The Destroyer: The Movie

 

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)

Directed by Guy Hamilton 

This is one of the many movies that reminds me of visiting my father on the weekends. He was really excited to see this picture and for good reason. This flick is absolutely amazing because of one thing: Fred Ward. He is a above the rest kind of actor who totally kicks ass in a little picture called Tremors. That's right Tremors, best giant worm eating human movie ever. Don't give me that Dune shit, everyone knows that flick was terrible.

Anyway where was I; oh yeah Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins. The movie is based on a series of books called The Destroyer series. What a series this is, there are over 100 novels in the series. I for one want to see all 145+ books made into movies. Sure it take awhile but I think it would be worth and the world would be better off. Show me one reference where I am wrong.

Go ahead.

Nothing?

That's what I thought. 

Remo is about a cop that is recruited into a secret United States organization called CURE. They are a group of assassins that have been around since WWI and work outside of the law. CURE fakes Remo's death and presto he is Remo Williams assassin for the US. He is trained in Sinanju an ancient kung-fu by Chiun, played by Joel Grey. Yes it is Jennifer Grey's father, the girl with the big nose from Red Dawn. Grey is not Asian, it was make up and they won an Oscar for it. Hey my first Oscar winning on Video Junkie.

The movie is directed by Guy Hamilton, director of a shit load of James Bond movies. Right there you know this will rock because Remo is an American spy, just not to smart and not many women. The movie also has Wilford Brimley, you know the guy that gives people diabetes or what ever he does now. He plays the head of CURE and Remo's boss.

A large part of the movie is Remo training with Chiun. Some of the funniest scenes are with Ward and Grey. They develop a real father son kinship. Remo learns to walk on water and dodge bullets, what else would you learn as a assassin for the United States. Right there you know the film is based in facts not like those silly Bond movies.

This really is a great movie and pretty funny in some parts with lots of action sprinkled here and there. 

It's nice to watch this again and remember that Saturday afternoon when my father took me to see a little known movie call Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins. If we can only get Hollywood to do The Adventure Continues that would be a gold mine.

So check out Remo you won't be disappointed. This movie makes me want to eat a lot of rice for some reason.

9/10