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Remo Williams
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by MGM (Video & DVD)
Sales Rank: 33765
Price: $6.94
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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. <I>--Marshall Fine</I>
Viewer Reviews
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 hearted action comedy.
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