Total Recall 4 Disc LIMITED EDITION EXTENDED DIRECTOR'S CUT - Blu-ray (2 Disc) / DVD / Ultraviolet

Plot/Scripting perfect; better than the original by light years.

Acting, particularly Ferrell's dramatic (even his over-the-top trademark moments) believable;verbal and non-verbal, body language,everything.

All other actors, extraordinary! Especially their fight gymnastics.

Directing/editing, complex but understandable/vivid,

delivering a constant shot of adrenalin.

Production values: Computer Generated Images are spectacular. Sharp,vivid, real-er than real. Who needs reality anyway, these days?

(( BUT, an example of reality rising above computer effects(by light years),

3 IDIOTS3 Idiots (English subtitled) It shows how good 'real'

can be. Yes, it's subtitled, but only brief comments and insertions of english designed to make 'listening' easy... ))

Back to TOTAL RECALL: I bought the Extended Cut (it extended the movie maybeeee three minutes(!)) EH?.

It offers 'both theatrical and extended cuts' and promised four disks, which

turned out to be two disks, both BluRay, which has me discussing promises with Amazon product description folk (I need DVD versions vs a BluRay for viewings away from my media room...) A-typical over-promises by Amazon product page and the Amazon MarketPlace seller's representations have me severely irked...

If I didn't REALLY like the film as much as I do, I'd ding down a few stars; but really, the film's really fine. Just consider carefully the disk count, bonus disk, value paid-for, but consider what is value... etc.

The Director's cut adds a more fleshed out version of the story and the commentary by Wiseman was informative and engaging.

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