Remote

Remote

Year: 1993

Runtime: 80 mins

Language: English

Director: Ted Nicolaou

AdventureComedy

A family‑friendly comedy in which 13‑year‑old Randy is forced to hide his remote‑controlled toys inside a model house. While doing so he discovers the secret hideout of three escaped prisoners. Using his clever gadgets, Randy outwits and captures the fugitives, turning a playful pastime into an unexpected adventure.

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1

Randy's remote-controlled hobby and hidden hideout

Randy Mason is a teenage tech whiz who designs and pilots a range of remote-controlled models, from a Huey helicopter to a WWII Zero. He uses the local model home as his secret hideout and shares the hobby with Judy Riley, his friend and love interest.

Afternoon Suburban California neighborhood (model home)
2

Ben steals Randy's fighter plane after a prank

Randy pulls a prank by using a remote to mess with Ben's TV, then drops an empty Coke can on Ben's head. Ben steals Randy's fighter plane, and Randy reluctantly lets him take it, warning that the controller is locked at night.

Daytime Ben's and Randy's yards
3

Dueling controllers cause chaos in science class

Randy brings his own controller to school to reclaim the plane, but the duel controllers send the fighter into Randy's science classroom, creating chaos and destroying Jamaal's project. With no one seeing Ben's involvement, Randy is blamed for the accident.

Next day School science classroom
4

Expulsion and hiding the models

Randy returns home to a stressed Marti who threatens to confiscate all his models after hearing about the incident. To keep his hobby safe, he hides the models at the model home until his mother calms down.

Evening Model home
5

Judy encourages honesty and his baseball game

Judy suggests telling the truth about Ben, but Randy also feels responsible for what happened. She reminds him of her baseball game that night and asks him to be there despite everything.

Evening Randy's home / Judy's home
6

Robbers break into the model home and trap Randy

Three store robbers—Delbert, Louis, and Richie—rob a convenience store and choose the model home as a hideout, trapping Randy in the attic when he stumbles upon them. The crooks' plan is to ride out the cop roadblocks for several days.

Night Model home attic
7

Randy hinders the burglars using Gunther

Randy figures out ways to hinder the burglars, including using Gunther to try to trip them up and rough them with the plan to place a tack in Richie's shoe, though the burglars barely avoid stepping on the alarm pads.

Night Model home attic
8

Randy steals Louis's steak and drops beans on Richie's head

Hungry, Randy uses Gunther to steal Louis's sirloin steak. When trying to grab a can of baked beans, he ends up dropping the can on Richie's head, who blames Louis for the mishap.

Night Attic
9

Morning search and police involvement

The next morning, Judy wakes and learns Randy is missing and sets out to find him. Marti calls the police for help, and when she tells Ben and his mother Dee about Randy's disappearance, Dee declares she will figure out what Ben knows and drags him away.

Morning Randy's home / Ben's house
10

Judy confronts danger as she nears the model home

Louis spots Judy approaching the model home and alerts Delbert and Richie, who take Judy hostage. Randy then uses his remote-controlled toys to prevent the burglars from escaping and to rescue Judy.

Day Model home
11

Tar and bulldog tactics disable the burglars

Randy melts roofing tar with Godzilla to incapacitate Louis, sending him onto the alarm carpet and into capture. He then uses Mrs. Williams' bulldog Bluto, via the helicopter, on Richie to help restrain him.

Day Model home
12

Delbert's chase ends in a crash

Delbert advances toward Judy, but Randy disarms him with Gunther. Judy throws Delbert's gun away, and Randy uses the remote-controlled racecars as rollerskates to lure Delbert away, sending him crashing into rocks and a real estate sign.

Day Model home
13

Police arrest the robbers; family and friends reunite

The police arrive and arrest Louis and Richie (and presumably Delbert as well), and Randy is reunited with Marti, Jamaal, and Mrs. Williams with Bluto.

Day Model home
14

Ending: a new hideout and Gunther's departure

Randy and Judy decide to find a new secret hideout together, and the film ends as Randy lures the yodeling Gunther down from the top of the roof.

Evening Model home / roof

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