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Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
“A hero who doesn't exist must save America from an enemy we never knew we had.”
6.3 / 10• 1985• 2h 1m•PG-13• English
ActionAdventureComedy
Storyline
Tough Brooklyn street cop Sam Makin is unwillingly recruited as an assassin for a secret United States organization known as CURE, who fake his death and give him a new identity: Remo Williams. With his appearance surgically altered, Williams is trained to be a human killing machine by his aged, derisive and impassive Korean martial arts master Chiun.
Cast & Crew
Fred Ward
Remo Williams
Lead
Joel Grey
Chiun
Wilford Brimley
Harold Smith
J.A. Preston
Conn MacCleary
George Coe
Gen. Scott Watson
Kate Mulgrew
Maj. Rayner Fleming
Charles Cioffi
George Grove
Patrick Kilpatrick
Stone
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Guy Hamilton's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
