Editing Total Recall (1990 film) (section)

===Aftermath===
Following ''Total Recall'', Schwarzenegger's popularity continued to grow as he went on to star in ''[[Kindergarten Cop]]'' (1990), ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]'' (1991), and ''[[True Lies]]'' (1994), earning over $1{{nbsp}}billion combined at the box office and solidifying his status as the most popular international film celebrity, based on surveys of studio executives and talent agents.<ref name="ringer june2020"/><ref name="LATimesPremiere"/> Verhoeven worked with Stone again when he directed the box office success ''[[Basic Instinct]]'' (1992) for Carolco.<ref name="DOGRiseandFallofCarolco"/><ref name="NYTimesStone"/> Despite their desire to collaborate on another project, Schwarzenegger and Verhoeven did not work together again. Their last attempt to do so, the big-budget historical drama ''Crusade'', was abandoned by Carolco in the mid-1990s in favor of ''[[Cutthroat Island]]'' (1995), a box office flop that contributed to Carolco entering bankruptcy the same year.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="ringer june2020"/><ref name="DOGRiseandFallofCarolco"/><ref name="LATimesCarolcoLoss"/><ref name="NYTimesCarolcoLoss"/><ref name="NYTimesCarolcoLoss2"/><ref name="NYTimesCarolcoBankruptcy"/><ref name="LATimesCarolcoBankruptcy"/>}}

Shusett and Goldman did not like aspects of ''Total Recall'', believing it was overly long and failed to make the audience care about the mutants, as well as disliking the excessive swearing, violence, and deaths. They also thought the special effect of Schwarzenegger's and Ticotin's swelling heads went on too long and, alongside Verhoeven, they regretted the rushed post-production and lack of test screenings to solicit feedback that could have led to a "tighter" re-edit on the third act.{{sfn|Hughes|2012|p=72}} ''Total Recall'' also failed to impress Cronenberg, who believed Schwarzenegger was not the right actor for the lead role.{{sfn|Hughes|2012|p=65}} Two lawsuits followed the film's release. John J. Goncz, a prop maker, sued for $3{{nbsp}}million alleging that his credit was removed from ''Total Recall'' after he refused permission for Carolco to merchandise a survival knife he made for it. A separate suit, also for $3{{nbsp}}million, was brought by the Southern California Consortium, who said ''Total Recall'' used animated sequences they had created for scientific videos about planets orbiting the Sun. The outcomes of these lawsuits are unknown.<ref name="AFIBio"/>