Total Recall (1990)

In 1990 we got gifted another Paul Verhoeven classic, Total Recall.  Total Recall stars Arnold Schwarzenegger (I spelled that right the first time!) as Quaid and/or Hauser, depending on your reality, a bored married man who is drawn to the violent and remote base on Mars for some much-needed vacation. When Quaid enters a Recall facility, a company that implants experiences on your memory, he begins to have some memory flashes and is attacked on his way home.  Once home he finds that his wife has been a fake, a member of the evil Cohaagen’s forces the whole time and was only an implant on his memory. He becomes a crossdresser and heads to Mars to find answers. Once there he gets ingrained in the resistance and the story becomes very confusing.  Is this real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a Mars fight, no escape from reality. Exploding your eyes, look up to the skies and seeeeeee, that we have no freaking idea what’s happening!!  Cohaagen has been holding on tight to Mars oxygen levels and the resistance has been fighting against him and his oppressive reign. Quaid works with the rebels and meets the horrid stomach baby monster Quato, the leader of the resistance, and Cohaagen’s forces bust in. Quaid later finds out that he either is or isn’t Hauser, a double agent of Cohaagen and has been assisting him all along using a really confusing and convoluted plot to root out the rebels.  Anywho, there is a big iceberg melting machine which will instantly provide Mars with an atmosphere you can breathe instead of just exploding your face and maybe they use that, maybe they don’t. What’s it to you? Total Recall was an absolute blockbuster and made $261 million off of a $60 million budget and was received well by critics and fans alike due to its creative story and Verhoeven brand of ultra-violence. But, does it hold up? Listen in as Jon, Colin, and Brent discuss the potential back issues of three tittied women and how to circumcise a face as we try to determine if this one holds up or if we should totally recall all copies.