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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 0026359367632 Format: NTSC Label: Hbo Home Video Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video Publisher: Hbo Home Video Release Date: April 01, 1992 Running Time: 121 minutes Sales Rank: 65890 Studio: Hbo Home Video Theatrical Release Date: October 11, 1985
Amazon.com: Talk about hubris: this film, released at the height of sequelmania in the mid-1980s, came with its own intimations of future sequels built right into the title. Unfortunately, you have to make a good first film in order to generate follow-ups--something these filmmakers didn't manage--so the adventure began and ended with this one. Based on the pulp paperback adventure series The Destroyer, the film deals with a ne'er-do-well, Remo Williams (Fred Ward), who is recruited to battle the forces of evil. He is trained by an Asian martial arts master who, in those days before political correctness, was played by Joel Grey in heavy makeup. But the action is both forced and preposterous, jokey without every really being funny. The best thing about the film is Grey--and his stereotyped depiction of an Asian is pretty hard to take today. --Marshall Fine
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Rating: - Remo Williams - The Adventure DELIVERS
For a movie that was made over 20 years ago, Remo still entertains. You'll remember Chun and Remo, and the classic running on quick-sand, dodging bullets, and balancing on anything - but you'll have forgotten the great look at 'advanced technology' such as the top secret 'interweb' used to find information from around the world - all based on a desktop computer and attached to a library full of ten foot servers. I have had to watch this movie several times since I purchased it - at a great price - because anyone that grew up in the eighties remembers it and likes to be entertained by this light ... Read More
Rating: - The Adventure Begins
I like the premise of this movie being that a man's death is faked so that a top secret agency can give him a new identity and arm this person with new skills to take out the enemy... It is fun to see Fred Ward's Character undergo such a change and through these changes & training become a "secret weapon" to help with both domestic and foreign affairs....
However, this movie doesn't stand up well against the test of time. It is very dated & filled with all of the 1980's cliches, bad music, cheesy bad guys and various other stereotypes galore! Some of the humor and action were ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent 80's action film, with just the right amount of humor!
I doubt that ANYONE has ever truly known how to properly market this film. Simply looking at the DVD box artwork is an indication of that fact. Movie posters even featured four slightly different working titles;
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins...
Remo: The Adventure Begins...
Remo: The First Adventure
Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous (Title in the UK)
Remo Williams is a very entertaining film that unfortunately never found an audience. While the film does suffer from a few script and directing related issues, one cannot deny that casting was perfect. Fred ... Read More
Rating: - Remo and Chuin deserve better
As a kid, I LOVED this movie. After I read the series, I didn't like it as much. Fred Ward and Joel Grey certainly had the right look (although Chuin's attire wasn't proper, but his acting was perfect as Chuin). The origin was totally stupid, and McCleary wasn't portrayed right, either. This movie deserves a remake!
Rating: - The best there was, for the era
Enough has been written here about this typical action film, but an ignored beauty is Joel Grey's deft performance of an old Korean master. Though in heavy makeup (Grey is not as ancient as the character Master Chuun) Grey was commended for the most sensitive and accurate performance of an Asian character by a white actor. Sounds racist, but the critics at the time really meant it. Yellowface was still in vogue. Very true to the culture, from his accent to the attitude that women are fairly worthless, from his love of soaps to his love of assassination, Grey nails this character. I doubt that the great ... Read More
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