Sony Pictures have released more details on Len Wiseman’s new take on the classic Arnie Sci-Fi. Due for release on 22nd of August 2012, Total Recall is going to have it’s work cut out for it, standing out in a Summer of serious cinematic heavyweights. Colin Farrell takes on the lead role of Douglas Quaid, with a supporting cast featuring Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel and Bryan Cranston.
"Total Recall" is an action thriller about reality and memory, inspired anew by the famous short story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick. Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), even though he's got a beautiful wife (Kate Beckinsale) who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life - real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police – controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston), the leader of the free world – Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter (Jessica Biel) to find the head of the underground resistance (Bill Nighy) and stop Cohaagen. The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate.