Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
“A hero who doesn't exist must save America from an enemy we never knew we had.”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 63, rated by 1 admin.
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A policeman receives a new identity and training for a secret assassination organisation. Fred Ward gives the unlikely apprenticeship a solid centre while the feats become increasingly fantastical. The adventure's tongue-in-cheek confidence remains appealing, alongside conspicuously dated racial casting and characterisation.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 4/10
- Plot
- 8.5/10
- Effects
- 4/10
- Dialogue
- 7/10
- Rewatchability
- 8/10
“The new identity comes with an exceptionally demanding training programme.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 63
Synopsis and movie facts
Tough Brooklyn street cop Sam Makin is unwillingly recruited as an assassin for a secret United States organization known as CURE, who fake his death and give him a new identity: Remo Williams. With his appearance surgically altered, Williams is trained to be a human killing machine by his aged, derisive and impassive Korean martial arts master Chiun.
- Released
- 1985
- Directed by
- Guy Hamilton
- Running time
- 121 min
Starring
- Fred Ward as Remo Williams
- Joel Grey as Chiun
- Wilford Brimley as Harold Smith
- J.A. Preston as Conn MacCleary
- George Coe as Gen. Scott Watson
- Kate Mulgrew as Maj. Rayner Fleming
- Charles Cioffi as George Grove
- Patrick Kilpatrick as Stone
Research behind this pick
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- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 10553.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review describes the strongly tongue-in-cheek approach and fantastical physical feats within a grounded action setting.
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