Total Recall has a nice look, but too much monotonous violence and not enough brains or heart. This is a lovely film to look at, and the story isn't as unbelievably incoherent as The Dark Knight Rises, but it's definitely underbaked, the work of someone who knows about "plot" but not much else.

This movie should be called Everybody’s Sad And Lying About It. Maybe that’s too big for the marquee at the multiplex.

Kate Beckinsale is a beautiful woman. To make sure you don't miss this, the guys who made Whiteout have her take off all her clothes in the first scene and get into a steamy shower. This will help hook the channel surfers when this thing plays on cable.