Total Recall Remake Synopsis

It’s pretty much the synopsis for the original, but with less Mars

Poor old Mars. Dropped from the title of John Carter. Dropped totally from the new Total Recall. Sony has released the synopsis for director Len (Underworld)  Wiseman’s remake, which opens in the UK on 22 August, and it doesn’t really say much more than you’d know from watching the original… except for the lack of Martian antics.

“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.”