Commando

Plot synopsis:
Retired Delta Force operator Colonel John Matrix is informed by his former superior Major General Franklin Kirby that all the other members of his former unit have been killed by unknown mercenaries. The mercenaries, among them Bennett, an Australian ex-member of Matrix's team fired for excessive violence, attack Matrix's secluded mountain home and kidnap Matrix's young daughter Jenny. While trying to intercept them, Matrix is also overpowered and abducted by the mercenaries. He is taken before their leader, Arius, a South American former dictator who needs Matrix to carry out a political assassination in his home country of Val Verde, where Arius wishes to lead a military coup. Matrix previously led a United States-backed revolution that deposed Arius, who has chosen Matrix because the new US-puppet president trusts him implicitly. With Jenny's life on the line, Matrix reluctantly accepts the demand.
After boarding a plane to Val Verde, Matrix manages to kill his guard, Henriques, and jumps from the plane just as it is taking off. With approximately 11 hours, he sets out after another of Arius' men, Sully. He enlists the aid of an off-duty flight attendant, Cindy, and instructs her to follow Sully to a shopping mall. Cindy first assumes that Matrix is a maniac, but after she sees Sully pull a gun on Matrix in the ensuing fight, she has a change of heart and henceforth assists him in his endeavor. After a lengthy car chase, Matrix catches up with Sully and drops him off a cliff to his death. Taking a motel key from Sully's jacket, Matrix tracks down and confronts Cooke, a former Green Beret in Arius' employ. He kills Cooke after a lengthy fight and learns where Jenny is being held after searching Cooke's car.
Matrix breaks into a surplus store to equip himself with military weaponry, but is immediately arrested by the police. Cindy helps him escape with a rocket launcher and, after commandeering a seaplane from a nearby marina controlled by Arius, Matrix and Cindy land the plane off the coast of Arius' island hideout. Matrix instructs Cindy to contact General Kirby and then proceeds to Arius' villa, killing the leader as well as his men on the way. Jenny escapes her confinement to the villa's basement, but is captured by Bennett. Matrix tracks them and faces Bennett in a fierce struggle until Matrix fatally impales Bennett with a steam pipe, killing him. Kirby arrives with a military detachment and asks Matrix to rejoin the Special Forces Unit, but Matrix declines and departs the island aboard the seaplane with Jenny and Cindy.

Tags: suspenseful, realism, murder, cult, violence, good versus evil, action, revenge

Review:
And there is just about everything that should go into an action movie: car chases, explosions, drug-lords, sex, an invincible hero, sitting-duck-like enemies, humor, knife duels, fist fights, rocket launchers, blood, death, bullets, glass, pectorals, muscles, some more muscles, explosions and more explosions.
Lester, and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Rae Dawn Chong.Released in 1985, 'Commando' starred action icon Arnold Schwarzenegger as a retired Delta Force operative who must rescue his daughter from the mercenaries who killed his entire team.
Arnold Schwarzenegger played Colonel John Matrix, a previous Delta Force operative who must rescue his daughter from the mercenaries who killed the other members of his unit.
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 (Alyssa Milano) is kidnapped.
With the help of a feisty stewardess (Rae Dawn Chong) and an old friend, Matrix has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge: finding his daughter before she's killed.In the beginning, there was the masterpiece known as Commando.
And all did Arnold Schwarzenegger massacre hundreds of mercenaries in displays of awesome ultra-violence, and Alyssa Milano did rejoice.After the triple play of The Terminator and both Conan films, Arnold Schwarzenegger graduated to top billing with Commando; a classic '80s action movie which delivers tons of explosions, violence and guns, in addition to containing an assortment of evil villains, cheesy one-liners, big guns, bigger guns and enough dead bodies to keep a mortician's convention busy for days.
And the early scenes in which Mr. Schwarzenegger, as Col. John Matrix, a retired commando, is at home with his daughter (Alyssa Milano) have an underlying current of humor - it is clear the child would be as comfortable cuddling up to a polar bear.Great and very intelligent review/retrospective of one of the most badass action movie classics of all times!
But when Commando was released, one of my best friends said to me, " Hey Dan, I think this guy could take Rambo."  After all Matrix says to Cook, " I eat green berets for breakfast and right now I'm very hungry!" I would maybe have to concur.
