Total Recall
Total Recall is a 2012 American science fiction action film directed by Len Wiseman from a screenplay by Kurt Wimmer and Mark Bomback, based on a story conceived by Wimmer, Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon, and Jon Povill. It stars Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel. The film serves as a remake of the 1990 film of the same name, which is inspired by the 1966 short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick. The supporting cast features Bryan Cranston, Bokeem Woodbine, John Cho, and Bill Nighy. Unlike the original film, the setting is on a futuristic Earth, not Mars.
Plot
At the end of the 21st century, chemical warfare has devastated the Earth. The only habitable land left consists of two territories: the United Federation of Britain (UFB), located on the British Isles and northwestern Europe, and the Colony, spanning all of Australia. Factory workers from the Colony commute to the UFB each day via "The Fall", a gravity elevator running through the Earth's core. The disparity in living conditions has resulted in a group of people called the Resistance, deemed terrorists by the UFB, who seek to improve living conditions in the Colony.
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author | Kurt Wimmer Mark Bomback |
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contentLocation | Australia |
director | Len Wiseman |
editor | Christian Wagner |
events | telepresence terrorism |
genre | action science fiction thriller |
keywords | 21st century british isles build capture chemical warfare end factory worker false memories false memory gravity elevator gravity train holding hands id intelligence agent kill living space married only way phone call record rescue robot arm run search secret agent seven years surround true identity unsettle |
musicBy | Harry Gregson-Williams |
producer | Neal H. Moritz Toby Jaffe |
productionCompany | Columbia Pictures Original Film |
publisher | Sony Pictures Releasing |
recordedAt | Toronto University of Toronto Scarborough |
theme | cyberpunk dystopian memory science fiction action terrorism |