Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
1985 · Movie · PG-13 · 121 min · ★ 6.3 · 44% critics
A tough city cop is pulled into a secret government program, declared dead, and given a new identity. Forced into intense training under a strict martial-arts mentor, he’s reshaped into a covert operative while trying to make sense of his new life and the shadowy mission he’s been assigned.
Based on The Destroyer
Also known as Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous
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Details
- Years
- 1985
- Release date
- 1985-10-11
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 44/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (281 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a campy, lighthearted 1980s action-comedy with oddball training scenes and a secret-agency hook; Not for you if you need tight logic, nonstop action, or modern sensibilities like Big Trouble in Little China.
Pros: fun 80s adventure vibe; entertaining training sequences; amusing mentor-student banter | Cons: plot holes and nonsense; uneven tone; scarce action scenes
Themes
- martial arts
- based on novel or book
- new identity
- secret agent
- agent
- statue of liberty
- action comedy
- spies
- yellowface
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1986 · nominated
Cast & crew
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
Michael Pataki
as Jim Wilson
Davenia McFadden
as N.Y. Traffic Control Cop
Directed by Guy Hamilton