tr 1.jpg — 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**

Total Recall (1990)

December 4, 2019

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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**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**

Starship Troopers (1997)

June 21, 2019

A satire on fascism where humans wage war against giant alien bugs.

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**Directed by: Paul Verhoeven**
**Starring: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Kurtwood Smith**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 42 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Effects, Writing, Story, B-Movie Gold**
**WEAKNESSES: Not For Everyone**

RoboCop (1987)

October 8, 2018

Set in future in a crime-ridden Detroit. A mortally wounded cop returns to the force as a cyborg, but is haunted by memories of his past.

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