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Movie Reviews of Commando
Movie Review: Commando staring THE Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't B right? WRONG.
Summary: 5 Stars
So you're reading this saying that Sid the Elf only reviews B, and Arnie is in Commando so it's not a good match. Well, you'd better get ready for the big surprise: the Governator is without a doubt as B as they come. Commando litteraly had us cracking up from the first minute when those killer garbagemen attacked. Then, we go right to Arnold doing his lumberjack routine showing off his muscles followed immediately by us getting a glimpse into the softer side of Arnold as he hand-fed a dear what could only have been presumed as protien powder. We were just getting warmed up when he uttered his first line and it hit us, "It is really really funny just to hear this guy talk." It made us realize that this movie, as well as all future Arnold ventures have limitless potential.
Arnold's hillariously bad acting which made the movie. But you had a good storyline too. Arnold plays a retired special-ops officer who obviously was a bad man. Arnold's daughter, played by Alysia Millano, gets kidnapped by some guys who won't give her back until Arnold assasinates someone for them. Of course, Arnold says "You are mine now! You belong to me!" A more B storyline Sid could not imagine. Why couldn't the kidnappers(there were like 10 of them) do the assasination themselves? Well, because then we wouldn't have a great B to watch. Now, Millano is like 8 in this movie, so if you're thinking whether or not it's wrong to think of how hot she would later become while watching this film, Sid the Elf has a ruling for you: NO DEAL. She's 8 here!
Anyway, Commando rocked so hard we can honestly only break it down old-school Joe Bob style. In Comando there was:
1 seat being ripped from a car
1 airplane neck-snapping
1 occupied phone booth thrown 20 feet
2 impalings, 1 with a pitchfork
1 man being thrown off a cliff
1 scalping
4 rockets launched
17 grenade explosions
1 future smoking hot chick
1 French door execution at the hands of Conan the Barbarian
1 steaming pipe thrown through a chest
1 13 minute knife-fight
23 Rambo rip-offs...
...and 827 dead bodies at the hands of John Matrix.
Commando was really really B. The surprise hit of the Summer. Non-stop laughs. Recipient of the Sid the Elf Seal of Approval, and rare 5-star movie.
Movie Review: Rocket launchers at your local mall
Summary: 5 Stars
This film is a masterpiece, a prime example of 1980s action cinema. Every single element is in place.Arnold does little but just be himself. He plays an ex-military man whose daughter is kidnapped by some bad guys. You know, I never actually bothered to follow the whole plot. I knew the basic story about Arnold coming to rescue his daughter, but that's all I really needed. The bad guys are some Latin army types, drug lords, I don't remember, but they're headed by Nick from Cheers (Dan Hedaya) and some sick guy named Bennet (Vernon Wells). The man wears a tank top with chain mail and leather pants. He has a bad, sloppy mustache. He looks like Freddy Mercury. And of course, he is the most evil, which means Arnold will have to have a showdown with him.
There are hundreds of points of recommendation I could make for this film. I could talk about Bill Duke, I could talk about David Patrick Kelly playing another seedy, disgusting character. The violence is top-notch. Basically, Arnold takes on an entire army. Arming himself at a local LA mall (yes, a mall) with assault rifles, rocket launchers, and claymores he takes on El Presidente's goons. There are knives being thrown. There's Arnold, pulling out gun after gun like a video game character, there's slo-mo shots of bullets riddling bad guys and lots of good blood squibs. There's blatant spring-board effects when guys go flying from explosions. There's obvious re-use of certain explosion shots. This film has it all. The music is dum-dum-dumdum-dum snare and march and perfect. The toolshed sequence is a classic. Arnold borrows from a horror movie and hacks, chops, and slices some inept grunts.
Commando delivers the goods 10 times out of 10. The bad guys are sleazy and stupid, and Arnold is invincible. He gets hit by a speeding Porshe, shot, beaten with a lead pipe, burnt, dropped from an airplane and he still walks off into the sunset. And he;s spot-on with the one-liners. "Let out some steam, Bennett." "Don't wake my friend, he's dead tired." "I let him go."
This movie has a lot of death, a lot of bullets, and bad acting, bad scripts, perfect direction, and brilliant production. Appreciate Commando for what it is: the top of its kind.
Movie Review: [4.5] Action packed excitement that never stops
Summary: 5 Stars
Commando is one of my all-time favorite Arnold movies. What you get is 90 minutes of action and chases that never lets up, from the beginning to the end. The story is the most no-brain out there, easy to follow, yet filled with suspense, excitement and action. Oh yeah, and Arnold delivers some of the best corny one-liners ever.
