Total Recall ( 2012) movie review

                         

          Remember Arnold visiting Mars in 1990's sci-fi fantasy Total Recall with Sharon stone?.it has been recalled this time with Colin Farrel into the shoe's of Arnold and Kate Beckinsale in Stone box office hit movie with Len wise man, the director of underworld and Die hard 4 movie director..it is complete make over of the old one..

Cast: Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, Bokeem Woodbine, Bryan Cranston, Bill Nighy.
Director: Len Wiseman.
Screenwriters: Kurt Wimmer, Mark Bomback, Ronald Shusett, Dan O’Bannon, Jon Povill. Based on the story by Philip K. Dick.
Producers: Toby Jaffe, Neal H. Moritz.

Story

        Douglas Quaid( Colin Farrel) wakes ups from the bed with a nightmare..gunfights, flash lights and a mysterious girl in the dream.....Next to her is lovely wife Lori(Kate Beckinsale) calms her and gets back to their work as engineer and wife is a police officer..happy seven years of marriage life in Colony...To be brief..the story happens in 2084 were whole world is deserted only two places the humans can live..United federation of Britian(UFB) and Colony..The only transport between the two place is lift like machine called "The Fall" which travels through the earth core and reaches the place(wow..factor..)..Douglas travels and works in UFB..there he come across a shop called Total recall..They implant the memories of what they want to become and live that in virtual life..He gives a try..


      Alas ..all of them suddenly surrounded by the police ..but Douglas single handedley kills them..he has the doubt running in his mind who he is and what he was in past?...He gets help of his wife Lori..but Lori too try for the attack and reveals that your memories has been washed out and implanted a new one...He escapes from the chase and land in UFB to know about his identity where he is helped by the mysterious woman (Jessica Biel) in the dream..After few breath taking car chase and fights....he comes to know the truth that he is talented Spy/agent  who works for Coheggan , Mayor of UFB who is sent to Colony  to spy the terrorist people ...But after going there..he comes to know the fact that they are not terrorist ..and they battle for Colony people freedom..He shifts and support the terrorist team headed by Matahyus( Billy Nigh)...

  Then he get caught and again washed away his memories and that is what now he is renamed as Douglas ..with a new life.....Coheggan wants him alive..but Lori want him dead doesn't obey the order...At last in a trap..Coheggan kills Mathayus and plans to send a big army to take over Colony ...destroy and set up synthetic robot research...with help of Lori..does Douglas and Mysterious woman save the colony people? what happened to lori and the Fall? is shown in imaginative scenes...

Strengths

            It is the movie' s pace which takes the front seat...Colony chase between Kate and Colin, the UFB magnetic car chase, the transport lift fights..are class and imaginative...Colin does the justice to the role..he swaps clear and clean in the fighter/spy role.he is enigmatic and charismatic in the Douglas role..Jessica Biel to does a fine act, though she has little to do...But over all Kate Beckinsale as the Antagonist shines through out the movie with some gymnastic fight and stunts with ferocious looks ...and baddie attitude ...she is the one does best in the casting..with her protagonist role in her previous movie..this would give a complete changeover as villain...

       Photography is little kinda conjusted but gives a movie a grand look and visuals are treat...Editing is in perfect sync with the movie..and the music score is fine though it is jinxed and monotonous so me times...but score is good for the pace of the movie..CG and VFX is at its best and major attraction of the movie..with hand phones, Piano -pen drives, Fall, guns, Metallic sets, Magnetic cars , Giant transport takes us to comfortable level of Techie aspects...Len wise man proves that he brings best action in the screen onceagain..

Weakness

           Casting is good but it is fair when compared to the original..It has big plot holes getting in small intervals throughout the movie...lot of questions are unanswered or left  zero!!!Why cant Biel find Colin for the last six weeks? what was the team doing to identify Colin in Colony.??.and he works in UFB only?..no efforts?..why is Kate..Lori tries to kill Colin? no justification or clear idea!/..even his boss wants him alive...every thing is developed but he guns and bullets are same old as 2012??why not a bullet proof vest in 2084?...who is the mysterious woman and what relationship she has with Colin is untold??..many more plot holes are not resolved.. overall scenes looks crowded in most of the shots.....Robots look similar towards I-robot and transformer movie....

       Other than that ...Total recall is complete make over of the original in terms of concept and screenplay  .Len wiseman have taken utmost care to present a sci-fi remake looks gutsy & class in all terms..It is complete feast for techie and action lovers..lots of chase and action scenes will get you hooked to the seats...

Verdict : 6/10( 1 for Colin, 1 for Kate Beckinsale, 1 for Photography, 1 for action scenes, 1 for VFX/Technology and 1 for the screenplay)
 Movie canvas Punch: Total Recall...Non-stop action .......