Whenever we think of the Austrian muscle-bound star's films; gun battles, fist fights, deadpan one-liners, a total lack of plot, and a ridiculously high body count come to mind.
Commando represents all this, directed with high energy flair and a great sense of fun.Schwarzenegger stars as John Matrix, a former commando who lives in the mountains with his young daughter (Alyssa Milano).
There are also plenty of noticeable continuity errors (ask yourself how a guy standing behind a railing atop a balcony could be hit with shotgun pellets without the railing taking the slightest bit of damage!), but that just adds to the movie's list of unique charms.But you don't watch Commando for plot or technical brilliance, you watch it to see Arnold acting as a one-man army, mowing down scores of enemy thugs and soldiers.
Unless you don't like Arnold or over-the-top action films, it's unlikely you'll find Commando boring.Schwarzenegger's charismatic and hugely likable screen presence is undeniable, and his delivery of those classic one-liners is perfect.
You know the movie's going to boil down to a one-on-one fight between the two, and it's one of those fight scenes where each one takes his turn beating the crud out of the other without one ever truly having the upper hand until the very end (when, obviously, one of them's got to be dead).For pure mindless mayhem, Commando is a perfect choice for Saturday night entertainment.
The lines and action in Commando makes it a great and fun film to watch.It's about a man, Matrix, played by Arnold, his daughter, played by a very young Alyssa Malono, is kidnapped by terrorists, in particular a dictator who Matrix managed to keep from destroying a country.
But she ends up wanting to help Matrix once she finds out that his daughter is kidnapped, together they work to get back to the dictator's house and save his daughter.The great thing about this film is that Arnold goes though at least 60 extras who are all shooting at him, they miss him and he kills them all.
The movie begins with John Matrix's (schwarzenegger) daughter (alyssa milano) getting kidnapped.
Schwarzenegger plays Matrix wonderfully, delivering his lines with the right amount of wit and sarcasm, and delivering his punches fairly realistically.See "Commando" if you like action movies.
Ridiculous but fun film with Arnold Schwarzenegger as a retired special agent being pulled back into action when his daughter (well played by Alyssa Milano) is kidnapped.
The retired Special Forces Colonel John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger) lives a calm life with his beloved daughter Jenny (Alyssa Milano) in an isolated house in the woods of a mountain.
He convinces the flight attendant Cindy (Rae Dawn Chong) to help him to save his daughter."Commando" is another great action movie from the 80's, maybe the best decade in the cinema history for this genre.
Commando is in my mind the best action film out there to date, this movie was made 14 years ago and no other film can push it out of first position.The film got everything: a great looking Arnold, extremely fine music by James Horner and great settings for the action scenes.
And this girl that Arnold didn't even know until he basically kidnapped her was anxious to help Arnold even though she was at great risk of dying.But if your in the mood for a little brainless fun and just watching Arnold kick *** and kill people, this is the perfect movie for the occasion.
This is probably the best movie that Arnold Schwarzenegger has made (even surpassing T2), not because it has any plot development, realistic action sequences, or anything else that you would expect, but because it is HILARIOUS.
And Arnold, as John Matrix, was dodging bullets (and killing the population of a small country) long before that pussy Neo was even born.Commando also has one of the best baddies of all time in Bennett.
Arnold wipes his butt with such phrases.Arnie plays the retired commando of the title who is forced to wear his cammo's again when his daughter is kidnapped by the stereotypical bad guys as a blackmail - he must kill the U.S. president or they will kill his little girl.
Obviously Arnold isn't going to stand for this kind of nonsense so he escapes from the plane they put him on after killing the male chaperon and begins the hunt, gaining assistance from Rae Dawn Chong along the way.Although a complete testosterone-fest from start to finish this film has a comedic side (though nearly totally engulfed by the action), which gives it a certain (good ole 80s) charm, that means if you like the film you will watch it again and again, and perhaps a third time.It has many classic lines from the big man, for example; before the 'bads' put him on the plane, he retorts to one of them who makes sly comment about his daughter - "Your a funny guy Sully, I like you - that's why I'm gonna kill you last!".
