8 Obscure Background Movie Clues That Explained Everything

5. The Screens At Rekall Show It's All A Dream - Total Recall

Like Inception for people who like cheesy one-liners, Total Recall ends asking if Arnie awake or asleep; is he really a secret agent who saved an entire planet, or just a construction worker whose got lost in a commercially available fantasy? We can be here all day debating the implications of "blue skies on Mars" and the walls "crashing down" because, thanks to Paul Verhoeven smartly letting those bigger theological questions not get in the way of gracious violence and some still-impressive practical effects, that's only half of Total Recall's fun.

Unlike Inception, it's not the sort of movie that wants to be getting you musing on the finer things. However, for those of you looking there are some resolute clues to the true reality. While Schwarzenegger's Doug Quaid is prepping at visiting dream-company Rekall, the background monitors are full of elements relating to his later events - the alien air-production plant, his request for a brunette, athletic, sleazy and demure love interest produces Melina's image on the screen - immediately revealing everything that happens afterwards as a fictitious construct.

These clues are so often overlooked in favour of the more obvious verbal links, but are much harder to easily dismiss as mere coincidence.