Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

georgeareed As a young boy watching the end credits roll, I so badly wanted the Adventure to continue. It did not. Not in movies anyway. But the book series most certainly has continued. As it turns out, this movie was based on a long-running series of books-- The Destroyer series by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir.So, if you are looking for a hard-boiled, martial arts-rich, action-crammed, mystical espionage thriller novel from 1971, on which the 1985 movie, "Remo Williams: the Adventure Begins" starring Fred Ward of "Remo Williams: the Adventure Begins" fame, was loosely based, you should look no further than "Created, The Destroyer", book one of the Destroyer Series.Meanwhile, if you are looking for a hard-boiled, martial arts-rich, action-crammed, mystical espionage thriller movie from 1985, gently based on "Created, The Destroyer", book one of the Destroyer Series by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir, you should, at that point, look no further than "Remo Williams: the Adventure Begins".Both book and movie are quaint time capsules of their respective bygone eras, the former filled with "hoods", organized crime syndicates, and fresh memories of Vietnam, the latter with "thugs", sinister politicians, and Cold War mercenaries. And both feature "orientals". The chief of which, is Chuin, Remo's aged Korean trainer, the standout character of the book(s?) and the movie. He is a caricature to be sure, laden as he is with the folksy eastern mysticism, and a distaste for all things western, but with the improbable exception of our soap operas-- so he is at least a charming caricature.There is some talk of a reboot of the movie, provisionally titled, "The Destroyer". Meanwhile, if you already revisited this bit of mid-eighties childhood kitsch and are looking for more, may I remind you of 'Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swan'. If "Back to the Future III" didn't quite do it for you, you have another option. This entry in Fred Ward's oeuvre notably also involves the word, "adventure" in the title. And a colon.

checkscher This is a very clever movie.I disagree with those that criticize the movie because Lyle can't figure out he has traveled through time; indeed, that's what makes the movie so effective. In reality (if I can say that here), who among us in that same situation would have ever guessed that we had traveled through a time vortex?? For years after seeing the movie on HBO I used the line "found it at an EXXON station" among family and friends. More importantly, I spent ten years (no exaggeration) periodically trying to figure out if Lyle was his own grandfather! I still don't know the answer to that one! Sappy, slap-stick sci-fi, ....maybe so, but a movie with a pseudo-classic line that makes one think about a side-plot years later can't be considered anything less than very effective! It's a shame this flick is not more readily available. A great rainy Sunday afternoon rental that has the potential to keep you entertained years after viewing.

Woodyanders Fred Ward gives a typically credible and engaging performance as Lyle Swann, a hotshot off-road motorcycle champion who becomes lost in the Mexico desert while in the middle of a motorcross race. Swann accidentally stumbles across a top secret government base that's conducting a time travel experiment and gets transported back to 1877. Grimy, vicious desperado Peter Coyote and his two dumb, craven, greasy, unwashed scuzzbag partners (marvelously played by the ever-grubby Tracey Walter and an uncharacteristically nasty Richard Masur) want to steal Swann's wheels. Swann seeks refuge in a small, remote Mexican village. The God-fearing peasant vocals think Swann is the devil incarnate. Only priest Ed Lauter and fiery, fetching femme Clair (the highly alluring and enticing Belinda Bauer) treat Swann with any hospitality and become his sole allies, protecting him from both Coyote's gang and a couple of bothersome federal marshals (one of 'em is grizzled Sam Peckinpah movie regular L.Q. Jones).The fantastic premise is given a semblance of gritty, lived-in plausibility thanks to the brightly conceived script, believable reactions the 18th century characters have to both Swann and his motorcycle, sound acting from a top-rate cast, and especially director William Dear's harsh, rough around the edges, very dingy and fiercely unromanticized evocation of the Old West. It's this latter element of ragged, dust-under-the-fingernails filthy historical authenticity which makes "Timerider" such an effective and engrossing offbeat sci-fi/Western outing. Former Monkey Michael Nesmith co-produced, co-wrote the quirky screenplay, and supplied the lively, thumping, guitar-blasting, synthesizer-driven rollicking rock score for this interesting anomaly. The Anchor Bay DVD offers an excellent letterboxed presentation of this unsung favorite, along with a disarmingly candid William Dear commentary, two theatrical trailers and a bunch of TV spots.

snowalker-1 Timerider is a fun movie to watch. It's a good movie to watch with kids on a rainy day. Some of the content is a little adult, but not over the line. It's not a billon dollar pick, but it has some nice special effects. You will see some familiar faces when they were young, and the acting they really tired. I liked the movie, and hope it sparks the fire that leads someone to become a "timerider". I would not say run out and buy it, but if someone has a old VHS of it, watch it! I think even hardcore si-fi fans like me will get a kick out of it. Maybe its just me, but I thought the soundtrack was pretty good. It fit the mood of the movie. Only downside is there is a lot of rerun footage.