TOTAL RECALL 30TH ANNIVERSARY 4K + BD + DGTL [Blu-ray]

This version of total recall is the same as the uk version but the picture and sound have been remastered

100X better & more violent than English version.

Brilliant

TOTAL RECALL [1990/2015] [Mind-Bending Edition] [Blu-ray + Digital HD ULTRAVIOLET] [US Import] Get Ready For The Ride Of Your Life!Experience ‘Total Recall’ [Mind-Bending Edition] the way it was meant to be seen with a pristine director-approved 1080p HD transfer! Action star extraordinaire Arnold Schwarzenegger is perfectly cast as Doug Quaid, a 2084 construction worker haunted by dreams of mars in this crowd-pleasing science fiction spectacular. Against the wishes of his sexy blonde wife [Sharon Stone], Doug Quaid goes to Rekall Inc., a company that implants artificial memories, so he can “remember” visiting the red planet that is now being settled by human inhabitants. However, Doug Quaid is actually a secret agent from Mars – or is he?FILM FACT: 63rd Academy Awards® Nominations: Nelson Stoll, Michael J. Kohut, Carlos Delarios & Aaron Rochin for Best Sound Mixing. Stephen Hunter Flick for Best Sound Editing. Won: Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern and Alex Funke for Best Visual Effects for Special Achievement Award.Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Rachel Ticotin, Ronny Cox, Michael Ironside, Marshall Bell (Kuato), Mel Johnson, Jr., Roy Brocksmith, Michael Champion, Ray Baker, Rosemary Dunsmore, David Knell, Alexia Robinson, Dean Norris, Mark Carlton, Debbie Lee Carrington, Lycia Naff, Robert Costanzo, Michael LaGuardia, Priscilla Allen, Ken Strausbaugh, Marc Alaimo, Michael Gregory, Ken Gildin, Mickey Jones, Parker Whitman, Ellen Gollas, Gloria Dorson, Erika Carlsson, Benny Corral and Robert Picardo (Voice of Johnny cab)Director: Paul VerhoevenProducers: Andrew G. Vajna, Buzz Feitshans, Mario Kassar and Ronald ShusettScreenplay: Dan O'Bannon, Gary Goldman and Ronald ShusettComposer: Jerry GoldsmithCinematography: Jost VacanoVideo Resolution: 1080pAspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audio: English: 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, English: 2.0 HD-DTS Master Stereo, French: 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and German: 5.1 DTS-HD Master AudioSubtitles: English SDH, French and GermanRunning Time: 113 minutesRegion: Region A/1Number of discs: 1Studio: LIONSGATE / STUDIOCANALAndrew’s Blu-ray Review: In ‘Total Recall’ [Mind-Bending Edition] Arnold Schwarzenegger finds himself facing an existential quandary. It is the 21st century, and the technology of the day makes it possible for fully formed memories to be inserted into the minds of unsuspecting victims. So is Arnold Schwarzenegger actually a happily married construction worker named Doug Quaid?Arnold Schwarzenegger finds himself facing an existential quandary. It is the 21st century, and the technology of the day makes it possible for fully formed memories to be inserted into the minds of unsuspecting victims. So is Arnold Schwarzenegger actually a happily married construction worker named Doug Quaid? Or is Doug Quaid's whole identity a convenient fiction? Does he live on earth, as he appears to, or does he have another existence on Mars? Is he a person, or is he a dream?$50 million dollars’ worth of exploding glass, blazing bullets, ear-splitting noises and sometimes clever, sometimes gut-wrenching special effects say that Arnold Schwarzenegger is no figment of anyone's imagination except, possibly, his own. ‘Total Recall’ is a thunderous tribute to its star's determination to create, out of the unlikeliest raw materials, a patently synthetic yet surprisingly affable leading man. Melding the ever-more-workable Arnold Schwarzenegger mystique with a better-than-average science-fiction premise, the director Paul Verhoeven has come up with a vigorous, super violent interplanetary thriller that packs in wallops with metronomic regularity. Paul Verhoeven is much better at drumming up this sort of artificial excitement than he is at knowing when to stop.Doug Quaid's troubles begin when he visits Rekall Inc., a space-age travel agency specialising in no-fuss, no-muss vacations. But when Doug, who is haunted by mysterious dreams of a red-hued life on Mars, agrees to buy two weeks’ worth of Martian travel imagery that is ''first-class'' and ''complete in every detail,'' something goes haywire. An apparently real set of memories is activated, throwing Doug Quaid's earthly existence into turmoil and eventually sending him to Mars to resolve his problems. Mars, he discovers, is a seamy, mutant-filled colony that is racked with rebellion and ruled by a tyrant Vilos Cohaagen [Ronny Cox] who charges exorbitant prices for air.The first half of ‘Total Recall’ (screenplay by Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon and Gary Goldman from a story by Phillip K. Dick) is the film's introductory phase, which toys ingeniously with gimmicks like household holograms and robot-driven taxis as it outlines