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- Theatrical - Wide 2012-08-03
- Cast Colin Farrell Jessica Biel Kate Beckinsale Bill Nighy John Cho
- Directed by Len Wiseman
- Written by Mark Bomback Kurt Wimmer
Box Office Gross:
$198,800,000
Running Time:
118 minutes
Language:
English
Production Company:
Total Recall, Original Film, Prime Focus, Rekall Productions, Columbia Pictures
Genres:
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Synopsis
Factory worker Doug Quaid takes a virtual mind-trip vacation with the Rekall company, opting for implanted memories of being a spy. When the procedure goes wrong, Quaid becomes a wanted man by the police and joins forces with a rebel fighter... See more to stop the evil Chancellor Cohaagen.
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