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Total Recall

1990 · Science fiction · Paul Verhoeven · 1h 53m

A construction worker who keeps dreaming of Mars buys an implanted memory of a holiday there and wakes up with people trying to kill him. Practical effects throughout, and a high body count.

  • Strongly fantastic
  • Clearly fast

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  • Minority Report

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    2002 · Science fiction

    In a Washington where murders are stopped before they happen, the cop who runs the unit is named by the system as a future killer and has to run from his own team. It is a chase with a mystery underneath it.

    • Clearly plot-driven
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    Describe: Minority Report

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  • The Matrix

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    1999 · Science fiction

    A software developer who moonlights as a hacker is told the world he lives in is not the real one, and is offered a look at it. Kung fu, long coats, and a lot of talk about what is actually there.

    • Strongly fantastic
    • Clearly fast
    • Clearly plot-driven

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    Describe: The Matrix

    Where does it sit? Neither end is better than the other.

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