NipPierce Wow, this is a REALLY bad movie!

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Melanie Bouvet The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Benas Mcloughlin Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

A_Different_Drummer Step in the WayBack machine, Sherman, and come with me to the 1970s. Before computers. People used to get their entertainment from something called "books" and these were sold in something called "bookstores." Also drugstores, variety stores, airports. Within the realm of books, there were two main classes. Mainstream. And speciality. Specialty did not get a lot of a attention, it was in effect, the "dirty little secret" of the industry but it was massively profitable if a title or series took off. Which brings us to the Destroyer series, originally started by Warren Murphy (in this case NOT writing with his wife, but a third party). It arrived without much fanfare and was intended for the same audience that made, for example, the Executioner series a hit. But, as Murphy himself would later reveal, he just couldn't do it, he could write it "straight." So, this tale of an American ex-cop, presumed dead, trained by the last surviving Master of Sinanju (a Korean martial arts dynasty that claimed to have originated all the martial arts, that claimed to have consistently served the greatest rulers of the world back into pre-history) was written somewhat tongue-in-cheek. It was at the same time a fun and manly action series, and also social satire. (For example, Chuin, the current Master, refuses to dispense his services for free, unless someone accidentally commits the sin of interfering with his greatest passion, which is watching daytime soap operas, in which case the bodies start to pile up very quickly. Considered the deadliest man alive, to him "all mankind is merely targets in motion.") The series appears to have become the bestselling "man's series" of all time. Numbers are hard to get, but we are talking tens of millions sold. The phenomenon rivalled the success of the Mickey Spillane series in the 1950s, another "dirty little secret" in publishing. The record will show that, wisely, no Hollywood producer ever tried to make a film of the Executioner series. But hubris is hubris and Dick Clark ("the" Dick Clark) ventured where angels feared to tread. It would have been hard to do for a top-flight producer like for example Sam Raimi. For these clowns it was impossible. This is a truly horrible film that captures none of the fun of the books. Audiences (ie, male audiences who recognized what was being attempted) got the message real fast and told their friends. This film verily defines the word flop. And it did not help that Clark was so taken by his own brilliance that the film was released in theatres (no kidding) with the title REMO WILLIAMS THE ADVENTURE BEGINS. No, Dick, it didn't. It ended. And deservedly so.FOR FILM HISTORIANS: Interesting factoid, in spite of many attempts there has never been a successful film version of Mickey Spillaine's character EITHER!

Dan Ashley (DanLives1980) A classic American '80's action film that plays like an adult version of The Karate Kid; Remo Williams is a hybrid genre of classic American Martial Arts/Spy Thriller; more well crafted and enjoyable than Black Eagle or any other rare kind of that era.It's an action film that counts on few bare necessities and boasts more choreographed stunts than it does special effects. Majorly, it provides us with a well crafted human drama that is perfectly acted out between the actors and boasts an original sense of humour that surpassed The Karate Kid's "Master and Student" comedy formula, simply because it's more mature than Karate Kid.Some pass the film off as far-fetched but with hair-raising stunts being performed on top of towering fairground rides and the Statue of Liberty, who cares? What about the dogs walking the tightrope during the attempted sabotage or Chiun walking on water? It's just so much fun to watch! I still wish I could kill a man with my fingers after watching that film, it'd shorten the queue at KFC but I'll happily settle for my copy of this amazing film!

zshrj02 When Maj. Rayner Fleming gets confronted about "who's she working for?" while on her way of the general's office, she places the clipboard, she was carrying out, on the meeting desk, and picks up the photos, turns around and serves up a confident retort to accusations. However, when she demonstratively leaves the room after picking up her hat, she "forgets" the clipboard on the meeting desk. The movie itself is a great little flick I enjoyed many times. Although acting isn't much to speak of, it surely fits well in the era when flick was shot. Some of the props are legendarily funny, the "computer" was a joke when this was shot. Right now, I let a loud roar of laughter when I see it. Still, in a twisted way, this is a "feel good" movie to me and I am sure I will be seeing it over and over again in the future.

Jonathon Dabell Screen writer Christopher Wood (who wrote the Bond films The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker) and director Guy Hamilton (who helmed the Bond films Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, Live And Let Die and The Man With The Golden Gun) join forces for this amusing and wholly improbable adventure flick. Based on the "Destroyer" series by Richard Sapir and Warren Murphy, there's a very real sense that this was to be the first in a series of films… but for one reason or another none of the proposed sequels were ever made. It could be assumed that the film isn't very good, hence the decision not to go ahead with any of the follow-ups - but that wouldn't be fair. Despite a degree of goofiness and some hammy performances, Remo Williams – The Adventure Begins is likable enough.Tough New York cop Samuel Makin (Fred Ward) is almost killed in an attack one evening. When he comes round in hospital he is bewildered to discover he has a new face, new fingerprints and new identity. He learns that he has been recruited into an ultra secret organisation dedicated to fighting crime. Makin is renamed "Remo Williams" and a Korean martial arts master named Chiun (Joel Grey) is entrusted with training him until he is skilled enough to be an agent. Chiun teaches Remo various strategies to improve his strength, speed and agility. Soon enough Remo is ready for action. He is sent by his boss Harold Smith (Wilford Brimley) to investigate a series of suspicious accidents involving army weaponry that have left a number of American soldiers dead. A shady company called Grove Industries, fronted by George Grove (Charles Cioffi), has been cutting corners in their production of military weaponry, making millions of dollars from inadequate products while placing everyday soldiers' lives in jeopardy. Grove will stop at nothing – including murder – to keep his affairs secret. But Remo has been assigned to bring Grove's organisation to its knees and, with his new martial arts skills and lightning agility, he means to do just that….Ward is a suitably abrasive, tough presence as the film's hero, while Grey has considerable fun hamming it up as his Korean trainer. Neither performance is a shining example of screen acting, but both men nonetheless bounce off each other with good-natured enthusiasm that upholds the spirit of the film. Particularly memorable highlights of the film include a dizzying action sequence on the Statue Of Liberty, which contains some hair-raising stunt work, and a fast-paced climax in the forests of the American Northwest. There are, it must be added, some ridiculously silly moments during the film. It's all good and well saying it is meant to be treated as light-hearted fun, but scenes of Remo running across sand and cement without leaving footprints, or dodging bullets fired at point blank range, topple into a realm of absurdity that is hard to accept. Also the very half-hearted attempts to create an element of romance between the hero and a hard-nosed lady army officer, played by Kate Mulgrew, are a woeful failure. Remo Williams – The Adventure Begins is no masterpiece, but if you're after a couple of hours of easy-going entertainment you could do a lot worse.