If you loved Starship Troopers, try Total Recall

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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1997 · dir. Paul Verhoeven

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Both films are directed by Paul Verhoeven, and they both carry the mindfuck, neon soaked mood tags, and they sit in Action / Adventure / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to Starship Troopers, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Total Recall is

Mars posters plaster a construction worker's apartment, summer heat, jackhammers outside. A fake vacation to the red planet via Rekall technology unravels into a chaotic reality. Verhoeven's lens turns a commercial thrill into a philosophical puzzle.

If you loved Starship Troopers, try Total Recall

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What they share

What Total Recall is

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If you loved Starship Troopers, try Total Recall

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What Total Recall is

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