Rest In Peace, Fred Ward

[calliopes_pen]

Fred Ward has passed away at the age of 79. At this time, no cause of death was given. May he rest in peace.

Not being a fan of the Tremors franchise, I didn’t think I was truly acquainted with his work. And then, I scrolled through his filmography. To my amusement, he played Sgt. Hoke Moseley in Miami Blues (1990), which I had just finished watching on Tubi last night. His performance was genuinely fantastic in a movie that was not the best. He was almost the only reason I stuck with it to the end.

Looking beyond that, I need to track down Cast A Deadly Spell (1991). Would anyone recommend Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)? I’ve heard of the title in passing before, but never knew if it was worth watching.

Comments

[domarzione]

I was ten when the Remo Williams movie came out and thus probably eleven when my pal and I rented the VHS from the corner store and we loved it. I've seen bits and pieces of it in the decades since and yeah, some of it would not fly now but on the whole it's a pretty good take on a pulp series that should have gotten a lot more attention and traction than it did at the time. The novels are a totally different kind of bonkers and you should try at least one for the sake of it.