Along with a seemingly ageless – and often hilarious – Asian assassin known only as Chiun, Williams sets out to “clean up” and take out those who oppose America’s interests. ![]() The reason? To serve as enforcement arm for CURE, a top-secret, extra-Constitutional arm of the U.S. ![]() Well, three decades have past, and now it’s time to try to make this action hero viable on the big screen.Īnd that job will fall to Shane Black (“ Lethal Weapon,” “ Iron Man 3“) who has been tasked with directing “ The Destroyer.” The name comes from the original series of books that spawned Remo Williams, a Newark cop who is framed, sentenced to death, then resurrected following a botched execution. Anyway, as you might have surmised from the title, it was viewed as a franchise vehicle, but the movie wasn’t very good, flopped, and everyone promptly forgot who Remo Williams was (though the movie did earn a Golden Globe nomination for co-star Joel Grey, and a Best Makeup Oscar nod as well). Remo who? You might be too young to remember, but in 1985 a lot effort was put into launching “ Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins” starring Fred Ward (and how come that guy isn’t in more movies?).
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