Total Recall
Director: Len Wiseman
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Remake
Year: 2012
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language
Starring: Jessica Biel, Kate Beckinsale, John Cho, Bill Nighy, Colin Farrell, Ethan Hawke, Bryan Cranston, Bokeem Woodbine, Currie Graham, Will Yun Lee
Total Recall is an upcoming American science-fiction action film remake of the 1990 film of the same name, which is based on the 1966 short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick. Unlike the original 1990 film, the plot of this new version lacks a trip to Mars and contains strong political overtones. In addition, the film also blends Western and Eastern influences together, due to the fact that the two nation states, New Shanghai and Euroamerica are battling for political power.
It is directed by Len Wiseman and written by Mark Bomback, James Vanderbilt and Kurt Wimmer. It was first announced in 2009. It is scheduled to be released in the United States and Canada on August 3, 2012. Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel star.
Euroamerica (formerly North America and the European Union) and New Shanghai (formerly China and South East Asia) fight for political power in the near dystopian future in the year 2084. A simple factory worker suffering from violent nightmares (Colin Farrell) begins to suspect that he's a spy whose memory and personality were erased and replaced – though he is unaware which side of the fight he's on and how important his lost
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