Lots of machine-gunfire, explosions and disposable khaki-clad extras, as you'd expect.
Commando (1985)
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Synopsis: 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 violent action. 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 violent action. [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Dan Hedaya, Vernon Wells, Alyssa Milano
DVD Info
Release:
Jun 9, 2008
DVD Features:
- Keep Case
- Widescreen - 1.85
- Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
- Mono - Spanish
- Stereo - French
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
- Alternate Scenes - Deleted Scenes (3)
- Audio Commentary - Mark Lester - Director
- Featurettes - 1. "Pure Action"
- 2. "Let Off Some Steam"
Text/Photo Galleries:
- Stills/Photos
Reviews
One of the better, if less intelligent, arguments for a 1980s revival.
An audacious comic-book movie on steroids...cinematic junk food, but even a dieter deserves to cheat once in a while. [Blu-Ray]
one of the best arguments available for the action movie as pure entertainment
Comic book stuff, helped out by the presence of Rae Dawn Chong as an airline stewardess whose sarcastic commentary adds some comic counterpoint to the deliberately overscaled action.
Chong lights up the film like a firefly, Schwarzenegger delivers a certain light touch of his own, [and] the result is palatable action comics.
The finale is laughably preposterous, with the speedo-ed commando landing on a remote island, gunning down at least a hundred men with fake moustaches, and indiscriminately blowing up buildings in search of little Alyssa.
Totally hilarious by today's standards. The opening credits with Arnold and Alyssa Milano are a thing of beauty, and the glam rock tune that ends things is genius.
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