Time, memory and travel are at the heart of Total Recall, Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 effects-driven spectacular (Oscar, 1990, Best Visual Effects). Total Recall is based on an intriguing Philip K. Dick short story, which Verhoeven turns into another of his visions of a future controlled by conglomerates via a hands-on designer technology. Like the director’s earlier RoboCop, Total Recall is a modern political parable designed for the computer game generation.

USA, 1990
Colour
113mins.