Total Recall remake: US critics dream of original.

(From Guardian Unlimited)

The original film was one of the highest grossing movies of 1990 and a moderate hit with the critics. Twenty two years on it has only grown in stature and is seen as one of the best films in the careers of both director Paul Verhoeven and star Arnold Schwarzenegger . Unfortunately the same cannot be said for the newly released remake of Total Recall, which has been rubbished by US reviewers and looks set to open poorly this weekend at the box office.

Starring Colin Farrell in the role of Douglas Quaid made famous by Schwarzenegger, and with Underworld director Len Wiseman in the hot seat, the new version has been described as "bland, …