TOTAL RECALL (1990) | MOVIE REACTION | FIRST TIME WATCHING

[@rbrtck]

A couple of characters deserve recognition for their outstanding contributions: 1) the Best, Most Durable Human Shield award goes to the random guy on the escalator, and 2) the Best Elevator Timing Ever award goes to Melina. She gets two awards for doing it twice, saving Doug's life both times. Interestingly, all of these accolades involve a lifting system, as does Doug literally dis-arming Richter.

[@neilfleming2787]

loving the fact you are going and watching these original movies rather than the re-makes with all the CGI added

[@neilfleming2787]

lol and of course the line 'Clever girl' @10:30 was also used in Jurassic Park when the hunter gets hunted by the velociraptors

[@donaldfleming5049]

"She's just stalling, the little...staller." That totally cracked me up. 😂 I know what you wanted to call her.

[@cchavezjr7]

That really got me laughing too. Hilarious comeback haha

[@Bodyknock]

If only Matt Damon had known about the reactor it would have saved him SO much trouble! 😄

[@carlossaraiva8213]

He was too far away.

[@Arobein]

I lost my shit at: "Oh, you lied about the fifth?!". Thanks for the reaction!

[@Ithro-Ithrozovich]

"See you at the party, Richter!"

[@dggydddy59]

Addie, you made me laugh the way you said, "Oh, she's just stalling. The little ... staller!! Lol! I really got a chuckle out of that! Cheers!

[@ninjabearpress2574]

Based on a short story, "We can remember it for you wholesale" by Phillip K. Dick (yes, his real name). However there's a scene near the end every woman gets rightly pissed at, I liked your reaction.

[@whatthe_Alex]

Benny's betrayal is one of my favorite movie twists ever!

[@Richard_Ashton]

The original story is short and hilarious. Written by Philip K Dick who did 'Blade Runner' (although more snappily named 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"), 'Scanners' and 'Minority Report' amongst others

[@RickLeMon]

Philip K. Dick was absolutely brilliant. He wrote a lot about the nature of reality and identity. His fiction--and the movies and TV shows adapted from them--tend to be ambiguous, and while some people understandably want a tidy ending, his real gift was providing a thought-provoking, but vague ending.

[@c1ph3rpunk]

“Consider that a divorce” Best line.

[@Youngie761]

Hey Benny! SCREEWWW YOOU! -is mine.

[@NateAZ]

"See you at the party, Richter!" Still a great line.

[@tru3sk1ll]

I was so mad she cut those@@NateAZ

[@cimiez1]

Richter:Voce vem comigo ahahahahahahahahahaha Doug:Veramos na festa,Richter@@NateAZ

[@N_Loco_Parenthesis]

Yeah...and she edited it out. Just another clumsy, egocentric youtuber.

[@RemoGutierrez1]

He was an actual spy and then his memory was erased, and given a new one? His visit to Recall messed something up which partially began to give him back his original memories. Something like that.

[@sntxrrr]

Well, now you have to complete the Paul Verhoeven trilogy by watching Robocop and Starship Troopers too. The director is the only thing that connects them though, but they are all fun.

[@kylestillwagon]

Kind of crazy that Michael Ironside was originally cast as the lead in Robocop. Which would have put him in all 3 films.

[@Alix777.]

He made a better movie than all those together : Black Book

[@coax47]

Cmon you ape you wanna live forever !?

[@notramesses4790]

​@@Alix777. Haha. No!

[@frugalseverin2282]

Ronny Cox is the villain in "Total Recall" and "Robocop".

[@samuelvincent557]

I loved this movie when it first came out. They created new filming techniques to make this. The scene where you seen the train moving along the rail with the tv screens going on inside, was a miniature of the train with a tiny projector. Everytime I see this I am taken aback at how soothing and out of place Kuato's voice is.

[@sinelo3965]

Fun facts: #1 Sharon Stone played Lori. She's always played a sexy and dangerous woman two years before becoming famous with 'Basic Instinct'. #2 Brubaker, the name Arnold uses when checking into the Martian hotel, was the title and name of a well-known Robert Redford movie. The story Lori and the man tell him on Mars about how it was all an illusion makes no sense after everything she had told him in her apartment on Earth, when she confessed to him that her whole marriage was fake. Other Arnold movies you should watch: 'Conan the Barbarian' (1982), 'Conan the Destroyer' (1984) , and 'True Lies'

[@Osprey850]

Addie, since you liked this so much, you may also like Arnold's The Running Man. It's a similar combination of sci-fi, action and comedy. It came out 3 years before this and is a lot of fun.

