Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)

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Guy Hamilton Director previously directed Evil Under the Sun

A New York police officer is "killed" in the line of duty, only to be resurrected with a new face and name by a secretive government agency as an assassin and is trained by an eccentric Asian master in a legendary martial arts to accomplish the impossible.
Trivia:

Several of the actors who auditioned for the role of Remo Williams actually professed to be proficient in the art of Sinanju, the martial arts taught to Remo by Chiun. Apparently, they were unaware that this particular style of martial arts was entirely fictional.

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Quote: Remo Williams

How old are you, Chiun? I mean, you are old, right?

Chiun

For an apricot, yes. For a head of lettuce, even more so. But for a mountain, I have not begun in years! For a man, I am just right.

Remo Williams

And now, I know.

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Cast
Fred Ward Remo Williams
Joel Grey Chiun
Wilford Brimley Harold Smith
J.A. Preston Conn MacCleary
George Coe Gen. Scott Watson
Charles Cioffi George Grove
Kate Mulgrew Maj. Rayner Fleming
Patrick Kilpatrick Stone
Michael Pataki Jim Wilson
Davenia McFadden NYC traffic control cop
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Overview

Adapted from the best selling pulp fiction novels of Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir known as "The Destroyer", this film was an attempt to create a franchise of movies based on the novels. A NYPD police officer and former Marine Corps veteran, Samuel "Sam" Edward Mankin is set up and apparently killed in the line of duty. In actuality, he is rescued and is recruited by CURE, a top secret agency of the United States government that is answerable only to the President. His fingerprints and face are surgically altered and his records are wiped in order for him to become the sole enforcement arm of the agency, designated to kill targets or threats to the United States. To accomplish this task, he is trained by Chiun, a mysterious and aged Korean in a mythic martial arts that trains Remo to perform superhuman feats such as dodging bullets, running over wet cement, and other abilities.

It was directed by Guy Hamilton and starred Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Wilford Brimley, Kate Mulgrew, and Charles Cioffi.

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General Information Edit
Name Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
US Release Oct. 11, 1985
UK Release
AUS Release Feb. 13, 1986
Runtime 121
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English
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Action
Adventure
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Rating PG-13
Alias(es) Remo Williams: The First Adventure
Remo Williams: Unarmed and Dangerous
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