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Commando
1985
An old adversary tries to force John Matrix out of retirement by kidnapping his young daughter. And now a private army, Hoods and Punks, stand in his way... But when the pressure is on, Matrix gets much angrier, and much tougher... Read more
| Starring | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dan Hedaya, Rae Dawn Chong, Vernon Wells |
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| Director | Mark L. Lester |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
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Commando
An old adversary tries to force John Matrix out of retirement by kidnapping his young daughter. And now a private army, Hoods and Punks, stand in his way... But when the pressure is on, Matrix gets much angrier, and much tougher...
| Starring | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dan Hedaya, Rae Dawn Chong, Vernon Wells, David Patrick Kelly, Alyssa Milano |
|---|---|
| Director | Mark L. Lester |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 26 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 26 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Eighties Greats |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
| Language | English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish |
| Released | DVD: 25 Aug 2003 Blu-ray: 17 Mar 2008 Production year: 1985 |
| Format | DVD |
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Schwarzenegger went from The Terminator to the human equivalent of boys' action figures in this none-too-serious... read more on Time Out
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"...Chong lights up the film like a firefly, Schwarzenegger delivers a certain light touch of his own..."
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14 out of 16 people found this review helpful
All that matters to me now is Jenny
Don't be fooled by the bloodshed of this movie; the abiding message of Commando is that love- not stomach-turning violence- is the most powerful force on earth. The scores upon scores of evil henchmen to which Arnie lays waste are merely sacrifices, laid down on an alter of love for his daughter, his dear Jenny.
Mark L. Lester was fortunate to have such an emotionally honest actor as Mr Schwarzenegger, though acting seems an inadequate term for what really amounts to a vivisection of the human heart in all its stunning complexity. Consistently elegant, occasionally breath-taking, Commando is surely the one truly convincing love-story to emerge from the troubled 20th Century. -
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Welcome back John, so glad you could make it.
Love him or loathe him, this is the quintessential Arnie movie. Big on guns, explosions, chainmail vests and repressed homosexuality, small on brains; Commando is almost the perfect action movie. They don't make 'em like this anymore, more's the pity. A genre classic that both Arnie nuts and action nuts will love. Everyone else should probably think twice.
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After his daughter (Alyssa Milano) is kidnapped by a South American dictator, retired Army Colonel John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger), once the leader of a special commando strike force, swings into ... -
