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January 23, 2005

Total Recall - 5

A somewhat interesting action/secret agent movie, that has the dream/brain surgery problem. The premise being that memories can be inserted into your brain so that you can remember a good vacation, or in this case go on a choose your own adventure, then have it inserted into your head. They ask the questions but leave the viewer to make up one's mind as to what actually happened in the end. My own view is that the whole thing is a dream, rather than real. The dialogue is also lacking because "the governator" is in it, with a lot of cliches and corny lines. There is also a lot of needless violence. In the end, it will probably create more conversation than most action movies, at least is has less story-line flaws or inconsistencies than other Schwarzenegger films. In the end, it all seems rather escapist.

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