| NightRanger |
03-31-2005 09:08 PM |
Anyone ever seen this movie? It's about a guy who is presumed dead, but is really just give:
A new identity
A new face
New fingerprints
And a new name:REMO WILLIAMS.......
The film is very action packed and funny, and Chuin is just downright hilarious.
| Lady Tesser |
04-11-2005 08:03 PM |
The books are hella better - all under the title of 'The Destroyer' - numbering in the hundreds now. They even joked about scenes from the movie in the books, like the Statute of Liberty chase.
Fred Ward as Remo was just ... wrong. Although Joel Gray as Chuin was one of the best casting of 'white person as Korean' ever done. The make-up artist should have won an award.
And they should have played up Chuin's fascination with Barbra Streisand, which I think is the funniest 'WTF' fact about Chuin.
Lowdown on the movie - a cop nearly killed in the line of duty, Remo (his original name is never known) finds out he is the last descendent of a line of assassins from Korea, who have played parts in all the major events in history. For the right price and for decency, the Shinanju assassins will take care of your problem (believe me, the people who get assassinated DESERVE to be killed).
Enter CURE, an American-based Shadow-Government-sort of organization run by Smythe (played brilliantly by Wilfred Brimley of all people), who can locate anything and anyone with JUST established IBM computers. Remo joins CURE and becomes the apprentice to the Master of Shinanju (played by Gray).
Much of the movie centers around Remo's training in the exotic martial arts of Shinanju, all the while being an apprentice-brat to Chuin's smartass old master. The dialogue between them in the movie is quite mild and not as funny as their dialogue in the books.
Anyway, the story begins to lose it's coolness when they have Remo and Chuin going after some military weapons dealers, and somehow, Kate Mulgrew (Janeway of Star Trek's 'Voyager') is a military officer caught up in the conspiracy.
Not to give much away (after all, I explained all the good parts), Remo and Chuin save the military lady, save the world from destruction, and Chuin proves how cool he is by walking across water.
I only recommend the movie if you're a die-hard Destroyer fan; otherwise, it's a complete flop on it's own (ratings to prove it). It's fun, just don't expect special effects or to think too much.
And it was made in the early 1980's.