After killing the baddie on the plane he says to a stewardess - "Don't disturb my friend, he's DEAD tired!"My favourite is when another baddie - Cooke (although his buddy in 'Predator') is brawling with Arnie and manages to pick up a large revolver, which he points at Arnie and says - "F*** you Ass****!", he pulls the trigger but the gun is empty so Arnie retorts - "F*** YOU Ass****!" and smacks him one!My review may be biased as I think Arnie is the man (before his decline into utterly abysmal movies that is), but still, if you want to see a one-man-army in action, then see Commando..
Arnold and Alyssa Milano petting a deer, the fact that John Matrix can throw off eight guys but still struggle against Bennett, an overweight loser in chain mail who fancies himself a rival for Arnold, Dan Hedaya's horrible accent, the pointless nudity during the motel fight, all of it contributes to a wonderful time.For sheer laugh out loud fun, Commando delivers the goods.
A former US Commando's (Arnie) old team decide to use him to assisinate some higher up in South America, they determine the best way to get him to do it is to kidnap his daughter(alyssa Milano) and hold her until completion of the assisnation.
Well in any other dumb action film the hero would probably try and think of a way to get his daughter back without tipping off the Bad guys, it would all lead to a last minute convoluted plan.
Schwarzenegger's John Matrix (a typical Austrian name, that) lives a life of mono parental bliss with daughter Jennie (or, as he calls Alyssa Milano, "Tchainee") until she is kidnapped and he is forced to throw all his retired killing machine skills into saving her.We can run through the ingredients, it's actually worth it for once: - Body fascination.
Commando is a great movie and an absolute must for Arnie fans or fans of the cheesy all action genre.
Its pretty much all out action right from the off, and almost every character has beautifully cheesy one-liners to cram in to their scenes.So switch on your infinite ammo, unplug your brain and enjoy 85 Minutes of non-stop car chases, punch ups, gun fights, explosions and some of the funniest and most pathetic bad guys ever; you simply have to love it.Go Arnie, you quite simply rock big time in this one.7/10.
I mean the story in this movie isn't worth a Oscar,but who cares who needs a good and realistic story when Arnold is  kicking ass as never before with violence scenes every minute that make me feel butterflies in my stomach and keeps my mouth laughing during the whole movie.I don't know if there is one minute in the whole movie except in the beginning of the movie that doesn't have violent scenes.I don't know how many times I have seen this movie,but they are many.I once tried with a friend to count how many people Arnold kills in the whole movie.I don't really recall now,but it must have been way over 100 kills.And of course no one hurts Arnold as usual except one man that shoots him in his shoulder in the end.It is so over-exessive violence that it is funny.You can't take a movie like this as serious,I see it as a comedy.One of my absolute favourites  movies..
Virtually all of Arnie's lines are instantly quotable, including my favourite, "We'll take Cook's car, he won't be needing it." If you're depressed at all, and need cheering up, then this is the film for you, and even if you don't have that long, then just watch the super cheesy beginning with Matrix and his daughter, and you'll be grinning for hours..
Imagine an excitable 12-year-old kid describing what an Arnold Schwarzenegger film was like.That's pretty much what Commando is, and it's all the better for it.
It's got the OTT action, the ridiculous one-liners, scenery-chewing villains, bad guys who miss with every bullet, one enormous pair of gratuitous breastsThe opening credits alone are hilarious, but like the rest of this film I honestly can't tell whether this is intentional or not.Incidentally, perhaps because it's such a naff film, it's the only thing I've seen in which James Horner's horrible soundtrack actually works.
It hasn't got any political, moral or whatever lesson to teach the audience, it has mindless action and unbelievably corny one-liners.There's one scene in the movie, when one of the bad guys explains the situation to Arnie: he must cooperate, because they have his daughter.
Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a retired Black Ops commando who is forced out of retirement when his daughter(Alyssa Milano) is kidnapped by mercenaries(led by an old enemy) who try to blackmail him into assassinating a South American president, so that a rival can take over.
Of course, they underestimate Arnold, who promptly breaks from his captors on an airplane, then vows to track down the kidnappers, and free his daughter, before it is too late.Lots of action scenes involving gun battles and explosions, with plenty of humor provided by the never-ending one liners supplied by Arnold, but film is just dumb, and far too predictable to succeed, though if you're in the mood for such a flick, then this is perfect!
Crazy I know, but I just could not get enough of that action.For me the best part is when Arnie puts on the equipment before he goes to destroy a small army.And of course do not watch this movie with your brain on, you will laugh too much.IT IS JUST BRAINLESS FUN AT ITS BEST..
