Total Recall

One of the most complex and visually interesting science fiction movies in a long time.Read Full Review »

Starts out as mind-bending futuristic satire and then turns relentless -- it becomes a violent, postpunk version of an Indiana Jones cliff-hanger.Read Full Review »

If the movie sometimes seems overwhelmed by its budget and its legendary third-act problems, it's still entertainingly raw and brutal, full of whiplash pace and juicy exaggeration. [1 June 1990, Calendar, p.F-1]Read Full Review »

Fast, witty, glamorous, with thrill piling on giggle atop gasp. [11 June 1990, p.85]Read Full Review »

Both female roles are unexpectedly meaty, so much so that the film loses something once the far more lively Stone is dispatched. Hour one (more satirical) is better all around, though the falloff isn't fatal. [1 June 1990, Life, p.2D]Read Full Review »

An "intelligent" action film, because it presents the viewer with an opportunity to puzzle things out rather than sit mindlessly and watch people get blown to pieces.Read Full Review »

Mr. Verhoeven is much better at drumming up this sort of artificial excitement than he is at knowing when to stop.Read Full Review »

Actually, any fun you might encounter in Recall can be traced, most often, to director Verhoeven, who injects some of his "Robocop" camp into this mega-dumb project.Read Full Review »

The overall effect is like wading through hospital waste. Verhoeven, who also directed the maliciously stylistic "Robocop," disappoints with this appalling onslaught of blood and boredom.Read Full Review »