50 Greatest Action Movies Of All Time

13. Total Recall (1990)

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One of the most expensive movies ever made when it was released, Total Recall features some incredible practical effects and modelwork, not to mention the large helpings of graphic violence and subversive humour people had come to expect from Paul Verhoeven.

The all-too-serious and pretty terrible 2010 remake only served to highlight everything that made this version so special; Arnold Schwarzenegger both pokes fun at and lives up to his action hero persona in a fun, fast-paced and gloriously entertaining sci-fi actioner.

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