Wiseman doesn't have Verhoeven's (limited) inventiveness, his kinky and wicked wit.īut he does have Beckinsale, whose years of vampire pictures have taught her how to lean into the camera, how to keep her mop of hair tossed over one scowling eye, just the right level of sneer to slip into her open-mouthed hypersexual pout. His not-entirely-forgettable "Recall" is remembered for images, jokes and jolts in between the effects. Verhoeven ("Basic Instinct") brought a demented, visceral and sexual energy to a high-minded sci-fi "B" movie saddled with the Teutonic bore, Arnie Schwarzenegger, as his star. And for all the effects, the action and the showcase performance provided for his wife, Kate Beckinsale, "Underworld" Spandex salesman Len Wiseman never lets us forget that he's no Paul Verhoeven, who directed the original film. The almost nonstop chase of the new "Total Recall" isn't enough, by itself, to make one forget the earlier take on this Philip K.
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