REVIEW: 'Total Recall' totally devoid of substance
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Dissatisfied with his life, Quaid questions his existence and looks for something greater to live for. Within the first fifteen minutes we are tricked into thinking this might be a well-written, pseudo-existential sci-fi film, but that lever is pulled and flushed right away.

Like the original, Quaid checks in to Rekall, a memory implantation service where you can buy any new memory. Quaid decides to be become a secret agent but before the serum is fully injected he is attacked and accused of being a secret agent all along. Is Quaid really a spy or is he in Rekall? Does it matter?  With no memory of his prior secret agent life, Quaid sprints to find answers to his identity while being chased by his machine gun-toting wife Lori (Kate Beckinsale).

For two hours the film tears through chase scene after chase scene, rushing to the end, never once stopping to breathe for fear of drawing attention to the pittance of story and character.


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