4.6 Score

2012 • 1h 58min • PG-13 • Science Fiction, Action, Thriller

Total Recall

"What Is Real?"

Factory worker Doug Quaid takes a virtual mind-trip vacation with the Rekall company, opting for implanted memories of being a spy. When the procedure goes wrong, Quaid becomes a wanted man by the police and joins forces with a rebel fighter to stop the evil Chancellor Cohaagen.

IMDb 6.2

RT 31%

MC 43

Director

Len Wiseman

Writers

Kurt Wimmer

Dan O'Bannon

Jon Povill

Composer

Harry Gregson-Williams

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Colin Farrell

Douglas Quaid / Hauser

Jessica Biel

Melina

Kate Beckinsale

Lori Quaid

Bill Nighy

Matthias

John Cho

McClane

Bryan Cranston

Cohaagen

Dylan Smith

Hammond

Cam Clarke

Terminal Announcer (voice)

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