Reviews of Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins... 1985
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I have a sentimental attachment to this movie.It is so damn fun. Joel Grey really steals all his scenes as Chiun.
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Estaba en el mood de ver perros caminando por la cuerda floja
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While not the most faithful adaptation of the superb series of pulpy "The Destroyer" novels that I grew up on, and am INTENT in turning into a hard-hitting TV show, Remo Williams is an excellent attempt at creating an up-to-date (at the time) American Bond franchise character, and it's a shame it was not more successful. Fred Ward and Joel Grey shine in their roles as Remo and Chiuin, ably supported by Wilford Brimley, Richard Roundtree and Kate Mulgrew. The…
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Not quite a mess, not quite NOT a mess, this film is somewhere on the dusty shelves of history, just sort of...existing. There are some laughs and some great stunts, but overall it's mediocre. Too bad that Fred Ward didn't have a better script and a little more action to back him up, as I think playing Remo suits him well, and could have made for a nice little action franchise.
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Remo: Unarmed And Dangerous is a bit of an 80s curio. Certainly, it wasn't a decade that was short of action comedies and whilst the type did, for the most part, focus on the 'buddy' formula, you did get the occasional film that really didn't fit any category like this.
New York cop and Vietnam vet Fred Ward has his death faked so that he can be trained as an assassin for a top secret government organisation - training undertaken…
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A fairly good action film, though it's pretty apparent why it didn't spawn the series that it hoped to. It has one really great action scene mid-film, but what comes before and after is disappointing. Fred Ward makes an interesting lead, but he's given so little to do during the incredibly long training scenes that his appeal really starts to wane. The concluding action sequences are dull and by the numbers. Although Joel Grey does a good job as Ward's…
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"Remo – Unbewaffnet und gefährlich"