Remote

Film that is the shameless copy of "home alone" and that adds nothing new. I haven't seen anything bad, but nothing you might be interested in. It's a more average movie.

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.

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.

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.

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