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Commando

Commando

  • Status: Released
  • 03-10-1985
  • Runtime: 90 min
  • Score: 6.7
  • Vote count: 3071

John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army. With the help of a feisty stewardess and an old friend, Matrix has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge: finding his daughter before she's killed.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

John Matrix

Rae Dawn Chong

Cindy

Dan Hedaya

Arius

Vernon Wells

Bennett

James Olson

Major General Franklin Kirby

David Patrick Kelly

Sully

Alyssa Milano

Jenny Matrix

Bill Duke

Cooke

Drew Snyder

Lawson

Sharon Wyatt

Leslie

Michael Delano

Forrestal

Bob Minor

Jackson

Michael Adams

Harris

Gary Carlos Cervantes

Diaz

Lenny Juliano

Soldier

Charles Meshack

Henriques

Chelsea Field

Vicky the Western Flight Attendant

Julie Hayek

Susan the Western Flight Attendant

Hank Calia

Latin Man

Walter Scott

Cates

Greg Wayne Elam

Biggs

George Fisher

Mall Security Guard

Phil Adams

Officer in Galleria

Ava Cadell

Girl in Bed at Motel

Mikul Robins

Boy in Bed at Motel

Branscombe Richmond

Vega

Matt Landers

Fred

Peter DuPont

Daryl

Tom Simmons

Kirby's Driver

Bill Paxton

Intercept Officer

Richard D. Reich

Intercept Officer

John Reyes

Val Verde Heavy

Billy Cardenas

Val Verde Heavy

Eddie Reyes

Val Verde Heavy

Vivian Daily

Woman Officer

Thomas Rosales Jr.

Young Guerrilla

Ronald C. McCarty

Guerrilla

Jim Painter

Police Officer

Nick Dimitri

Guerrilla Guarding Plane (uncredited)

Dick Warlock

Officer in Mall (uncredited)

Tony Brubaker

Man Arius (uncredited)

Larry Holt

2nd Mall Security Guard (uncredited)

Danny Nero

Police Officer (uncredited)

Rick Sawaya

Island Guerrilla (uncredited)

Adrian Tafoya

Commuter in Airport (uncredited)

Fernando Verdugo

Airport Commuter (uncredited)

Tom Willett

Airport Commuter (uncredited)

Gimly

Let the story, acting, stunt-work, script, cinematography, production value, and just about everything else all dribble away while you sit back and enjoy watching Arnie kill more than 80 antagonists in about 80 minutes. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._

John Chard

I eat Green Berets for breakfast. And right now, I'm very hungry! Commando is directed by Mark L. Lester and written by Jeph Loeb, Matthew Weisman and Steven E. de Souza. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Dan Hedaya, Vernon Wells, James Olson, David Patrick Kelly, Alyssa Milano and Bill Duke. Music is by James Horner and cinematography by Matthew F. Leonetti. John Matrix (Schwarzenegger) is the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done. He is forced back into action when his young daughter (Milano) is kidnapped by kingpin criminal Arius (Hedaya) and his gang of thugs. They want Matrix to carry out an assassination, but all Matrix has on his mind is to save his daughter - he has half a day to do so before the thugs will kill her - so it's now a private war... After playing "Conan" and "The Terminator", Schwarzenegger slipped into a role that would prove to carry all the hallmarks of the big man's action movie career. Commando is awash with outrageous action, pure carnage and gruesome deaths, plenty of quippy one liners, and of course over the top villains. Clocking in at just 90 minutes in length, it's the perfect "leave the brain at the door" popcorn crowd pleaser. Chong gets a well written lead lady part, giving us a spunky heroine who evolves as the plot grows ever more chaotic, and young Milano gets to play a resourceful child character. High art it is not, but who cares if you want to just watch Arnie waylay a whole army on his own. Great fun. 7/10