Since I’ve never seen it, the original Total Recall is on my Netflix list. Last week, I watched the new Total Recall . That’s one that probably shouldn’t be on anyone’s Netflix list. There were some pretty brutal critic and viewer reviews of it last year. The movie also didn’t do very well at the theatre. BoxOfficeMojo shows that it made close to $59 million. Unfortunately for Columbia Pictures, the production budget was $125 million. It’s not actually that bad of a movie. It’s not good, but I’ve seen worse. Granted, I’ve never seen the original. This film is a remake, so it was already likely at a disadvantage with most fans of the original film. On paper it probably looked good. Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, and Jessica Biel star in the movie. Three decent actors with decent resumes behind them. It just didn’t work though. The movie starts off with Farrell and Biel running away from what appear to be Storm Trooper-like robots. Biel ends up reluctantly gettin...
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