14 Years Later, Colin Farrellβs Divisive Sci-Fi Remake Is Finally Getting a Second Chance
8 June 2026 at 00:15
Perhaps the last movie that needed to be Nolanized was Total Recall. The goofiness is inherent to what made that film such a hit with audiences and critics. Turning it into a self-serious meditation on the refugee crisis proved a fatal decision, and viewers noticed immediately. The Total Recall remake didn't do very well at the box office, nor did it appeal to critics and audiences. It remains one of the least remembered big-budget Hollywood movies of the post-Nolan era, where every film had to be dark and grounded. Some, like Gareth Edwards' Godzilla, worked. Others β like Total Recall and Snow White and the Huntsmanβ not so much.

