The front cover has a black and star light background with a serious half-face of Arnold Schwarzenegger in blue. The back cover has a Mars sceen in the background with five smaller pictures of scenes; bedroom with Sharon Stone, fight scene with Sharon Stone, action scene with Rachel Ticotin, action scene with Arnold flying through the air, and a scene of Arnold holding the animated lady head. The recap states, "Arnold Schwarzenegger explodes out of the year 2084 A.D. with gut crunching, white knuckle, nonstop action, as he smashes his way through a horrifyingly real fantasy world, complete with a gorgeous but deadly wife (Sharon Stone), and into a mind-bending nightmarish reality of a Martian mining colony rulled over by a terrorizing dictator (Ronny Cox), who can alter reality to suit his whim. The red planet erupts with rebellious mutants, the fire of an alluring and mysterious woman (Rachel Ticotin) and a vicious and savage enemy. In this film, directed by Paul Verhoeven ("Robocop"), with special effects by Dream Quest (Academy Award for "The Abyss"), it"s total war, total action, total Schwarzenegger...TOTAL RECALL."