'Total Recall'

Ten reasons why this is a good flick:

1. It's violent. A lot more violent than I remember.

2. It's funny.

3. Arnold Schwarzenegger is likable. I think he realizes that he's a body builder that somehow tiptoed himself into Hollywood stardom and that he can't act. He knows this. He's not pulling anything over us. But this self-awareness is refreshing.

4. I like sci-fi that is accessible. Bleak, otherworldly sci-fi is harder to watch. Whereas "Total Recall" is just today's world ... years in the futures. People stay at hotels, go on vacation, ride the subway and have drinks.

5. It takes about 10 seconds for this film to get off the ground. Others take two hours.

6. Sharon Stone at her uber-hotness. It doesn't get better.

7. It is eerily like "Fifth Dimension." Another good flick.

8. I can name you a million worse plots in filmdom.

9. Johnny Cab.

10. The fact that it reinforces my belief in God. That the universe, our atmosphere isn't some random accident.