Remote

I love most of the films made by Ted Nicolaou. He is very experimental film maker. Every his film is a discovery. This time he surprised with really bright film for kids. The story is about young genius who makes his own world out of the remote controlled toys, who help him to entertain himself. He has got a lot of planes and helicopters, dolls etc.. He also has very good friends, a girl and a black boy with whom they like to ride their bicycles. But one day main character's mother prohibits the boy to play with his toys-that is why he found some other place to play with them, facing three local robbers who came to the same place. Unfortunately I did not see this film when I was 9-12- otherwise I would love the film even more. Respect to Ted www.myspace.com/neizvestnostlab

I recently watched The Remote (1993) on Tubi. The storyline revolves around a young man who is deeply passionate about inventions and playing with remote control cars. He has a secret hideaway where he escapes to play with his contraptions. However, when he becomes trapped between three robbers in hiding and a bully, he must rely on his creativity to get out of this challenging situation.

Directed by Ted Nicolaou (Subspecies), the film features Jessica Bowman (Joy Ride), Chris Carrara (Clover Bend), John Diehl (The Client), Jordan Belfi (Entourage) and Tony Longo (Sixteen Candles).

This film comes across as a painful knockoff of Home Alone. While the storyline introduces main characters who are reasonably well-portrayed and easy to root for, it's under fortunate that the child actors badly outshine the adults. The adult performances feel awkward and forced. The love story adds a touch of fun to the film, but as soon as the robbers enter the story, it loses its charm and feels like a forced imitation of Home Alone. The remote control car scenes are fun.

In conclusion, The Remote is a below-average entry in the coming-of-age genre, but it's still worth a viewing. I would rate this a 4/10 and recommend seeing it once.

REMOTE is another one of those films by Moonbeam Pictures, an offshoot of Full Moon, and made just before the studio upped sticks and moved to Romania. This one's directed by Ted Nicolaou, of SUBSPECIES fame, and is a straightforward copy of HOME ALONE. The hero of the hour is a young bespectacled geeky kid who enjoys playing with remote controlled toys. His skills come into play when a trio of annoyingly stupid escaped convicts end up becoming trapped in a building where he hides his toy stash, and a battle of (non) wits plays out. It's lowbrow stuff, made worse by the puerile scripting, but if you're a 1990s fan and you grew up during this decade then you'll find merit in it nonetheless.

This was my favorite movie when I was 11. I watched it everyday, until my older sister used it to record one of her soap operas. I'm 18 now and happened to be looking through a discount bin at an old town video store. Guess what I found? I have to admit, it was a little on the stupid side. It didn't have a great plot, and the action was unrealistic, but aside from all that, it was still funny. One week later, while watching my 8 year old cousin, I popped in Remote, and you know what, he loved that movie just as much as I did when I was young. Isn't that what watching videos is supposed to be about? I look forward to watching it with my children someday.

As a kid when I watched this movie, I definitely would've given it an 8 or 9, so that's what I'm giving it now. Kids today would probably still like it as long as the film quality has been maintained, but I haven't personally seen it since I was a kid.