Total Recall (1990)
Directed By: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside, Dean Norris
Rated: R
Run Time: 1h 53m
TMM Score: 4 Stars
Strengths: Arnold, Fun, Action, Mystery
Weakness: A Little Slight in Aim
In the future, when Quaid decides to take a memory vacation from his mundane life, he accidentally triggers a real life action/espionage adventure which ranges across two planets. Or so it seems to.
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Starship Troopers (1997)
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Clancy Brown, Patrick Muldoon, Michael Ironside
Rated: R for Graphic Sci-Fi Violence and Gore, and For Some Language and Nudity
Running Time: 2 h 9 m
TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Writing, World Building, Directing, Satire, Fun
WEAKNESSES: Pacing During First Half
A satire on fascism where humans wage war against giant alien bugs.
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Scanners (1981)
Directed By: David Cronenberg
Starring: Stephen Lack, Jeniffer O’Neill, Patrick McGoohan, Michael Ironside
Rated: R
Run Time: 1h 43m
TMM Score: 5 Stars
Strengths: Special Effects, Surreal Atmosphere
Weakness: Confusing Plot Thread
A man discovers he possesses psychic powers and soon finds he might be the only one who can stop a rogue psychic who keeps killing people with his powers.
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Turbo Kid (2015)
Directed by: Francois Simard, Anouk Whissell
Starring: Munro Chambers, Laurence Laboeuf, Michael Ironside
Rated: R
Running Time: 1h 33m
TMM Score: 4 Stars
STRENGTHS: Nostalgia, Practical Effects
WEAKNESSES: Needs a Heavy Audience Buy In
In 1997, after the Apocalypse, one comic book fan finds out that being a hero means acting like one to save their elvish platonic girl friend from the likes of an evil water baron.
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