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The ‘Total Recall’ Trailer Is Here, But Forgot To Bring The Fun
The trailer for Len Wiseman’s highly anticipated remake of Total Recall has landed. Of course it’s up to everyone to make up their own mind on this, but it looks to have completely dropped the fun and satirical edge that the brilliant 1990 film had. I suppose the movie could still actually be good, but I never really had my hopes super up for this one and nothing has changed now that the trailer’s here. It just looks so rote and flat. I also can’t really buy John Cho in that role. More importantly though, what do you think?
In the remake, “Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), even though he’s got a beautiful wife (Kate Beckinsale) whom he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life – real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police – controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston) – there is no one Quaid can trust, except possibly a rebel fighter (Jessica Biel) working for the head of the underground resistance (Bill Nighy). The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate.”
Total Recall is in theaters August 3rd. Hit the jump for the trailer.
The towering Pirate Clark in Kane Parsons’ Backrooms was an almost entirely practical creation, with former basketball player Robert Bobroczkyi bringing the monstrous character to life on screen. The Romanian–Hungarian actor stands a towering 7-foot, 7″ tall, and he previously played the character known as the Offspring in Fede Alvarez’s Alien Romulus.
As Luiz H.C. noted in an article here on Bloody Disgusting last month, “Though there was some obvious CGI involved in making the character’s peg-leg and nightmarish face more believable, Robert Bobroczkyi’s monstrous performance and his natural frame helped to make that final chase sequence a clear highlight among this year’s genre offerings.”
How did they pull it all off? A behind the scenes documentary will be included on the upcoming Backrooms physical media release, and A24 is offering up a sneak peek this week.
A24 previews the footage released today, “Robert Bobroczkyi’s transformation into Pirate Clark from the exclusive making-of doc, only available on the Backrooms Blu-ray.”
“Pirate Clark is a monster. He understands his body. He knows what his powers are. What he can do. What his limitations are,” creature performer Robert Bobroczkyi explains in the clip. “So his movements and his actions are deliberate. He doesn’t just twitch for no reason.”
He adds, “The prosthetics include the two hand pieces, and then the helmet, the face, the head piece. The head’s quite heavy. You don’t see a lot out of it. But it’s really cool.”
Watch the footage below and pre-order your copy of Backrooms on Blu-ray or 4K now!
A24 is expecting to ship out Backrooms physical media orders in late August.
Robert Bobroczkyi’s transformation into Pirate Clark from the exclusive making-of doc, only available on the Backrooms Blu-ray. pic.twitter.com/yAWdscUOkD
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