{"id":28162,"date":"2022-02-13T22:56:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T06:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=28162"},"modified":"2022-02-13T22:56:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T06:56:39","slug":"review-remo-williams-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2022\/02\/review-remo-williams-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins<\/em><\/strong> probably has a decent concept but the execution wasn\u2019t the best and Fred Ward, as fine of a character he might be, doesn\u2019t quite work in the lead. Still, there is some entertainment value.<\/p>\n

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Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Action, Adventure<\/span>
\nKino Lorber| PG13 \u2013 121 min. \u2013 $24.95 | February 15, 2022<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 02\/13\/2022 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Director: <\/strong>Guy Hamilton
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Richard Sapir & Warren Murphy (\u2018The Destroyer\u2019 stories); Christopher Wood (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Wilford Brimley, J.A. Preston, George Coe, Charles Cioffi, Kate Mulgrew, Mark Melnick<\/p>\n

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DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Commentary, Featurettes, Radio Spot, Theatrical Trailer
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>Yes
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/span><\/p>\n
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Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 2.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.85
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>46.62 GB
\nTotal Bitrate: <\/strong>34.71 Mbps
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/span><\/p>\n
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Kino Lorber provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
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THE MOVIE \u2014 2\u00bd\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Plot Synopsis: <\/strong>When a street-smart NYPD cop (FRED WARD) regains consciousness after a bizarre mugging, he has a new face and a new identity. Now he\u2019s Remo Williams, the #1 recruit of a top-secret organization, and he\u2019s toppling evil at every turn \u2014 even atop the Statue of Liberty. Trained by a quirky martial arts master (JOEL GREY) to dodge bullets, brave terrifying heights and thwart attackers with his bare hands, Remo becomes the ultimate criminal exterminator. But when he faces off against a corrupt millionaire (CHARLES CIOFFI) and his army of henchmen, the real adventure begins.<\/p>\n

Quick Hit Review: Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins<\/em><\/strong> was the first and only theatrical film and it\u2019s one strange movie, the first half especially as I did not expect to see Fred Ward being trained by a white guy playing a Korean in bad prosthetic makeup (and making jokes about white people no less). Beyond that, the central plot takes a while to develop with the primary focus on Fed Ward being trained in the ways of… Koreans I guess, before we get to a second half, and more specifically third act, with this agent of a top secret organization (of only 3) to take down a corrupt millionaire duping the government, which let\u2019s be honest, probably not a tall order.<\/p>\n

Beyond that, this a rather forgettable action-adventure from the 1980s that didn\u2019t lead to any kind of a franchise (there was a 1988 TV movie, Remo Williams: The Prophesy<\/em> where only the last 15-minutes aired due to a presidential address by Reagan (it would air in full on a movie channel years later). Fred Ward is a fine supporting actor but not in a leading role and the whole yellow face with Joel Grey playing a Korean was cringey, but the norm back then (see Fisher Stevens in brown face for Short Circuit<\/em>). And I\u2019m not exactly PC, but it was distracting.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 3\u00bd\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with a matted slip cover<\/strong>. Most of the features were ported over from the Twilight Time release.<\/p>\n

Audio Commentary<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Film Historians Eddy Friedfeld, Lee Pfeiffer, and Paul Scrabo<\/p>\n

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