How can you get even slightly excited when from the very first scenes the good guy is shown to be indestructible?Ex green-beret John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger) lives in an isolated mountain lodge with his daughter Jenny (Alyssa Milano).
or finally 4 - witnessed the hilarious acting qualities of Arnie and pretty much decided to dedicate a movie totally devoted to cheesy lines and unbelievable action which only Mr Schwarzenegger could deliver.You may consider my vote of 10 for this movie to be a bit high, i used to rate it as my favourite silly film but to be perfectly honest it is my favourite film.
Bill Duke should of got a much larger role in this movie because seeing him on film is just fantastic (considering he had such a small role) his fight with Matrix is cool and getting to see other peoples business is so funny.Rated R18+ for Aussies for Violence, Language and a little bit of Gore.
Lester's account.It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Col. John Matrix (where's Keanu Reeves?), an ex-commando who has retired from the Army to live a peaceful life with his annoying pest of a daughter, Jenny (Alyssa Milano, pre-babedom).
I think this is one of Arnold Schwarzenegger`s best movies besides "Predator" and "Terminator 1 + 2".In the last 3 or 4 years (since 1997), Arnie has become soft.
You know what you get when you watch Commando with the Governator in the old days: A bad manuscript, hilarious special effects, awful editing, a complete disregard for real physics, unbelievably badly portrayed characters, bad acting, incredibly predictable scheme, classic 80's action music and a whole bucket load of clichés.The stupid corny one liners makes you laugh though, because it doesn't get any better than this when it comes to corny one liners.However, you have to have the same standard criteria for reviewing every film.
Lester known for such classics in the genre as the Stephen King's adaptation "Firestarter","Showdown in little Tokyo" and much more, has done a great job , helping Arnie to show all of his potential in this blasting roller coaster .There aren't any known names in the cast, to draw your attention off from Arnold, like for example Sharon Stone does in "Total Recall".The Plot:The plot is far from original but this is not so important, simply because only a retard would expect deep character development and story narrowing like in the "Godfather".Arnold is John Matrix, a very tough badass (what do you expect) and retired elite Commando who lives a peaceful live in the forest until one day several pricks kidnap his little daughter in order to blackmail him to lead a revolution and to give the power back to an evil dictator.This is a Funny Action Movie because:From the first scene in which Arnold appears, you have to be impressed by his strength and the shape of his muscles.
–"Wrong" as is the answer of Arnold after shooting one poor bad guy in the stomach and he dies, being probably the 345th victim of the cold-blooded Commando.The grand finale of the movie can make you feel pain in the cheeks from laughing while you are questioning yourself "How one could make such a movie and meant it to be serious?!" John Matrix is shooting with a machine gun in the dictator's quarters and kills approximately a thousand of mercenaries without even a scratch on his body.Conclusion:You need to be ashamed if you love the Arnold flicks and you've missed this one.
This is one of those timeless classics from Arnold Schwarzenegger that you do not get tired of watching, despite knowing the storyline so well already.The movie is from 1985 and is definitely one of the defining movies in the early stages of Schwarzenegger's action movie career."Commando" has a heap of action, and actually has a good story and of course it is crammed with one-liners.Arnold Schwarzenegger and Rae Dawn Chong carry the movie quite nicely, while Vernon Wells in the role of the main bad guy was just laughable because of the way the character was written and the fact that he wore a chainmail shirt throughout the entire movie.There are lots of mistakes in the movie, with the obvious ones being Sully's yellow Porsche that alternates between having a severely damaged chassis to being in mint condition and then going back to being severely damaged.
In this film he plays John Matrix, a retired special forces commando who's daughter (Alyssa Milano) is kidnapped by South American despot, the great (and badly miscast), Dan Hedaya, so he can blackmail Arnold into working for him.
What you will get from this film is guns, one-liners, blood, muscles, and clichés.This movie is a pretty good action flick.
Don't get me wrong, there are some pretty good action scenes sprinkled here and there but I think they should have spent more time in the final battle which is really fun and the best part of the film.Another thing I cant help but notice in this film is that Vernon Wells (Bennet) looks an awful lot like Freddie Mercury with that facial hair..
COMMANDO is a dumb action movie that has toughman Arnold Schwarzenegger searching for his kidnapped daughter.