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Excellent but underrated film

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

I stumbled upon "The Recall" by sheer luck. I picked it up, saw who was in it and read the synopsis. Right, well this was not going to be a spectacular in Hollywood cinema, for sure. But still, I decided to sit down and watch the movie, as Wesley Snipes do have some good enough movies every now and then."The Recall" turned out to be fair enough entertainment, but hardly brought anything new or revolutionary to the alien visitor genre.I will say that the movie certainly had good special effects and CGI. However, it was plagued by an overly generic storyline, which sort of slowly drained the enjoyment away in small fragments.It should also be said that they had some good acting in the movie, and the cast definitely lived up to performing adequately in bringing their characters to life on the screen.Now, the movie certainly did have some flaws, of course. One of the biggest and most annoying was how very convenient the alien ship just happened to have an easily accessed passage that allowed for Charlie to roam about the ship.All in all, "The Recall" is adequately entertaining for a single viewing. Just don't expect anything spectacular here and you will not be too disappointed.

I don't normally rate movies as generally I try to find something I like about them to not bother with a rating.....however this movie is an exception. It is a complete waste of your time and the $4 rental fee....

The premise seemed okay to me at first. Red Dawn or Tomorrow, When the War Began; but with Aliens. It was nowhere near either of those films. The alien (singular) was nothing special. The special effects were amateur looking. The acting was abysmal. Wesley Snipes who used to be a king of the screen, was trying too hard to be a troubled bad***, while the rest of the cast weren't believable as real people. The story line and acting were flat.I saw this for free and still want a refund. I was hoping something would happen to pay off for the time watching, but it did not. 90 minutes lost :(

Five friends leave L.A. to hit the wilderness for a fun, relaxing vacation. Little do they know that Earth is the subject of an alien abduction and a target of mass destruction. That's the essence of The Recall, my latest review.Damaging the reputation of Canadian productions to a fault, "Recall" contains an Uber-twist and readily shortcuts its overall premise. It pastes some of its out of place scenes right from the get-go. One involves an unconnected, storm discovery at an Alaskan weather station. The other has to do with unknown astronauts getting their ears blown out in outer space. These clips vaguely connect to the overall plot and I do mean vaguely. A 1990 offering with a similar title (Total Recall), is ten times more exciting.Of all people, The Recall is produced by and co-stars Wesley Snipes. You wonder if Snipes was better off staying in prison for failing to file tax returns as opposed to appearing in the swipe that is "Recall". It's good to see that he's trying to be relevant again but his raspy, Snipes-like demeanor feels like it's coming from another flick altogether.Wesley gives a decent performance in The Recall as a renegade, extraterrestrial hunter. However, he is the only compelling thing in it. "Recall" is one of the cheesiest, most low budget offerings to ever enter the science fiction, horror canon. In jest, it's the equivalent of Predator, Cabin Fever, The 5th Wave, The Forgotten, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind committing a solitary gang bang. The cinematic toddler emerges and you could truly call it illegitimate. Hollywood may be germane but with "Recall", it reeks of assembly line fodder.All in all, it takes a good forty-five minutes for The Recall to get going. Added to that, the actors are all good-looking yet stereotypical with the ET taking element appearing customary and fairly outdated. There are times when you actually laugh at this movie calling it a special effects parody (the alien species look like red, tacky jellyfish). Other times, you roll your eyes at how "Recall's" twenty-something characters can be so run-of-the-mill and so wonted. Bottom line: With The Recall, Redbox fails anew for trying to be a credible way to rent something. No need to "recall" this thing after you see it. Rating: 1 and a half stars.