Adapted from Philip K. Dick’s short story We Can Remember It For You Wholesale, the film tells the story of a construction worker who suddenly finds himself embroiled in espionage on Mars and unable to determine if the experiences are real or the result of memory implants. Studiocanal's 4K restoration, supervised by Paul Verhoeven, from a scan of the original 35mm negative was made at Technicolor LA in tiff 16 bits format. TOTAL RECALL was one of the earliest films to use computer-generated images for special effects (winning the Special Achievement Award for Visual Effects, Academy Awards® 1991).