Dinesh Kamath's article on Movie 'Total Recall' that was published in Newsband

Total Recall is an upcoming 2012 American science fiction action film, based on the 1966 short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick. Unlike the original 1990 film, the plot of this new version lacks a trip to Mars and contains strong political overtones. In addition, the film also blends Western and Eastern influences together, due to the fact that the two nation states, New Shanghai and Euroamerica are battling for political power.

It is directed by Len Wiseman, written by Mark Bomback, James Vanderbilt, and Kurt Wimmer, starring Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, Bryan Cranston, John Cho and Bill Nighy.

The film has an interesting plot. In a futuristic political setting of 2084, after being devastated by war, Earth is divided into two superpowers, Euroamerica/Western Hemisphere and New Shanghai/Eastern Hemisphere, who are locked in a battle for supremacy. In this world lives Doug Quaid (Colin Farrell), a factory worker suffering from violent nightmares. Dissatisfied with lowly existence, Quaid visits Rekall, a corporation that provides its clients with implanted artificial memories of the lives they would like to have. McClane (John Cho), a Rekall representative, finds that Quaid has already had his memory erased and demands to know why Quaid has come to Rekall. Armed men shoot and kill McClane and other Rekall employees before Quaid kills them. He returns home to his wife Lori (Kate Beckinsale) who, after trying to kill him, reveals that he really is a secret agent and she is not really his wife. Now he is on the run and he joins forces with a rebel agent named Melina (Jessica Biel) while he tries to unravel the secrets of his own mind while fighting the Euroamerican military led by Vilos Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston).

The film has * Colin Farrell as Douglas "Doug" Quaid/Hauser a simple worker suffering from strange violent dreams; * Kate Beckinsale as Lori Quaid, Quaid's "wife"; * Jessica Biel as Melina, a member of the Resistance;    * Bryan Cranston as Vilos Cohaagen, a powerful and ruthless corporate leader and the film's primary antagonist; * Bokeem Woodbine as Harry, Quaid's best friend; * Bill Nighy as Matthias Lair, a Euromerican rebel leader; *John Cho as Bob McClane, a rep for Rekall who offers Quaid the chance to experience an imagined adventure; * Steve Byers as Henry Reed;   * Bianca Lawson as Elena; * Ethan Hawke; * Kaitlyn Leeb as The Seductive Woman (aka Three-Breasted Woman).  

Total Recall is undoubtedly an interesting film to watch. So do watch it when it gets released on 3 August 2012.