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Schwarzenegger plays Douglas Quaid, a construction worker living an ordinary life with his wife Lori ( Sharon Stone). Quaid is plagued with an obsession about Mars. He purchases a virtual vacation on Mars to be implanted in his mind by the Rekall company. The procedure apparently goes wrong and uncovers some of his suppressed past life. He finds himself pursued by killers led by Richter ( Michael Ironside) and is forced to actually go to Mars where he joins the struggle against Mars Administrator Vilos Cohaagen ( Ronny Cox). However, the "real" events on Mars are uncannily like the events described in the implanted vacation that he purchased, so that even at the conclusion the viewer is not entirely sure what the reality of the situation is.
Ronald Shusett , Dan O'Bannon and Jon Povill wrote the screenplay with inspiration by the Philip K. Dick short story We Can Remember It For You WholesaleWe Can Remember It For You Wholesale is a short story by Philip K. Dick first published in Fantasy and Science Fiction in April 1966. It features a classic Dick meshing of reality, false memory and real memory. Douglas Quail, a simple and ordinary man, wi.The film explores the question of whether what is happening to the hero is reality or is a delusion being fed to his brain. A similar theme is found in the movies The MatrixThis article is about the film The Matrix, for other usages of the term, see Matrix. The Matrix is a film first released in the USA on March 31, 1999, written and directed by the Wachowski brothers (Andy and Larry). It stars Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishbur, eXistenZeXistenZ is a 1999 film by Canadian director David Cronenberg. Its plot is based on the confusion between reality and virtual reality as the characters move in and out of a computer game called eXistenZ the aim of which is unknown. The players are linked, and Vanilla SkyVanilla Sky is a 2001 film which tells a story of a young millionaire who is charged with murder. The film stars Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Penelope Cruz, Jason Lee, and Kurt Russell. The film was directed by Cameron Crowe and is a close remake of the 1997. Whether coincidence or intentionally done, both this movie and The MatrixThis article is about the film The Matrix, for other usages of the term, see Matrix. The Matrix is a film first released in the USA on March 31, 1999, written and directed by the Wachowski brothers (Andy and Larry). It stars Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishbur have a sequence where the hero is offered a red pill that will symbolicly alter their perception of reality from the new one they are experiencing to the one they were used to.
On the special edition DVD commentary by directer Paul Verhoeven, he states that using Arnold as opposed to others who had been considered ( Richard Dreyfuss, Patrick Swayze) leans more towards the film being real, as audiences would not want Arnold in an action film that turned out to only be a dream.
The movie was novelized by Piers Anthony, noted for his Xanth fantasy series. The novel and movie correspond very well. BooksEnthsiast.com
A video game adaptation was also made based on the film.