Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

cbroschell Guy Hamilton is known for his great Bond movies - Goldfinger and Live and Let Die, but his direction can't save some bad acting by Fred Ward and questionable casting of Joel Grey as a Korean assassin. Ward's likable enough, and perhaps 1985 wasn't a jewel year for movie making but the movie is not particularly watchable now. And maybe her stint on Voyager has tainted me, but I really, really do not like Kathryn Mulgrew - great voice, but just not entertaining. Wilford Brimley in his pre-diabetes days as the head honcho/computer guru is amusing and some of the pre-internet computer hacking is great and prescient. Adequate movie, just not the best it could be.

SnoopyStyle A secret government organization in the service of presidents called CURE fakes the death of a NY patrolman and inducts him into the organization. They give him a new identity Remo Williams (Fred Ward), and give him a trainer Chiun (Joel Grey) master of Korean martial arts Sinanju. Based on the series "The Destroyer" by Richard Sapir and Warren Murphy.This is definitely cheesy and pulpy. Joel Grey has great fun as the Korean master. The training sequences are fantastic and does all the well worn classic clinches. He's dodging bullets, and walking on water. It's all fun. I'm also amazed that they filmed an action sequence on the Statue of Liberty. It fun to see. The serious part of the movie doesn't work as well. Maj. Rayner Fleming (Kate Mulgrew) gathers evidence of defective weapons and faces a deadly weapons manufacturer. It's the more forgettable part of the movie.

FFAxDAVID Like any book turned into a film,this does not do the books credit. That said,it is very faithful to both the repartee between the master and student as well as the excitement and skills obtained during training by Remo. Sure its fictional,a lot of the moves taught are impossible,but a lot are also plausible, and that along with the humorous banter between master and student as the wisdom and skills are passed on to the latter are what made me so addicted to Remo in book form, and what also makes this film so much fun to watch.Being addicted to the books before the film was made, usually a hindrance to enjoying the film when made as gets your hopes up too high, did not deter me from enjoying Fred Wards performance as the Destroyer to be, and i find it almost unfathomable that a follow up film never became a reality-but i will live in hope of it happening, and if they made another film half as close as this one was to the books i will die happy i will die happy.

disdressed12 i can only speak for myself,but i enjoyed this movie.i thought it moved along at a good clip.Fred Ward was good as the title character,but Joel Grey was a real hoot as his Korean mentor Chiun.Wifred Brimley plays the head of the organisation that recruits Remo.Kate Mulgrew(Captain Janeway in Star Trek Voyager)is also in the movie.even though i liked the movie,i didn't fell it was very substantial,and after watching it,it felt incomplete.i suspect they were hoping to do a franchise,but the movie wasn't a commercial success,so they abandoned the idea.too bad,because it would have been good to see Remo progress in his training and take on new adventures.for me,Remo Williams:The Adventure Begins is an 8/10