with your review. It's funny, I decided I was gonna comment when you were wrapping up. I was going to say about the only thing you didn't mention that I liked was Bryan Cranston and then we had your coda to your post. It didn't feel original but the pacing and cast was good enough to keep it hopping along, so I was happy.
I'm all for more sci-fi to be made so hopefully this does well.

Comment by Dan — August 5, 2012 @ 8:42 pm

Dan: Yeah, I didn't want to say too much about Cranston and especially Nighy so I wouldn't spoil anything. But talk about two solid actors who just make you feel at ease when they hit the screen. Thanks for the comment.

Comment by Widge — August 5, 2012 @ 8:51 pm

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