So much average

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

I like this movie, mostly for its smart-assery and tongue-in-cheekery. But I think that Fred Ward is the only actor who was properly cast; Wilford Brimley, maybe, but I found something dissatisfying with his role (although real-time video on a computer monitor was an enjoyably accurate prediction). Joel Grey, although his comic timing was impeccable, was a disaster in my opinion.Watching this movie, I get the feeling that the producers seriously misunderestimated their audience. Too often they served up hamburger in scenes where moviegoers needed steak to work up an appetite for the franchise that was obviously intended. Still, it's a pleasant fantasy and fun to watch.

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.

A classic American '80's action film that plays like an adult version of The Karate Kid; Remo Williams is a hybrid genre of classic American Martial Arts/Spy Thriller; more well crafted and enjoyable than Black Eagle or any other rare kind of that era.It's an action film that counts on few bare necessities and boasts more choreographed stunts than it does special effects. Majorly, it provides us with a well crafted human drama that is perfectly acted out between the actors and boasts an original sense of humour that surpassed The Karate Kid's "Master and Student" comedy formula, simply because it's more mature than Karate Kid.Some pass the film off as far-fetched but with hair-raising stunts being performed on top of towering fairground rides and the Statue of Liberty, who cares? What about the dogs walking the tightrope during the attempted sabotage or Chiun walking on water? It's just so much fun to watch! I still wish I could kill a man with my fingers after watching that film, it'd shorten the queue at KFC but I'll happily settle for my copy of this amazing film!

I was just the right age when this came out to really enjoy it. Watching it again loses some of the wonder but none of the fun.A brilliant mix of espionage and Karate Kid with the master / pupil relationship played for both laughs and oriental mystique, this is a film to kick back to and simply enjoy.The Eighties were the decade for action comedies and this was one of the best (It was nominated for an Oscar, for goodness sakes)- watching it now brings back lots of great memories.Always liked Fred Ward - he's the actor Chuck Norris should have been here - and he and the others make this a winner.Fun movie and one that deserves a remake.