An NYPD cop is 'killed' in an accident. The death is faked, and he is inducted into the organization CURE, dedicated to preserving the constitution by working outside of it. Remo is to become the enforcement wing (assassin) of CURE, and learns an ancient Korean martial art from Chiun, the Master of Sinanju. Based on the popular pulp series "The Destroyer," by Richard Sapir and Warren Murphy. A cop who answers a call is ambushed. The next day he is buried. But in reality he is in a hospital and his appearance has been altered. He is then told by a man named McCleary that he now belongs to "them". "Them" being CURE an organization whose job is to battle corruption. They give him the new name of Remo Williams. He then meets the head of CURE Harold Smith, who spends most of his time sitting in front of a copmuter and perusing over reports of individuals that have to be dealt with. They then give him to Chiun, a Shinanju master, which is the art of killing someone and making it seem like an accident or natural causes. Chiun's regimen is hard on him. Smith then discovers a man named Grove, who is a defense contractor. It seems that whenever there's a case against him, the key witnesses and investigators disappear. Currently a military investigator is pursuing him about his new project which for some reason, he is tight lipped about. Smith sends McCleary and Remo to help her but Grove discovers them and wanting to know about them decides to stir things up. He sends some people to take Remo out but he outwits them. And when he tells Smith about it, Smith doesn't care who then tells him that unless they have more evidence against Grove they can't do anything and if they are about to be exposed, they have to disappear. And while Smith and McCleary have made arrangements for their demise, Remo is told that Chiun will take him out. So he and McCleary have to get the evidence they need. black versus white – it's amazing how this theme gets worked to death. don't be fooled viewers. the villain in this film is not george grove,the defense contractor but maccleary, harold smith's right hand man who's black. the hero? that's obviously rayner (mulgrew), the symbol of love, kindness, generosity and all the crap that come with that.<br/><br/>enter remo williams and chuin or chung as mccleary inflects the name. someone has to die and chuin or chung is the man who can make it seem like an accident or rather he's the man who can teach remo how to kill and make it seem like an accident. the interplay between the two is the film, everything else is just padding. there is one scene worth noting, however, that does not involve remo and chung. the scene involves remo, a thug sent by george grove to keep tabs on remo, and a new york city traffic cop. remo has the thug in a headlock when the traffic cop intervenes, "hey what're you doing to that boy?!" "uh, nothing officer, we're just horsing around." "well then quit and clear out! you're getting on my nerves." "whatever happened to professional courtesy officer? this is my first visit here, you know." "professional courtesy, we save that $#&&*@!) for the upper east side, now git before i book you." <br/><br/>not exactly verbatim but i trust the reader will make allowances.<br/><br/>the highlight of the film This is finally a good movie. A mixture of James Bond-elements, funny comedy and martial arts. No wonder the most Americans don't like this movie: no big pimped cars, no huge explosions, no big gun-fights and not a bright super-hero ! No, it's just a normal guy who becomes an agent, whether he likes it or not. Well, Fred Ward might not be the perfect actor for this…but better than Van Damme or somebody like that. Good Movie, nice script and good actors makes fun. I like this movie ! Okay, it's not James Bond but a funny little spy-movie with a lot of action (not too big) and a lot of comedy (funny trainer Chin). Alright, it's not the type of martial arts movie that we all suspected but I'm a little disgust that it doesn't became the movie-series that it was planed to be.
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