The full trailer for the Total Recall reboot is finally here, and after having watched it, I’m left with a funny feeling. You see, when I heard that the movie was being re-made so many months ago, I was both disgusted and horrified. Total Recall is one of my all-time favorite movies, and to have someone take it and re-make it with an actor I can’t stand, well… let’s just say I wasn’t impressed. But sometimes miracles really do happen, and after having watched this I can sincerely say that I’m excited.
The trailer starts out with Douglas Quaid, played by Colin Farrel, chatting up a fellow in a bar and discussing their lives. Shortly after, we see Quaid at Total Recall, and that’s when all hell breaks loose. As you’ll quickly notice, the artistic direction is much different than the original 1990 Total Recall.
Total Recall 2012
Gone is the sterile, corporate looking Total Recall facility. Instead, director Len Wiseman has opted for a place that looks very much like the kind of black market operation one would find in the world of William Gibson’s Neuromancer. The entire facility smacks of shadiness, and I for one like the change. Though there’s something uniquely sinister about a faceless, corporate looking environment, a gritty, tucked away black-market-esque memory implantation business is pretty damn cool as well. I feel like a person visiting such an establishment would be just as likely to catch a disease as they would be to acquire new memories.
Trailer Highlights
The entire style of the movie looks radically different, and I’m glad the studio decided to do that. The movie looks very much like The Fifth Element, and given how much I liked that film, the team made a good choice, so far as I’m concerned. The story I know and love from the original Total Recall, with a more vibrant and futuristic looking world. It’s a solid combination, and the only thing standing in the way of this films success could be Colin Farrel. His acting seemed remarkably decent for a change, and I’m hoping he manages to keep that up through the entire film. How exhausting it must be to *not* create incredibly wooden and unbelievable performances. Colin, you poor, poor man.
Total Recall arrives in theaters everywhere summer 2012.
