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Remote (1993)

Remote poster
Directed by
Ted Nicolaou
Genre
adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
PG
Rating
4.9 of 10 from 36 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A tech-savvy teenager uses his collection of remote controls to outsmart three burglars who are robbing a model home.

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What happens

Remote is a 1993 American comedy film that was released directly to video on September 22, 1993, by Paramount Pictures through Moonbeam Entertainment. It stars Chris Carrara, Jessica Bowman, and John Diehl. Ted Nicolaou directed the films and it was written by Mike Farrow, best known for his hard-boiled detective persona Tommy Sledge. It is the second film to be released by Moonbeam Entertainment, following Prehysteria! (1993). It follows a tech teenager (Carrara) who uses multiple remote controls on different models when he face off against the three burglars who robbed at a modeled home. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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