the interesting confusion inside Doug Quaid's mind. This culminates in a riveting scene, the film's best, in which a doctor Dr. Edgemar [Roy Brocksmith] visits Doug Quaid in his Martian hotel room and tells him that he is still dreaming, and still in fact at the Rekall Inc. offices. When Doug Quaid fails to believe this, the doctor scathingly accuses him of being someone who imagines himself ''the victim of an interplanetary conspiracy to make him think he's a lowly construction worker on earth.'' At this point, the film provides some helpful guidelines for differentiating flesh-and-blood doctors from imaginary ones.The visual style of ‘Total Recall,’ which in its latter stages is loaded with gargantuan, greyish machine-shop imagery and filled with ever-more-sickening cosmetic touches, is wearing in its own way. Continually upping the special-effects ante, Paul Verhoeven saves the eye-popping and hand-severing for last, not to mention a mutant character who appears as a slimy infant troll attached to another character's stomach. Showing a foot stepping on a bleeding, quivering corpse is more characteristic of the film's violence. This sort of thing happens early, and often.Opposite Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin provides a tough, albeit somewhat bland, resistance fighter heroine, but her thunder is stolen by Sharon Stone as the wife who is tired of tolerating the stranger in her husband's mind. No doubt also tired of dull love interest roles in second rate melodramas, Stone throws herself into the part with real vigour and gives it a physical edge that at times makes her seem genuinely threatening even to the famous muscleman. Ronny Cox and genre stalwart Michael Ironside round out the villainous roles, whilst Marshall Bell and Mel Johnson Jr provide memorable turns as quirks characters Quaid meets along the way, and Robert Picardo is sadly the unforgettable voice of the Johnny cab.With inventive stunt work and great set pieces, ‘Total Recall’ is a triumph of visual effects design. It's funny, energetic and packed with genuine thrills. Yes, there's a large helping of cheese, but it only adds to the flavour. The games it plays with identity and reality sit intriguingly alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger's work in ‘True Lies’ and ‘Last Action Hero,’ and highly quotable lines help to secure its place in the blockbuster science. As a science fiction action adventure, ‘Total Recall’ delivers as exactly that. It’s filled with fantastic futuristic imagery, trademark Paul Verhoeven satire, and memorable Schwarzenegger antics and one liner.Blu-ray Video Quality – LIONSGATE trots out this 2015 re-release ‘Total Recall’ as often as they do ‘Terminator 2,’ but the ‘Total Recall’ remake has put them in a position to treat this Paul Veerhoven as a real tour-de-force. With this new scan, better encode 1080p image, and refreshed colour timing, this is the Blu-ray we should have seen with the dawn of the format. The transfer has been framed at the theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Where the Blu-ray disc comes alive is definition. Resolution feels greatly enhanced and focused with the close-ups meticulously consistent. The number of shots where ‘Total Recall’ feels photographed yesterday is enormous. It’s to the benefit of everything, from the wicked cool make-up effects to those astonishing miniature shots that show off the Martian landscape. It’s all fine detail, all the time. As with previous inferior video editions of this film, with this upgraded image is truly an amazing experience. Sharpness, contrast, and colour saturation levels are good throughout with some of it looking good reference. The reds of Mars are handled quite beautifully with no blooming, banding or false contouring found in earlier inferior releases. Flesh tones have a natural appearance in tone. Black levels are good and well defined in depth.Blu-ray Audio Quality – The 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio has also been reworked into a fuller, richer. Astonishing is the awesome Jerry Goldsmith score, which from the opening credits, lands those high peaks without so much as a flutter or strain. There are no signs of diminished returns in regards to age. Even when mixed in with the other elements or heavy gunfire seated above the music, it’s still perky, focused, and clean. The subway shoot-out places a few seconds of shattering glass in the rears but it’s so subtle that it barely registers. Much of the activity spreads across the front soundstage, enough to space out the effects and add directionality, especially with the rumbles with superiority, generous in its application to make ships rock the room, and explosions feel full. Even if it’s an after effect and not part of the original mix, the application is sound and natural. It doesn’t elevate or feel out place. Pieced together with the score, it takes on another layer of effectiveness. This is the super deluxe final edition of ‘Total Recall’ we have been