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After a few years making action films like The Recruit, S.W.A.T., and Daredevil, Colin Farrell slipped into more serious, independent movies and built a solid career as a dramatic actor. He’s popped up in mainstream fare here and there, with small roles in last year’s Horrible Bosses and Fright Night, but Total Recall looks to be a return to big-budget action filmmaking for him. He’s got a great screen presence and he’s always compelling to watch, so I’m thrilled he’s coming back to the mainstream alongside a bunch of other awesome people including Jessica Biel, Bryan Cranston, John Cho, and more. Sony has given us a few new photos from the sci-fi action thriller, which is a loose remake of the Schwarzenegger movie from 1990. Take a look below!
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Total Recall fires its way into theaters on August 3rd, 2012.
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Synopsis: “Total Recall” is an action thriller about reality and memory, inspired anew by the famous short story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick. Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), even though he’s got a beautiful wife (Kate Beckinsale) who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life – real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police – controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston), the leader of the free world – Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter (Jessica Biel) to find the head of the underground resistance (Bill Nighy) and stop Cohaagen. The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate.
