Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

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S E A R C H D V D B e a v e r

(aka " Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous" or "Il Mio nome è Remo Williams")

directed by Guy Hamilton
USA 1985

When a street-smart NYPD cop (Fred Ward) regains consciousness after a bizarre mugging, he has a new face and a new identity! Now he's Remo Williams, the #1 recruit of a top-secret organization, and he's toppling evil at every turn – even atop the Statue of Liberty – in this "spectacular and funny adventure film" (Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune)! Trained by a quirky Korean martial arts master (Joel Grey) to dodge bullets, brave terrifying heights and thwart attackers with his bare hands, Remo becomes the ultimate criminal exterminator. But when he faces off against a corrupt millionaire and his army of henchmen, the real adventure begins!

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Theatrical Release: October 11th, 1985 - USA

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DVD Comparison:

MGM - Region 1 - NTSC vs. Japanese - Region 2 - NTSC

(MGM - Region 1 - NTSC - LEFT vs. Japanese - Region 2 - NTSC - RIGHT)

DVD Box Covers
Distribution	MGM Region 1 - NTSC	MGM Region 2 - NTSC
Runtime	2:01:12	2:01:00
Video	1.33:1 Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 4.57 mb/s NTSC 704x480 29.97 f/s	1.85:1 Original Aspect Ratio 16X9 enhanced Average Bitrate: 4.75 NTSC 704x480 29.97 f/s
	NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes
Bitrate: MGM
Bitrate: Japan
Audio	English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)	English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
Subtitles	English, French, Spanish and none	Japanese and none
Features	Release Information: Studio: M G M, Inc Aspect Ratio: Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1 Edition Details: • Theatrical trailer • Full-screen format DVD Release Date: July 15, 2003 Keep Case Chapters 16	Release Information: Studio: M G M, Inc Aspect Ratio: Full Screen (Standard) - 1.85:1 Edition Details: • Theatrical trailer • Text screen Cast Bios (in Japanese) DVD Release Date: May 23rd, 2003 Keep Case Chapters 28

Comments:

The Region 1 version is not totally 'Open Matte'. You are still losing a small amount of information on the sides of the picture as you can tell by the images below. BUT, as you can also plainly see you get more information in the Full-screen version that in the Region 2 widescreen (almost 20% more). The Region 1 is also sharper than the Region 2 DVD. For those that have widescreen TV's they can simply zoom in and miss a little more than when most studious anamorphisize a picture from 1.85->1.78 (approx 4%). Both these images show some good film grain and limited Extras (none really - aside from a trailer).

NOTE: Rickard says: Well, there sure is stuff visible that should not be seen (in the Region 1)! At 40:55, Remo starts jumping on things in the apartment, there is a rig visible in the ceiling which helps him jump!