Maps of Movies
Total Recall (1990)
Where Total Recall says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
Mars was shot in a Mexico City studio, a Nevada desert and a Metro station
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Scenes and places
Quaid at the construction site (1990)
Douglas Quaid works a construction job on Earth while the same dream about Mars and a mysterious woman keeps coming back.
Set in Construction site, Earth — Where Quaid works before the dreams push him toward Rekall.
The workplace of a man who feels his life is not his own.
Rekall, the memory company (1990)
Quaid asks Rekall for the vacation of a lifetime, a false memory of being a secret agent on Mars. The procedure goes wrong before it is finished.
Set in Rekall — The memory-implant company where Quaid chooses a Mars adventure.
A company that sells implanted memories instead of trips.
Filmed at Estudios Churubusco, Mexico City — The film was shot almost entirely on sets at Estudios Churubusco; no source ties this scene to a particular soundstage. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Earth train station (1990)
On the way home Quaid is attacked by men led by his colleague Harry. His instincts take over and he fights them off.
Set in Train station, Earth — The commuter station where Quaid's ordinary day turns violent.
A working Metro station standing in for a station of 2084.
Filmed at Chabacano station, Mexico City Metro — The English article says the Earth train station was filmed in the Mexico City Metro; Spanish and German articles name Chabacano, but no source says which scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Universidad station, Mexico City Metro — The German article names this station as another Metro location for the film; the scene is not specified. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Quaid apartment (1990)
At home Quaid's wife Lori attacks him and tells him their marriage is a false memory. He runs, with armed men on his trail.
Set in Quaid's home — The home where Quaid learns his life may be implanted.
A neat home that turns out to be part of the lie.
Filmed at Estudios Churubusco, Mexico City — Interiors of this kind were built on sets at Estudios Churubusco; no source names this specific set. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Mars, outside the domes (1990)
Quaid arrives on Mars, a colony under Cohaagen's iron rule, and has to stay ahead of Richter.
Set in Surface of Mars — The red wilderness outside the colony domes.
Red sandstone in the Mojave Desert, used as the planet's surface.
Filmed at Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada — Many exterior Mars scenes were shot in this desert park. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Martian hotel chase (1990)
In his hotel room Quaid is confronted by Lori and a doctor from Rekall, who say he is still at Rekall dreaming. Richter's men then close in.
Set in Hotel, Mars — The room where Quaid is told none of it is real.
A hotel on Mars, built on a Mexico City soundstage.
Filmed at Estudios Churubusco, Mexico City — The English article mentions an actor injured during the filming of the Martian hotel pursuit; it places the whole shoot on Churubusco sets. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The taxi escape (1990)
Melina rescues Quaid from Richter's men and the pair flee with taxi driver Benny, who drives them toward Venusville.
Set in City streets, Mars — The streets of the taxi getaway.
A real traffic circle in Mexico City.
Filmed at Glorieta de los Insurgentes, Mexico City — German and Spanish articles name this roundabout for the taxi chase; no English source confirms it. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Venusville (1990)
Quaid finds Venusville, where mutated people live under the cheap domes. There he meets Melina, the woman from his dreams.
Set in Venusville, Mars — The district where Quaid first meets Melina.
The district of mutated humans under the cheaply built domes.
Filmed at Estudios Churubusco, Mexico City — Venusville is part of the studio's forty-five sets; no source names the exact soundstage. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Kuato's hideout (1990)
The mutants lead Quaid and Melina to a hidden base. Their leader Kuato reads Quaid's mind and speaks of an alien reactor.
Set in Rebel base, Mars — The hideout of the leader of the resistance.
A hidden meeting place of the Martian resistance.
Filmed at Estudios Churubusco, Mexico City — The rebel hideout is a studio set; the source gives only the general statement about Churubusco. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The mines below the reactor (1990)
Quaid and Melina flee into the mines under the reactor. Richter and his men hunt them there.
Set in Mines, Mars — The tunnels of the turbinium mines.
Tunnels dug for the ore that makes Cohaagen rich.
The alien reactor (1990)
Cohaagen waits in the reactor control room. Quaid has to reach it before it is too late.
Set in Alien reactor, Mars — The mountain with an alien machine inside.
A 500,000-year-old alien machine built into a mountain; the shots were done with miniatures made in Los Angeles.
Characters
- Douglas Quaid — A construction worker on Earth who dreams of Mars and is drawn to Rekall.
- Melina — The woman from Quaid's dreams, who lives in Venusville.
- Richter — Cohaagen's operative who hunts Quaid.
- Vilos Cohaagen — The ruler who controls the mining of turbinium on Mars.
Questions answered on the map
- Which real train station is the Earth station in Total Recall?
- Where was the surface of Mars in Total Recall really filmed?