Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, also released as Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous, is a 1985 American action-adventure film directed by Guy Hamilton. The film featured Fred Ward, Joel Grey, J. A. Preston, Wilford Brimley, and Kate Mulgrew. (Wikipedia)
A New York cop who wakes up from a mysterious accident with a new identity. He finds himself in the employ of a secret unit which was set up to investigate a dangerous industrialist whose organisation has secured several government armaments contracts, including a top-secret strategic defence system.
One of my absolute favorite movies when I was a kid.
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, also released as Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous, is a 1985 American action-adventure film directed by Guy Hamilton.
The film featured Fred Ward, Joel Grey, J. A. Preston, Wilford Brimley, and Kate Mulgrew.
Plot:
An officially “dead” police officer is trained to become an e assassin to protect the US President.
Trivia:
The character is based on The Destroyer pulp paperback series, featuring the character Remo Williams.
It fared poorly in theaters and received mixed reviews from critics, although it did earn Joel Grey a Golden Globe nomination.
The film and a Remo Williams television pilot A TV pilot where Jeffrey Meek was cast as Remo Williams and Roddy McDowall as Chiun credited Dick Clark as executive producer.
The film was supposed to be the first of a series based on The Destroyer series of novels.
A significant setpiece within the film takes place at the Statue of Liberty, which was surrounded by scaffolding for its centenary restoration during this period. A replica of the Statue’s torso, head and arm was built in Mexico. The shots of the replica were intercut with footage shot at the real Statue of Liberty.
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Makeup at the 58th Academy Awards, but lost to Mask.
KL Studio Classics released the film on Blu ray, it sells for about $20.
Below in the trailer for the film, enjoy and Be A Kid Again….
