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Where was Total Recall filmed?

1990 film, directed by Paul Verhoeven.

  • Mexico

The story is set in Mars.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Mars
Filmed in
Mexico

About Total Recall

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Released
1990
Director
Paul Verhoeven
Cast
Arnold SchwarzeneggerRonny CoxSharon StoneRachel TicotinMichael IronsideDean NorrisMarshall BellDebbie Lee CarringtonMel Johnson, Jr.Robert Picardo
Genre
ActionDystopianAdventureScience FictionCyberpunk
Based on
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale
Awards
Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film

The story

In 2084, Mars is a colonized world under the tyrannical regime of Vilos Cohaagen, who controls the mining of valuable turbinium ore.

Believing Cohaagen's "Agency" has suppressed Quaid's memories, the Rekall employees erase evidence of Quaid's visit and send him home.

A man who says he is Quaid's former acquaintance gives him a suitcase containing supplies and a video recording in which Quaid identifies himself as Hauser, a Cohaagen ally who defected after falling in love.

Famous lines from Total Recall

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Why not?Douglas Quaid
  • No shit?Douglas Quaid
  • No shit.Douglas Quaid
  • Two weeks.Fat Lady
  • Well, don't!Harry

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