waiting for.Blu-ray Special Features and Extras:Audio Commentary: Commentary with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Paul Verhoeven: This is the same audio commentary from previous releases. It's fun and often very informative, though there's a certain "ick" factor when Arnold Schwarzenegger talks about "waking up" next to Sharon Stone with few clothes on, considering the bad press he's had over the past couple of years. Both director Paul Verhoeven and star Arnold Schwarzenegger love to talk and often talk over one another getting out their words. Both pretty much narrate the film and also providing upcoming spoilers to later events in the film, but only rarely reveal some interesting anecdotes about making the picture.Special Feature: Interview with Director Paul Verhoeven [2012] [1080p] [1.85:1] [34:46] In this all-new interview with director Paul Verhoeven and touches on quite a few aspects of the filmmaking process. He discusses the problems he had with the third act of the script, how much he enjoyed working with the Mexican crew, the storyboards used for the film, and with Rob Bottin’s expert help, especially with his insistence on Arnold Schwarzenegger for the film. Paul Verhoeven talks about walking the tightrope between dream and reality in the film, but he's also honest about third act problems in the film, even after 42 drafts of the script.Special Feature Documentary: Making-of Total Recall [1990] [480i] [4:3] [8:23] This is a vintage feature, which has snippets of the film playing out in between cast and crew interviews. The brief interviews we have Paul Verhoeven, make-up effects supervisor Rob Bottin, and co-stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ronny Cox, and Michael Ironside.Special Feature Documentary: Models and Skeletons: The Special Effects of Total Recall [2010] [1080p] [1.85:1] [23:14] This is a really interesting look at the then state of the art special effects of the film. Several members of the SFX crew are featured in this fascinating piece. We get introductions to miniatures supervisor Mark Stetson and CGI supervisor Tim McGovern who discuss their two departments in the making of the film. McGovern was one of four men on the special effects team who went home with Oscars for their work on the film.Special Feature Documentary: Imagining Total Recall [2001] [480i] [31:28] This is another older piece documentary featuring interviews with the director, production designer William Sandell, screenwriters Ronald Shusett and Dan O’Bannon, editor Frank Urioste, stars Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, effects supervisor Eric Brevig, and composer Jerry Goldsmith, all describing their years of work to bring the story to the screen.Special Feature: Restoration Comparison [2012] [1080p] [1.85:1] [5:13] Here get a selection clips presented as a slide show, where you get to see the old 1990 inferior images, and you a get a white line slide across the image to reveal the 1080p pristine director-approved HD transfer.Special Feature: Photo Gallery [1080p] [1.85:1] [1:03] Here you get to see loads of publicity images throughout the slide show, but a big bonus, you get the glorious Jerry Goldsmith ‘Total Recall’ music in the background.Theatrical Trailer [1990] [408i] [16:9] [2:07] This is the Original Trailer for ‘Total Recall.’Sneak Peaks: ‘Haywire’ [Blu-ray + DVD] [1080p] [2.55:1] [1:26]; ‘The Expendables’ [Blu-ray + DVD] [1080p] [2.55:1] [1:12]; ‘Terminator 2: Judgement Day’ [Blu-ray] [1080p] [2.55:1] [1:22]; ‘Stargate – 15th Anniversary Edition’ [Blu-ray] [1080p] [2.55:1] [1:34] and ‘EPIX – We Get Big Movies Promotion’ [1080p] [1.85:1] [1:18]. Unfortunately, this starts showing when the Blu-ray loads up and you cannot go straight to the menu.Finally, with inventive stunt work and great set pieces, ‘Total Recall’ [Mind-Bending Edition] is a triumph of visual effects design. It's funny, energetic and packed with genuine thrills. The games it plays with identity and reality sit intriguingly alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger's work on ‘True Lies’ and ‘Last Action Hero’ and highly quotable lines help to secure its place in the blockbuster science. ‘Total Recall’ remains one of the best Arnold Schwarzenegger films, one that is smart but visceral. It may stretch the bounds of credulity as it kind of stumbles through a still awkward third act, but overall this is still an incredibly effective and impressive piece that blends an intelligent screenplay with some great looking special effects. While some may have some niggling complaints about not all of the previously released supplements having been ported over to this new release, otherwise this is a completely stellar effort that offers superior video and audio. I now feel this is THE ultimate edition to the ‘Total Recall franchise. Highly Recommended!Andrew C. Miller – Your Ultimate No.1 Film FanLe Cinema ParadisoWARE, United Kingdom

Wouldn’t play on my flashy expensive 4k player ….. but it did say U S import and I’m in the uk