Benny (Total Recall)

Benny is a supporting villain of the 1990 film, Total Recall. He is a mutant and secret agent working for Vilos Cohaagen by posing as a cab driver for Mars. He was portrayed by Mel Johnson, Jr..

Role
He first appeared when Douglas Quaid (the hero of the film) arrived to Mars to search for clues about the past identity as Carl Hauser, who was an secret agent working for Mars Intelligence. Upon receiving a note from Hauser about a place called The Last Resort where he should ask for a woman named Melina, Quaid receives a ride there from Benny, who explains to him about the effects of the cheaply-made drones that exposed early settler to become mutants.

Later on, as Cohaagen's right-hand man Richter and his men attempt to kill Quaid and Melina at the Hilton Hotel, the two receive a ride from Benny, who is now shocked to find out that he's now on the run against the authorities. After racing through the terbinium mines, Benny accidentally crashes his cab and follows both Quaid and Melina back to The Last Resort, seemingly fearing for his life. Going through an underground tunnel buried under The Last Resort, the three found the headquarters of the Resistance, who are fighting against Cohaagen's brutal reign and his abusive monopoly of selling air. Upon meeting the Resistance, Benny reveals himself to be a mutant, having developed an alien-like arm concealed under his fake human arm.

As the three head over to the Resistance headquarters, Quaid meets up with their leader Kuato (a deformed twin conjoined to his brother George), who helps him learn about a important discovery: Cohaagen and his men have discovered an alien reactor that can release oxygen into Mars' atmosphere that can render it breathable, but Cohaagen decided not to turn it out of pure greed for control of the colony.

Just then, Cohaagen's men arrive to the scene, slaughtering all of the Resistance members. Just as the heroes about to escape, Benny betrays them by shooting George to his death, revealing that he is league with Cohaagen all along. After Richter kills Kuato, Quaid and Melina are brought to Cohaagen, who explains that the Quaid persona, along with Benny's true occupation as a double agent, were all parts of Cohaagen's true plan to wipe the entire Resistance out. Cohaagen then orders Hauser's memory to be placed back into Quaid and for Melina for to be reprogrammed as Hauser's slave, but the two escaped and hurried to get through the mines to start the reactor. Benny manages to spot them as he rides a drilling machine, intending to finish them off once and for all. However, Quaid grabs a smaller drilling machine and sabotage's the vehicle's oil supply, much to Benny's anger as he says, "WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU?!!" Quaid then drills through the control panel, saying to Benny, "SCREW YOU!!!" Without hesitation, Quaid angrily shoves the machine through the panel onto Benny's chest, killing him instantly.