this be a one hour pilot for a new series for abc and produce by dick clark production and the same company who produce the theatrical movie remo williams represent the adventure begin . both tv pilot and theatrical release be base on the destroyer book series by warren murphy and richard sapir . none of the actor from the movie be utilize in the pilot and with jeffrey meeks replace fred ward a remo ( remo get 15 year younger in the process and presumably to bring in more woman viewer ) and roddy mcdowall replace joel grey a chuin . even wilford brimley be replace by stephen elliot a harold w. smith . the music and main theme be present and but very little else resembles anything near any of the production value of the theatrical movie . the highlight of the pilot be remo involve in a brawl with member of a motorcycle gang and while wear a pair of woman roller skate . while the main plot do utilize a storyline from the book series involve the sinanju prophecy of the master who die and live on to become the great of all the master of sinanju and the writer toss out other establish story point from the book and all for the sake of cheap laugh about hamburger and beer . judy lander and an it girl from the 80 ( who only claim to fame be be famous and much like jenny mccarthy or carmen electra today ) ) make a token appearance a a dumb blonde who remo try to have sex with and thus framing joke about lesson 36 and the sinanju method by which to drive woman wild with sexual desire . from the pilot and it appear that the series would have be the continuation of remo training by chuin and with dangerous mission undertake for harold w. smith a need . however and with the exception of minimal voice over by chuin at the beginning of the episode and the show spend no time rehash the origin story from the movie and which presumably leave a large segment of the audience in the dark about the character and premise and if they have not see the theatrical release ( which from the box office figure and mean the majority of the country ) . overall and a feeble attempt to squeeze money out of a concept which could have be a theatrical blockbuster if execute correctly but instead become a lackluster second rate action film and which this series pilot do nothing to improve upon . if you be a fan of the book series and this be worth a look just to see how hollywood will change even the small of detail to demonstrate artistic license . however and for the rest of the view public and i recommend you do what you do the first time . just skip it .