[@nathanwilliams2152]

Definitely - would love to see Addie react to the Running Man.

[@tru3sk1ll]

The butcher of Bakersfield man!!!!! First time I ever saw my hometown referenced in a movie

[@jcarlovitch]

Comparing total recall to running man is like comparing a loving devoted husband to a man standing on a milking stool behind a horse with his pants around his ankles.

[@Osprey850]

@@jcarlovitch The only "comparison" that I made was that they're both combinations of sci-fi, action and comedy.

[@bodd-energon5502]

And she liked Squid Game, so it's definitely for her.

[@bekindandrewind1422]

Quade got everything in the package.. Killed the bad guy, got the girl, saved the planet.. And the Blue Sky on Mars which the tech said was new.... --- The fade to white was Quade waking up..

[@brianm2238]

wrong. his wife was in it, and total recall didnt know anything about her, proof it was real. the fact that it happened for real like he paid for was part of the irony.

[@bekindandrewind1422]

@@brianm2238 Or maybe the Doctor was right and it was a free form delusion that he was creating as he went along.. Someone else pointed out that somehow he had memories of things he wasnit was involved in.. Like Lori calling Richter or the conversations between Richter and Cohagan...

[@jwhaler82]

I feel bad for Dr. Edgemar. He was just asked by the terrifying Agency to talk to a space hitman into thinking he was dreaming, and he got his head blown off for his troubles.💥

[@DavidGowers]

"Consider that a divorce"

[@rbrtck]

Lori doesn't just have something against Mars, she has something against Quaid's poor, sore balls. 😄

[@highlander31527]

20:04 Yes, that is the same face of delight that many of us had at that exact moment.

[@MRxMADHATTER]

The fade to white is a classic movie symbol for waking from a dream. It was all a dream. Everything that happened was just like the salesman said.

[@wibli]

Noooooooo

[@brianm2238]

wrong. his wife was in the story, and total recall didnt know anything about her. the fact that it happened in real life like he paid for was part of the irony.

[@Mackathne]

@@brianm2238 That's very easily explained by it being his own memory too, there's no reason to think total recall is 100% in control of everything. His mid would definitely fill in the pieces

[@markburns9116]

"NOT THE FISH!" A great, classic piece of sci-fi. I had fun watching your reaction. This was one of the first VHS tapes I bought back in the day 😊

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

The real mind screw is when you think about how everything that happened is exactly like the salesman at Rekall described, so maybe it is just a dream... or is it?

[@chrisbiebel6205]

The only problem with that is that there are scenes where Schwarzenegger wasn't around. If it was a dream, what were those?

[@archwayportraits]

​@@chrisbiebel6205cut scenes... Wait, your dreams don't have cut scenes? Am I the weird one?!?

[@Liam-Scott]

@@archwayportraits My dreams have whole ass side plots 😂

[@jimmylovesbikes]

yep it was all a dream, side scenes and all. makes perfect sense to me this way. dream began wih the “schizoid embolism” scene. great movie!!

[@SkullAngel002]

10:27 - Addie almost said what we were all thinking...😂😂😂

[@cowboy1165]

Addie: "The little staler!!" 🤣😂 🤧 God bless you!

[@russellward4624]

The nails scene is always every womens facorite part. Lol

[@amyjordan195]

True. I would love to do nails like that.

[@3rdNationInc]

Lol 😆 🤣

[@TheAndroidBishop]

I'm a dude and I would paint my nails if that technology existed

[@carlossaraiva8213]

I subscribe to the theory the entire story is the rekall memory implant. Too many details of the plot are foreshadowed in advance not to have any meaning. Quaid did got what he payed for.

[@DanABA]

This may not be the "best Arnold movie", but it is the "best movie Arnold was in", if that make sense. ;)

[@flatebo1]

The Disney movie John Carter (2012) is an adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel A Princess of Mars, one of the first interplanetary romance novels and a founding work in modern scifi. In the novel Mars is an ancient planet which is slowly dying. Life only remains possible because a few atmosphere plants are still in operation replenishing the air supply. Towards the end of the novel one of the atmosphere plants fails when its sole operator dies. Our hero, John Carter, "just happened" to have learned how to open the doors to the plant earlier in the story (Burroughs was a big fan of wildly improbably coincidences), so he goes to restart the plant before the planet suffocates. Just as Carter gets the plant back in operation he passes out and wakes up back on Earth. So, an ending very similar to Total Recall. As the whole Martial secret agent thing wasn't part of the original Philip Dick story, I kinda wonder if the writers "borrowed" from Burroughs here.

