Total Recall
Movie • 1990 • Action
ReportConstruction 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.
This movie contains 40 potentially triggering events.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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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 an animal sad?
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Not explicitly, but there is violence against animals.
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MalvolioSF
The wife viciously attacks the husband, slashing him with a knife, kicking him in the stomach and groin, and eventually siccing a team of mooks on him.
When he finally has her at gun-point, she wheedles, “But honey, we’re married.”
He blows her brains out and tells the corpse, “Consider this a divorce.”
When he finally has her at gun-point, she wheedles, “But honey, we’re married.”
He blows her brains out and tells the corpse, “Consider this a divorce.”
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Misiek1997
SPOILER:
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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Is someone gaslighted?
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MalvolioSF
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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Addiction
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Animal
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BrittanyH
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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Does a pet die?
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Yes, lots of goldfish
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Is someone drugged?
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The main character is drugged a couple times by a doctor.
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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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Bodily Harm
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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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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CharlieCharlie
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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Is someone choked?
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Misiek1997
The scene right before the ending has three people suffocating. It's a VERY gruesome scene.
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Is someone burned alive?
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theamythatrules
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 body horror?
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SO. MUCH. BODY. HORROR!
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Is there amputation?
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MalvolioSF
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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DavidNelsenEpstein
The climax of the film, The main character's eyes bulge and tongue protrudes due to lack of oxygen.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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dirtprince
we see a character with a bloody mouth
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Does someone break a bone?
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BrittanyH
There are sounds of bones breaking in some fight scenes
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Does someone have a seizure?
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FluffBucket
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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Is someone tortured?
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MalvolioSF
Not deliberate torture, but the protagonist suffers a violent seizure while strapped to chair
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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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Children
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Death
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Does a non-human character die?
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Some fish die.
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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MalvolioSF
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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Does someone cheat?
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MalvolioSF
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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Does a family member die?
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Misiek1997
A wife of one of villains is killed. It's shown that it's emotional for him.
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Fear
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Is someone possessed?
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Not exactly, but it could be argued that the protagonist is himself possessing another character.
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Gross
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Does someone spit?
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A main character spits on a villain when justifiably provoked
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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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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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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CharlieCharlie
The protagonist is distressed and has nightmares as a result of his amnesia.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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BrittanyH
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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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Noxious
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Is there shakey cam?
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CharlieCharlie
Camera looks at a TV in a moving subway through protagonist perspective.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Mal_eficent
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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Nuisance
Although one of the mutants has what appears to be a baby growing out of his body.
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Prejudice
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Does the black guy die first?
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MalvolioSF
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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Is there hate speech?
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CharlieCharlie
Usage of "freak" to describe mutated people and dwarves.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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dirtprince
there are mutated humans who are called “freaks”
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Race
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Relationships
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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dirtprince
some sexualized nudity but no sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Sexism
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Sickness
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Misiek1997
The main point of the movie is that the main character doesn't remember anything about his past life.
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Social
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Meowmeowiemeow
There are other explosions though
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Is there blood/gore?
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MalvolioSF
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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courtlynlouise
Lots of people are killed with guns, and it is very graphic.
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