Synopsis
An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinary unique assassin in service of the U.S. President.
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Cast
- Fred WardRemo Williams
- Joel GreyChiun
- Wilford BrimleyHarold Smith
- J.A. PrestonConn MacCleary
- George CoeGen. Scott Watson
- Kate MulgrewMaj. Rayner Fleming
- Charles CioffiGeorge Grove
- Patrick KilpatrickStone
- Michael PatakiJim Wilson
- Davenia McFaddenN.Y. Traffic Control Cop
Recommendations
- 90
Los Angeles Times
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. - 75
Chicago Tribune
Despite its rather arrogant title for a first film, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, a series could lurk inside this drawnout, but often spectacular and funny adventure film. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
An above-average thriller, offering a fresh hero based on "The Destroyer" series of novels (at least 120 of which are currently available). - 50
The Atlantic
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. - 50
Miami Herald
Though directed by Guy Hamilton, who has made four Bond films, Remo Williams is lackluster of pace and quite clumsy in the telling. And though no one demands devotion to verisimilitude in this kind of thing, a plot this ridden with holes is not an auspicious beginning. It seems unlikely that an audience that already has Rocky and Rambo needs a Remo. [11 Oct 1985, p.D1] - 40
Variety
The film [based on The Destroyer series by Richard Sapir and Warren Murphy] never seems to know where it's going and, when the smoke has cleared, doesn't seem to have got there either. - 40
CineVue
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. - 40
Time Out
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.
