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- 1985
- PG-13
- Orion Pictures
- 2 h 1 m
- 1985
- PG-13
- Orion Pictures
- 2 h 1 m
Summary An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinary unique assassin in service of the US President.
Directed By: Guy Hamilton
Written By: Richard Sapir, Warren Murphy, Christopher Wood, Guy Hamilton
- 1985
- PG-13
- Orion Pictures
- 2 h 1 m
- 1985
- PG-13
- Orion Pictures
- 2 h 1 m
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
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Summary An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinary unique assassin in service of the US President.
Directed By: Guy Hamilton
Written By: Richard Sapir, Warren Murphy, Christopher Wood, Guy Hamilton
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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17% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
58% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
25% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
46
17% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
58% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
25% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Remo Williams is a slam-bang action-adventure loaded with surprises. Just when you think it's going to be just another bone-cruncher steeped in patriotic paranoia, it sends itself up hilariously. Remo Williams has some of the funniest, brightest dialogue heard on screen all year.
An above-average thriller, offering a fresh hero based on "The Destroyer" series of novels (at least 120 of which are currently available).
You can get carried along by the exuberance and likability of Remo: The Adventure Begins , only to have the despair of the pop mythology underneath it catch up with you the morning after.
Dodgy business magnate Cioffi is up to no good in the armaments world, but even he can't ship an extra consignment of charisma to a picture that suffers from able character performer Ward's lack of leading-man presence or physique.
That’s not to say that it’s a complete wash-out. The film comes to vivid life during Remo’s ridiculous yet hugely entertaining training sequences, and there are flashes of inventiveness and personality elsewhere. It’s just a shame that more often than not, the film feels like a stunt performance showreel – complete with distracting pre-CG concealing wire work – with not enough investment in character or pacing.
Ward, a gruff, amiable presence, has the stuff of an appealing blue-collar hero, but he hasn't got a chance with the feeble setup the filmmakers have given him: he's made the butt of meathead jokes for 60 minutes (as he tries to cope with the rigors of Chiun's training) and then plopped down in the middle of a slipshod intrigue, where his success has more to do with luck than any of the skills he has supposedly mastered.
The most elementary requirement of an action movie is that the hero know the score, be in command -- it lends tension to the moments when he's not in command -- a requirement that screen writer Christopher Wood blithely neglects. Aw, forget it -- just tell me when it ends.
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 2 Nominations