[@hoodwinkiez]

Total Recall gave birth to the Arnold Gibberish Impression from when his helmet cracks. :D The film was made to go both ways. Real or a Dream. I prefer to think it is all a dream that started moments after seeing Mel on the screen as he laid back in the chair.

[@rogeriopenna9014]

ANother movie with similar theme is VANILLA SKY with Tom Cruise.

[@solbringer2483]

I saw this movie in the theater. At the end of the move my drink was full and my popcorn was uneaten. I was riveted

[@jd-zr3vk]

I say this in the theatre and was riveted. I could not get up from my seat.

[@dsc5754]

Only a true #ADDIEaddict and #proudAteammember would like and watch a reupload with the same enthusiasm as the original 💯

[@nickinderrieden7630]

Arnold is a legend. His comedies are great. Start with Twins, Kindergarten Cop, Last Action Hero if it polls well. The Benny reveal is always a shocker the first time around. Kuato is his conjoined twin brother. And the director Paul Verhoeven directed a couple more awesome movies in Robocop, and Starship Troopers. I love Starship Troopers. Michael Ironsides Richter, Lori's evil boyfriend who lost his arms, was excellent in a very different but very awesome role in Starship Troopers. But you can put that a little farther down your list. Your subscribers and viewers are always going to pitch great movies.

[@TrusteftReacts]

One of those few movies I have watched many many times over the years, first on VHS rentals, then buying it on DVD and Blu-Ray. It just doesn't get old/boring. A great movie to watch while having snacks that are totally bad for you. Fun reaction too. I would love to see her swear in a video. Not going to happen, but I can still dream.

[@williammatthews693]

Well if this movie's taught me one thing, it's the importance of eating Corn Flakes for breakfast.

[@catrionacolville2192]

You're becoming one of my favourite reactors. You really enjoy films, you understand a lot and are such an empathetic person. Keep doing the great work! Would love to see you react to the Oscar nominated German 80s film "Das Boot". Thanks!

[@damianstarks3338]

Perfect reaction video to this classic 90s Sci Fi Arnold movie that takes me back to my childhood I miss the 90s

[@Gort-Marvin0Martian]

Great reaction / review. It definitely has it's surprises in the plot line. This is an excellent example of the works of the author Philp K. Dick. Credit was given him at the beginning of the film. Here are some TV series and other Films based on his works. The Man in the High Castle (TV Series) Electric Dreams (TV Series) The Adjustment Bureau A Scanner Darkly Paycheck Minority Report Blade Runner - this and Blade Runner2049 are based on his book, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" -- As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.

[@jonnybb]

The movie that made me just once as a kid, want to see something like those 3 irl.

[@obscillesk]

God I fell in love with this movie as a kid when it came on TV one time, the intro theme *immediately* hooked me lol how many times is he gonna say that? I mean c'mon, the man has 4 kids to feed

[@Pondimus_Maximus]

As I recall, Jerry Goldsmith said that of all the movies he had composed, including Alien and several Star Trek films, Total Recall was his favorite score. 🖖😀

[@peperino25]

Arnold Schwarzenegger 🔥 Movies ★ - *Last Action Hero* (1993) ★ - *The 6th Day* (2000) ★ - *Jingle All the Way* (1996)

[@heyskra]

You forgot Twins and Commando.

[@icarusthefinal3206]

I watched Total Recall (2012 with Colin Ferrell) recently and it had some really cool stuff. The story is more or less the same, but the setting is so different. It's a really cool cyberpunk dystopia. The setting, chase and action scenes sold me on it. The original movie is classic of course.

[@WildmouseX-u5d]

You mentioned liking book versions of movies in your last two uploads. With that in mind, I recommend the series Black Sails. It is a 4 season show that was written to be a prequil for the book Treasure Island. They did a very good job with both the story and production quality.

[@skapunker21]

yes! "black sails" is in my top ten of all time. it was soooo well done. from the sets, the actors, the plot lines, the dialogue, it was a terrific show. even the last episode wasn't disappointing like so many last episodes are.

