﻿In today’s video, we will be going through the 1990’s Science Fiction Action Film,
Total Recall. Spoilers ahead! You have been
warned. Make sure to give this video a thumbs up, comment on what your favorite part was,
and subscribe to our channel for more. This movie follows the story of Earth after it
is devastated by chemical warfare at the end of the 21st century. Almost all the planet is left
uninhabitable, leaving only two regions. Precious livable lands include; the United Federation of
Britain, known as the UFB, located on the British Isles and northwestern Europe, and the Colony,
covering the Australian Region. UFB is administered by a chancellor named
Cohaagen. Cohaagen’s only motive is to cleanse the Colony and conquer it for the people of UFB. Most
of the laborers and other workforce are usually brought from the Colony. Factory workers living
in the Colony quickly commute to the UFB each day via "The Fall," the only possible transport,
a gravity elevator through the Earth's core which takes approximately 17 minutes to traverse.
In the beginning, an unconscious and injured guy, Douglas, is woken up by a mysterious girl. Both
of them are trapped in a facility and confronted by a group of armed Android Police Force. Douglas
shoots two of the police and runs away with the girl. Both of them arrive in a place through
which they can escape. Douglas tells the girl that he loves her, and they both share a kiss.
One of the androids fires a gun leaving both Douglass’s and the girl’s palm injured.
Then he lets the girl go, but he is shot by an electric rope fired by one of the policemen.
Douglas is captured, but the girl escapes through the water canal just beneath.
She unwillingly dives into the water after Douglass insists. Douglas then assures
the girl that he will find her. Suddenly, Douglas wakes up in his bed.
It seems that the incident is just a recurring nightmare that has been bothering him frequently.
After a while, Lori, Douglass’s wife, also wakes up and asks Douglas if it's the same dream.
Douglas tells Lori about it but hides the fact that there was a girl in the dream.
Lori's phone suddenly beeps with a notification. She sees the phone and tells Douglas that it's
an emergency. A bombing has occurred in a passenger glide train killing more than 144
people. Lori is a government agent, so she leaves immediately, telling Douglas
that she has to respond to the event. After Lori leaves, Douglas watches the news
about the bombing. The bombing was devised by a Resistance group led by Mathias, which the
UFB views as a terrorist movement. Mathias, the Resistance leader, seeks to improve the living
condition in the Colony and claims that The Fall enslaves the citizens of The Colony. Douglas also
learns that the man behind the bombing is Carl Hauser, a former intelligence officer turned
traitor considered Mathias's right-hand man. Douglas, after realizing that it's time for work,
leaves the apartment. When Douglas is on his way to the Fall, he sees an advertisement for an
artificial memory implanting program called the Rekall. Rekall is a modern program that allows
users to install their fantasy in their brain as a real memory. Douglas curiously looks at the large
ad screen and continues his way to his work. As Douglass arrives at the Fall, he sees police
arresting a person from the Resistance. Harry, Douglass's best friend from his work,
arrives and greets him as they join other people in their journey to the UFB.
As they board The Fall, Douglas shares his disappointment about the same monotonous
routine that they've had for years. Douglass also mentions Rekall to Harry,
but Harry claims that Rekall ruins the user’s mind permanently. Meanwhile,
Chancellor Cohaagen announces an increase in the manufacture of robotic Police on the news
due to the growing terrorist movement. Since all the traveling workers are associated
with the production, everyone, including Douglass and Harry, must work overtime. After some time,
Douglass and all the passengers reach The UFB passing through the earth's core.
Later in the factory, Douglas is assigned the responsibility to train a new guy named
Marek. During the conversation, Marek reveals his experience of Rekall as he overheard Douglass and
Harry talking about Rekall a while ago. He claims everything Harry said was wrong. Marek hands out
a business card to Douglass, telling him to find a guy named Mac. Marek also says that Mac is the
guy who can answer all his doubts. Douglass takes the card and keeps it with him.
After having a hectic workday, Douglass goes to his apartment, where he is troubled by the same
dream with the mysterious girl. Douglass wakes up to find that his wife is back home after her
duty and asleep. Douglass then goes out and meets his friend Harry in a bar. In the bar,
Douglass shares the same thing, the issue with the routine they're following, and again tells
about the Rekall. But this time, Harry is drunk and yells at Douglass to go back home and forget
about the Rekall. Douglass nods and lets Harry go while he heads out in search of Rekall. Douglass
eventually finds the place and meets Mac, the guy he was referred to by his new friend Marek.
Mac briefs Douglass about the benefits of the Rekall and lets him choose different
memories that can be written into Douglass’s brain. Douglass opts for The Spy program,
which he relates to his recurring nightmare. Mac warns Douglass that only fantasies can be
installed in a brain. He also tells Douglass that the fantasy should not in any way be a reality,
as being real can harm Douglass permanently. Douglass agrees and sits for the procedure. An
emblem of Rekall is stamped onto his arm and, just as the fantasy is being loaded by technician Mac,
they discover that Douglass already has real memories of being a spy. Mac is furious and denies
continuing, as the program cannot be uploaded, and yells at Douglass, asking who he works for.
At the same time, suddenly, a group of Federal police burst in and kill all the
Rekall's staff. The police then try to arrest Douglass, but Douglass instinctively knocks
all of them down successfully. Douglass is surprised by his ability. Douglass succeeds
in getting away from the mess by detonating grenades from the police he knocked out.
