Commando

Commando

Poster for the movie "Commando"
© 1985 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation − All right reserved.

Give “Commando” some respect! Seriously! This Arnold Schwarzenegger action extravaganza paved the way for watch-based action shows like “24,” spawned Arnold comedies like “Kindergarten Cop” and proved you can, in fact, have too much calypso music in a movie.

This episode has something for everyone: Big D wows by using his military experience to backseat drive the world’s worst Special Forces operatives. Roger busts out his world-famous Austrian

accent and Gene tells the tragic tale of Val Verde, a nation forgotten because it never existed. Relive Schwarzenegger’s tactical mistakes, marvel at Dan Hedaya’s awkward Spanish accent, swoon over the implied homosexuality and cringe at the veiled pedophilia.

It’s all here on Shat The Movies. Sit back, press play, and LET OFF SOME STEAM.

(Video) The Making Of “Commando” With Arnold Schwarzenegger

Plot Summary: “Commando Retired Special Forces soldier John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger) lives with daughter Jenny (Alyssa Milano) in isolation, but his privacy is disturbed by former commander Franklin Kirby (James Olson), who warns him that his fellow soldiers are getting killed one by one. After Kirby leaves, Jenny is kidnapped by former Latin American dictator Arius (Dan Hedaya), who wants Matrix to restore him to power. Instead, Matrix sets out to take down the rogue leader and rescue his daughter.

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Director
Mark L. Lester
Producer
Joel Silver
Production
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, SLM Production Group, Silver Pictures
Release Date
3 October 1985

Director
Mark L. Lester
Producer
Joel Silver
Production
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, SLM Production Group, Silver Pictures
Release Date
3 October 1985