[@brandonflorida1092]

I enjoyed your review. Science fiction is one of my favorite genres. I discovered your channel about half a year ago. Thanks your many insightful and articulate reviews. I'm sure that your efforts are entertaining and informing many people. I know that there's a lot of labor involved in editing these reactions, but your work is appreciated. Keep up the good work, and continue to enlighten us with your clever observations. Thanks!

[@marvinsarracino116]

Great reaction Addie i luv this movie!! I dont mind the rewatch coz its a fav movie of mine!😁 And your face expression is still priceless during the nail polish scene!😂😂 Luv ya Addie ‼️ ❤💛

[@wibli]

"Hide your little friend" LOL

[@alaricboyle-poirier6931]

Great reaction thanks. Mos def one of my top 10 films! So much fun!

[@joeblankenship377]

I have memories of watching this reaction. Must have been implanted.

[@jmadrigal2833]

My niece as a newborn resembled Kuato. Of course, Kuato became my nickname for her. This annoyed her mother, my sister, somewhat. 😆

[@sterlinggecko3269]

the video game based on this movie was really hard. the apartment fight scene took forever to beat.

[@rbrtck]

The movie is more literal and less meta than some people think. Everything we were shown actually happened, because if it were merely a memory implant or dream, then we would not have seen anything that Quaid did not, but we did. It's still a trippy mind-f---, but don't overthink it.

[@NightWolfXVI]

Remember @Addie Counts the best mindfuck is convincing people they have Freedom. 29:55

[@djJaXx101]

Apparently 80s people didn't know: - Mars isn't actually red - Melting ice makes water, not air

[@dsc5754]

8:11 he turned into the Terminator! 😱

[@dsc5754]

8:12 Also Addie's face 😁😆

[@arkansasorigami83]

Blue sky's on Mars was part of his original implanted memory

[@TheAndroidBishop]

The whole movie plays out exactly like the salesman said it would at the beginning of the movie. Melina is the same girl he choose on the monitors. Everything was a memory implant, the dream vacation he paid for.

[@rbrtck]

I think that trips to planets other than Mars (or Earth) are just spaceship cruises that go by them. Only Earth and Mars are habitable, and Mars only barely (for now).

[@totomomo18]

Great movie. You should do the Running Man 1987 or Conan The Barbarian (An epic movie with an epic sountrack).

[@ysmith494]

Every time I see, Quto I think of Gerber baby food. 😂

[@ArabianLady]

I really enjoyed this reaction Addie! Do you have a list of movies or series you've seen? I'd love to suggest some stuff but not if you've already seen them. :)

[@enigmamz]

Click on her name above and go to her page to see her whole list.

[@zyxzevn]

I love the mind twists. What is real in this movie? A similar mind-bender is "Paycheck" 2003. with Ben Affleck

[@Nicolas.Vincent]

21:19 Always makes me laugh too 😆

[@buidseach]

That's why I like Action Adventure, never a dull moment, fast paced and keeps you entertained :)

[@TheBunnyodeath]

Clever girl 10:58 jurassjc park

[@sammylane21]

If it's our memories affected what if you go rogue and switch from hero spy to traitorous villain spy? This question would make for a fun twist in retelling story.

[@coreyhendricks9490]

Cool reaction as always Addie, you have a nice day sweetie 🥰❤️

[@beldin2987]

Great Movie, i remember when i saw it back in the days it costed maybe 8-9 Deutsche Mark what was like 4-5 dollars at that time i think. Yeah, that was also the time when i still went into cinema quite regualar.

[@baronvg]

Watching this again and knowing she’s currently recovering from getting The ‘Rona, suddenly all the coughing & sneezing she does in this reaction makes all the sense in the world now.

[@w1975b]

sounds like a plain old cold

[@michaelwhalen5623]

Best react I've seen. Thanks addie

[@jamesspeelman2765]

I could be wrong but I think they filmed the entire movie on earth

[@SeanRyan_83]

your response to quado was the exact same as mine... "What?"

[@rbrtck]

Mars actually has a thin, low-pressure atmosphere that consists primarily of carbon dioxide, so technically that is not the vacuum of space just outside of the dome, although by the standards we're used to on Earth, it might as well be. There is virtually no oxygen present, either, and too much carbon dioxide, so even if the pressure were high enough, we couldn't breathe on Mars without a tank of air or oxygen.

[@IceCavalier]

13:58 God bless you, Addie.

