Total Recall 2070 (1999) (TV)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Mario Azzopardi

Writers:

Philip K. Dick (short story)
Art Monterastelli (part one)

Release Date:

7 March 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

In the year 2070, police detective David Hume and his partner Ian Farve attempt to track down a group...

Plot Keywords:

2070s | Film Starts With Sex | Nipple Slip | Episode Starts With Sex | TV Series Pilot

Cast

Michael Easton	...	David Hume
Karl Pruner	...	Ian Farve
Cynthia Preston	...	Olivia Hume
Michael Rawlins	...	Martin Ehrenthal (as Michael Anthony Rawlins)
Judith Krant	...	Olan Chang
Matthew Bennett	...	James Calley
Nick Mancuso	...	Richard Collector
Kim Coates	...	Winston
Thomas Kretschmann	...	Nick Blanchard
Damon D'Oliveira	...	Detective Moralez
Angelo Pedari	...	Mario Sooder
Kathryn Winslow	...	Maria Sooder
Anne Marie DeLuise	...	Carla (as Anne Marie Loder)
Joseph Scoren	...	Jason
Alex House	...	Taavo Sooder

Also Known As:

Total Recall 2070: Machine Dreams (USA) (video title)
Total Recall 2070: Maschinenträume (Germany)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

Canada | Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R

Company:

Alliance Atlantis Communications

Trivia:

The android who serves coffee in the CPB office is named Robby. This is a tribute to Robby the Robot.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: Ehrenthal's voice is actually one-half a second ahead of his lips when he is dressing down Hume for arresting Richard Collector.

Quotes:

James Calley: Before you go.
[pauses]
James Calley: The 12mm that killed the android?
David Hume: The out-of-policy 12mm?
James Calley: You have no knowledge of what happened to it?
David Hume: I have no knowledge.
[turns and leaves]
Martin Ehrenthal: [seeing gun on thermal scan] We can stop him before he leaves the building if you want.
James Calley: No. Let him hang onto the gun for the moment. I'm almost more interested in what he plans on doing with it then where it came from.

Movie Connections:

Version of Total Recall (1990)

Interesting

The story is based in the same world as "Total Recall" starring Schwarzenager, but the cinematography and style borrow much more from Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner". Moody and atmospheric, the visual style alternately recalls the smooth yellows and browns of Gattaca, and the stark contrast of film noir. The script is vague, stylized, and occasionally hard to follow; in short, everything that you find in a classic Philip K. Dick story. The soundtrack is moody and atmospheric, and certainly a cut above the average sci-fi film.

To be clear: this is not an action film in the way the original Total Recall was. There are no exciting chase scenes, and gunfights are rudimentary at best. This movie is a revenge mystery in the tradition of film noir and Blade Runner. Most of the movie is dialog and character interaction.

If you're looking for an action adventure, you probably won't like this movie. But if you want a new interpretation of PKD's world, done in a style very similar to his own, this movie fits the bill. Personally, I enjoyed this much more than the original Total Recall.