I'm a big fan of science fiction and fantasy genre. Therefore I was thrilled to see the remake of Total Recall in the theaters.
However, the movie was such a huge disappointment. I was actually trying to prevent laughing out aloud as the movie escalated towards the Mano a Mano fighting scenes.
Maybe first 30 minutes of the film were what I expected, but beyond that:
The plot was thin. The movie was actually a collection of various chase sequences. Either on foot or on vehicles. Some of the action parts were actually ridiculous (man vs. machine). The funniest part is that the two leading female actresses were wearing almost identical clothes and hair styles most of time and were kind of hard to actually distinguish which of the two was on the screen at a given time.
If you have the chance to choose between this remake and the original version, please do yourself a favor and watch the original. Life's too short to spend hours on a below average product.
However, the movie was such a huge disappointment. I was actually trying to prevent laughing out aloud as the movie escalated towards the Mano a Mano fighting scenes.
Maybe first 30 minutes of the film were what I expected, but beyond that:
The plot was thin. The movie was actually a collection of various chase sequences. Either on foot or on vehicles. Some of the action parts were actually ridiculous (man vs. machine). The funniest part is that the two leading female actresses were wearing almost identical clothes and hair styles most of time and were kind of hard to actually distinguish which of the two was on the screen at a given time.
If you have the chance to choose between this remake and the original version, please do yourself a favor and watch the original. Life's too short to spend hours on a below average product.