[@rbrtck]

I think I almost saw your eyes bugging out like Arnold's did on Mars! 😳 I'm sure my eyes did the same thing when I first saw this movie in 1990. I didn't make those patented Arnold Schwarzenegger sounds of suffering at the time, though. I probably would today.

[@jomojojo6603]

Hank should have stayed on Mars instead of relocating to Albuquerque. 😂

[@benpowersguitar]

Great movie. Can't really go wrong with Arnie. Always excited for the older movie reactions.

[@willcool713]

Listen again: she says, "You're the best assignment I ever had." When he responds (at 10:15-10:16 in this vid), he does not say, "I'm honored," he plainly says, "I'm Arnold." Seriously, listen to it. He hides it with his accent well, but it's plain when you listen. A little subliminal conditioning for his fansbase there, eh?

[@josephwallace202]

Strongly recommend all of Paul Verhoeven's other movies: Flesh And Blood, Robocop, Starship Troopers, etc

[@sammylane21]

Douglas got the tracer out from his nose WITHOUT tearing his nostril in half? As much as a fantasy as this is, skin is skin and skin is prone to tearing with enough force.

[@karlsmith2570]

0:17 Hey Addie There was a remake of this movie that starred Colin Ferrell, which wasn't all that good IMHO

[@dsc5754]

25:49 Addie's reaction to midget violence 🤣

[@atworldsend818]

Not sure of your age,(25 at the most, I'm guessing), but based on your reactions (that I've watched in the last couple of weeks), you should Google "50 MOVIES from the 80's that you totally forgot about", and react to each one. I promise you'll get some new views out of it, if that's what you're aiming for. E.T. would be a good starting point. Then maybe Stat Wars... I'm sure you've seen those though, so how about,....... "Howard the Duck", "Goonies", "Big Trouble in Little China", "Overboatd", "The Secret to My Success", or "Short Circuit"? I LOVE your reactions to movies I've already seen! This one is maybe my favorite, so far.😊

[@henrikharbin5521]

Hi, Addie :) If you want to see a more recent Arnold movie with a very different to, try Maggie. All I will say is that Arnold is a different kind of character and you might not expect what happens.

[@Paul-br]

Great reaction!

[@alejandromartinez1766]

Did you know that most of the scenes in the movie were filmed in the Mexico City subway?

[@AMC2283]

Dream or real, the point is summed up by 3 words: I AM Quaid.

[@vovindequasahi]

What is fucked up is that this whole movie might just be him living out his dreams as a secret agent. Or real. I love your reaction Addie!

[@Duffman69able]

They made a sequel so it’s real

[@vovindequasahi]

@@Duffman69able Really? What is that sequel? Never heard of it!

[@Duffman69able]

@@vovindequasahi the blade runner movies are supposed to exist in the same universe as well as the movie minority report which was originally planned to be a direct sequel to total recall. Plus if you consider that there are parts of total recall that don’t involve the main character at all then that itself would mean that it couldn’t have all been a dream because people don’t dream about things from an outside perspective

[@vovindequasahi]

@@Duffman69able No that is not right bro! I don't know where you got that from, but it is incorrect.

[@Duffman69able]

@@vovindequasahi try looking it up

[@frugalseverin2282]

Identity confusion is typical of a story by Philip K. Dick. His stories are the basis of many films including "Blade Runner" and "Minority Report". And before you rewatch this film I suggest the 2012 remake of the same name with much better effects.

[@smavtmb2196]

I saw this in the theater. Own a DVD copy. Time to upgrade. However I'll definitely reuse the special edition metal case that looks like Mars for a higher resolution copy. Sucks Benny was a traitorous bastard. I have always rejected the idea that everything was just a recall fantasy dream. That would ruin the movie in my opinion. Besides Quaid was dreaming about Melina and Mars before he even went to Recall so she's not a memory implant.

[@atworldsend818]

Personally, I would've gone with Readhead on the "How do you like your women?" Choice, but that's just me😉

[@nooneofconsequence1251]

I sometimes sweat when I'm not lying.

[@bradleythebodycount29]

13:58 Bless you

[@rbrtck]

In reality, those goons shooting at Doug's hologram from both sides would have all shot each other dead. You just can't shoot under that situation...that is, unless you are in a movie.

[@phillipyau4234]

Bless you😊

[@robdario661]

Sharon Stone is many things, Staller included.Kwato was a meme before there were memes.

[@SeanTube2099]

I’d recommend the Colin Farrell remake as well.