Given my fandom for the original film, it's probably hard to believe me when I say Len Wiseman's take on Total Recall is complete and utter garbage, but it is. Wiseman's Total Recall is basically Verhoeven's Total Recall done over in shades of generic action. Gone is the humor and the playfulness of the original. In its place is an action film that is far stupider than the original, but takes itself far more seriously. Colin Farrell has no on-screen persona or charm and the main women characters--Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel--are nothing but eye candy. The film relies too heavily on computer graphics, and the color scheme is an incredibly unoriginal mix of drab blue, brown, and gray. The camerawork is ADD-addled, and I couldn't believe the number of lens flares. They try to keep the dream/reality ambiguity of the original, but it seems like Wiseman is more concerned with forcing "cool" action setpieces than with providing anything intelligent, logical, or competent.
3/10
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