Sony Releases Official Plot Synopsis for ‘Total Recall’ Remake

Although there is no Mars involved in the remake, it sounds like exactly the same movie. I think I’d actually preferred it if they had copied the Mars subplot anyhow, keeping the film set on Earth might make it seem quite a bit smaller in scope. Then again Colin Farrell is quite a but smaller in scope than Arnold Schwarzenegger, so there ya go. While I’m still not sold on Farrell, I am really liking the secondary cast here, Kate Beckinsale, Bryan Cranston, Jessica Biel, and Bill Nighy. I’m also a big fan of Len Wiseman, which after our Die Hard marathon we kicked 2011 off with, I’ve come to notice his directorial style resembles another favorite director of mine, John McTiernan. Regardless I’m a science fiction fan and will see this movie, for better or worse. Read the official synopsis below and let us know what you think.
“Total Recall” is an action thriller about reality and memory, inspired anew by the famous short story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick. Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), even though he’s got a beautiful wife (Kate Beckinsale) who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life – real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police – controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston), the leader of the free world – Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter (Jessica Biel) to find the head of the underground resistance (Bill Nighy) and stop Cohaagen. The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate.
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