Total Recall
Movie • 1990 • Action
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Construction worker Douglas Quaid discovers a memory chip in his brain during a virtual-reality trip. He also finds that his past has been invented to conceal a plot of planetary domination. Soon, he's off to Mars to find out who he is and who planted the chip.
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Abandonment
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A tank of goldfish is kicked over and the man leaves them to die on the floor.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Yes — although it may be the audience. Either an evil corporation is making a construction worker believe that he is really an interplanetary spy — or an evil government agency is making an interplanetary spy believe that he is really a construction worker. Different viewers will come to different conclusions about which is supposed to be true.
At one point, the baffled hero exclaims, “If I am not me, then who the hell am I?”
At one point, the baffled hero exclaims, “If I am not me, then who the hell am I?”
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One of mutants, who are second class citizens on Mars, turns out to be a gleeful supporter of the force that oppresses the mutants.
One of mutants, who are second class citizens on Mars, turns out to be a gleeful supporter of the force that oppresses the mutants.
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Does a pet die?
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Is an animal sad?
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Not explicitly, but there is violence against animals.
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In addition to the rat who is shot, an aquarium with goldfish in it is kicked over and the goldfish do not survive
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Technically - maybe offscreen? Quaid has an ongoing sexual relationship with the woman he falsely believes is his wife, although it's possible he consented to this prior to having his memories rewritten.
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The main character is drugged a couple times by a doctor.
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Bodily Harm
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Not deliberate torture, but the protagonist suffers a violent seizure while strapped to chair
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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There is a scene near the beginning of the movie where the main character is repeatedly kicked in the crotch
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Is there body horror?
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SO. MUCH. BODY. HORROR!
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Does a head get squashed?
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The head explodes from the inside in an airless space.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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we see a character with a bloody mouth
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Is someone burned alive?
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It's a mechanical man, but a Johnnycab crashes and is shown burning while saying "We hope you enjoyed the ride!" It's not graphic and the Johnnycab is not in pain. It's meant to be dark comedy.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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A knife is used as a weapon and cuts the main character twice
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Is there amputation?
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There is a particularly graphic amputation where the villain’s main henchman loses both arms in an elevator accident.
There are also many birth-defects depicts, involving missing or superfluous extremities.
There are also many birth-defects depicts, involving missing or superfluous extremities.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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The climax of the film, The main character's eyes bulge and tongue protrudes due to lack of oxygen.
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A group of people has their oxygen supply cut off, they're shown laying on the ground but nobody dies as a result.
Several characters are exposed to the vacuum of space and graphically struggle and make noise.
Several characters are exposed to the vacuum of space and graphically struggle and make noise.
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Does someone break a bone?
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There are sounds of bones breaking in some fight scenes
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The scene right before the ending has three people suffocating. It's a VERY gruesome scene.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Part of a robotic disguise/ facial prosthetic malfunctions, and the wearer can be seen screaming and having facial spasms, similar to a grand mal siezure.
There is a second scene where a character is strapped into a machine and starts having bodily convulsions
Last edit: a third scene near the end where multiple characters convulse in a low oxygen atmosphere.
There is a second scene where a character is strapped into a machine and starts having bodily convulsions
Last edit: a third scene near the end where multiple characters convulse in a low oxygen atmosphere.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Richter also falls to an offscreen death from the elevator near the movie climax (although he likely would have died anyways from his injuries).
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Death
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Some fish die.
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Does a family member die?
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A wife of one of villains is killed. It's shown that it's emotional for him.
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Does someone cheat?
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A weird villainous example: the wife of one of the bad guys is required to pose as the wife of the amnesiac hero. There is much discussion of whether she prefers sex with her pretend-husband (Arnold Schwarzenegger at his physical prime) over her real husband (Michael Ironsides).
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Is someone kidnapped?
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The protagonist is several times physically seized by groups of bad guys and dragged to another room, but always manages to free himself.
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Is someone possessed?
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Does someone spit?
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Law Enforcement
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Medical
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Several injections are forcibly given to a restrained and protesting victim.
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Mental Health
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Is there misophonia?
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The sound of breaking bones.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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The main characters are trapped underground, backed against a wall, with a massive drill approaching them and blocking the only exit
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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The protagonist is distressed and has nightmares as a result of his amnesia.
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Is there shakey cam?
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Camera looks at a TV in a moving subway through protagonist perspective.
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Paranoia
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The main character is tracked and watched throughout the film without him knowing.
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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Although one of the mutants has what appears to be a baby growing out of his body.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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there are mutated humans who are called “freaks”
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Is there hate speech?
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Does the black guy die first?
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No, he dies third-from-last (of the many named characters who die — a bunch of faceless mooks get mown down after him too).
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Race
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Sex
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Is there sexual content?
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Are there nude scenes?
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There are several scenes with a female mutant escort showing her three breasts.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Sexism
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Sickness
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The main point of the movie is that the main character doesn't remember anything about his past life.
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Are there fat suits?
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The main character is dressed as a fat woman.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Violence
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One of the bloodiest movies to ever receive a major release and the violence is played for laughs, shock value, and gross-out humor.
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Is there gun violence?
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Lots of people are killed with guns, and it is very graphic.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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There are other explosions though
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