After fleeing the scene, Douglass reaches his home, meets his wife Lorri,
and tells her everything about the incident. Lori pretends to be shocked after hearing
Douglass' story and hugs him. But Lori deceptively tries to choke
Douglass to death. Douglass and Lori then fight against each other. Lori confesses to Douglass
that she was hired by Cohaagen to keep an eye on Douglass and that she is not his real wife.
After realizing that they’ve not been married for seven years and that Lori is trying to kill him,
Douglass now also knows that Cohaagen is behind all of this,
trying to hide Douglass from the Resistance. Douglass again successfully escapes while Lori
informs her squad about the situation. Pursued by Lori, human and Android police, Douglass gets a
call through a high-tech phone hidden beneath his palm. He accepts the call. The caller is Hammond,
who claims to have worked with Douglass in Federal Intel together. Hammond also
reveals Douglass’s real name is Henry. Hammond then instructs Douglass to get the
key and get rid of the mobile device as he is being tracked through it. Right after the call,
Douglass gets a message with a Bank name and Box number. Then he removes the phone from his palm by
cutting his skin with broken glass. Douglass then disguises himself with a hoodie.
Lori gets a call from the Chancellor, who reveals the truth about Douglass and orders her not to use
lethal force because Douglass is important. Instead, Lori, after hanging up the call,
instructs her subordinates to kill Douglass if he is seen as a potential threat to the group.
Douglass reaches the bank and finds the box. Inside it, he finds his and two other passports,
which include Hammond's as well. Douglass also finds a video recorded by him in the past,
which reveals he was captured and planted with fake memories.
Douglass from the video also tells present-day Douglass to find the key from his apartment.
Now, Douglass heads to the UFB disguised as another person but is caught on entry. He is
luckily saved by the girl from his dream, Melina. Melina and Douglass try to flee but are pursued
by Lori and her team. Eventually, they succeed in getting rid of Lori and the company.
During the escape, Melina is knocked out due to a high-speed crash,
so Douglass carries her to the apartment. At the apartment, Douglass finds another recording,
revealing that he is Carl Hauser, an agent working for UFB Chancellor Cohaagen to infiltrate
the Resistance, later turned rebel. Hauser now knows Cohaagen’s true intention behind
tripling the production of Synthetics. He also learns about the kill code stored in his brain,
which can deactivate all the Androids that Cohaagen controls. Hauser has to deliver the
code to Mathias to prevent Cohaagen’s plan. Meanwhile, Melina wakes up and explains to Hauser
more about his true identity and shows him how they had an identical mark in the palm.
Douglass used to think that it was due to the accident in the factory but was actually from
the gunshot that he often saw in his dreams. Soon Harry arrives in the apartment with Lori and
a fleet of Android Force. Here, Harry tries to persuade Hauser to believe that all of this was
due to the Rekall failure. Harry also tries to convince Hauser that he is Douglass in real life
and has to kill Melina as she is the epicenter of all the nightmares he has been having.
Instead, Hauser shoots Harry and runs away with Melina. Lori again pursues Hauser and Melina.
All of them fight in an elevator for a while. Lori unexpectedly plants an explosive in the
elevator to finish off Hauser and Melina at once. After activating the bomb, Lori jumps out of the
elevator, leaving Hauser and Melina inside. The two get out of the elevator safely.
Following this, Hauser and Melina head out to meet Mathias. On the way, he is greeted
by other fellow Resistance members who seem to be pleased to know that Hauser is back.
Mathias explains to Hauser about the real intention of the Resistance and assures him
of his identity. Mathias and Hauser agree to retrieve the code from the black box containing
the kill code from Hauser’s brain. They start the extraction procedure
by searching Hauser’s brain but notice that the code is encrypted.
Suddenly, Cohaagen interrupts the process as he storms the facility along with Lori.
Mathias is killed during the conflict, and Melina is captured by Lori. Hauser is also
forcefully captured and prepared by Cohaagen’s men for another memory alteration process.
As the officers are about to inject Hauser with a memory wiping serum,
a mysterious guy from the police squad helps Hauser to escape. The guy is none other than
Hammond, whom he had contacted previously. Hammond is killed in the shooting, and Hauser
leaves the site and heads to rescue Melina. Cohaagen initiates his plan to invade the colony
by boarding all the Synthetic into the Fall to be commuted. Just in time, Hauser successfully
gets into the elevator and rescues Melina, where they kiss. They plant explosives in
the elevator, but Hauser is momentarily confronted by Cohaaagen once again.
Just as Cohaagen is about to shoot Hauser, Melina appears in a fighter plane and opens
fire on all the enemies, and saves Hauser again. The explosive detonates right on time,
causing the elevator to collapse, taking all the Synthetic troops with it.
Now the only transport that connects the UFB and the colony is entirely destroyed.
Hauser stabs Cohaagen and finally kills him but is injured by the explosion’s impact.
Later, an unconscious Hauser wakes up and finds himself at the medical facility with
Melina by his side. As Melina accompanies him, Hauser doubts her appearance and asks about
the identical scar they share in the palm. But it turns out she is Lori, who has used
a holographic device to change her identity and disguise herself as Melina to lure Hauser.
Hauser, after knowing the truth, once again fights with Lori. Following this, Hauser shoots Lori,
finally killing her. After that, he goes looking for Melina and meets her. In the news,
the colony is declared to be independent of The United Federation of Britain.
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