One of the many good things about Commando is the pacing. The movie flew by because scenes keep moving, along with the action and the surprisingly great soundtrack that helps keep the viewer alert and ready for anything. More to the surprise, James Horner did the music for Commando. Horner is famous for bigger movies such as Titanic, Bravehart and Star Trek. He did quite well with this film.
Although no one can act and there is little script, I couldn't help but love the charcaters. Arnold as John Matrix dominates all. In the words of a security guard, he is one gigantic..... You get the rest. Arnold is definetly in the best shape of his life in Commando. He is extremely cut and built, and takes advantage of it by turning over cars and picking up phone booths. His nemesis - Bennett - was a bit dissapointing. Although he has a great finale fight against Matrix, I would expect someone without so much pudge and to be a bit younger to face off this Arnold in his prime. But, the creators made that final fight the best 2 minutes of the film. Although they were all about stupid, I couldn't help but love every one of Bennett's men that Matrix kills off one by one throughout the film.
The action is what this movie is all about. Arnold does things that you probably won't see in other films - like pick up and throw just about anything you can think of. And then there's plenty of explosions and gunfire, where Arnold takes over as a one man wrecking machine, killing around 100 men in the exciting conclusion. A lot of the action is aided by suspenseful chases, and again that good soundtrack to accompany the ride.
When you say you want good Arnold, this is about the best there is. Absolute no-brain entertainment at its finest. No need to put your thinking caps on, just sit back and enjoy the ride - complete kick butt style.
Movie Review: So bad, but so GOOD!
Summary: 5 Stars
Arnold Schwarzenegger was king of the 1980's when it came to Rated-R action films. He had so many and this was one that took place between some of those hits. It's got one of the worst scripts ever made for a movie and the casting isn't all that great, and it makes the movie so good.Matrix(Schwarzennegger) is an elite retired Army Commando. He lives in a solitary town with his daughter Jenny.(Milano) A dictator has hired one of Matrix's former men Bennett(Wells) capture Jenny. The dictator Arius(Hedya) was taken out of power by Matirx. He now wants Matrix to kill the President of his country in 12 hours or they will kill his daughter. With the help of Cindy(Chong) Matrix must hurry or his daughter will die.
First of all you never threaten any character played by Arnold and especially a direct family member. That's an instant indicator that you know there is going to be some awesome payback. It will be swift and hard.
Arnold is awesome in this film. He really mows throw the bad guys in this one. He kills over a hundred in this movie. It has a ton of action in it for a 90 minute film and is one of the more violent movies he's done.
I can't stand Rae Dawn Chong who plays Cindy in the film. She is so horrible. What were they thinking when they casted her in this movie. She is a horrible heroine. It was very common in Arnold's movies in the 80's that they put horrible unattractive woman who stared along side him. This one is a great example of it. Not all of his movies, but Commando sure does. The only thing that makes her standable in the film is the great one liners she gets.
The one liners are great in this film. There are so many that you will never forget. Everybody has the one liners too. The writers did a great job making that the only good part of the script.
Commando is a fun film. It's not Arnolds best film and it's far from his worst. His fans should really enjoy it a lot. If you want to see a cheesy bad made movie, then Commando is it. It's easy to find cheap and it makes a great guys night movie.
Movie Review: Ahnold's best
Summary: 5 Stars
The action genre peaked in 1985 with Commando. No movie since has been able to wield a proper combination of hard-core violence, witty one-liners and just the right amount of absurdity like Commando did.
Arnold Schwarzennegger stars as John Matrix, an ex-military man now living in a forest with his daughter, played by Alyssa Milano. Their existence is seemingly perfect - they spend their days chopping wood, feeding baby deer and frolicking in a swimming pool - but their bliss is short lived. Back in Matrix's army days, he had to discharge a fellow soldier for being too vicious. Now Bennett (played by Vernon Wells, in a remarkably flamboyant performance) is back and has kidnapped Matrix's beloved daughter.
Commando works on just about every level - from the hilariously over-the-top action sequences to the brutal violence - but hands down, it's the script that makes Commando such a gem. Plenty of movies have tried to emulate the ease with which Commando unfolds, but never quite as successfully. But more than that, it's the classic one-liners that make this an '80s staple. Here are a few choice quips: "Let off some steam" (said after Matrix has thrown a steam pipe through a baddie's chest); "I eat Green Berets for breakfast and I'm very hungry right now!"; "Don't disturb my friend - he's dead tired" (said after snapping the neck of a villian on an airplane and making it appear as though he's sleeping). And then there's the mother of all exchanges: Matrix is holding a bad guy named Sully (who he previously assured he'd kill last) by one leg over the edge of a cliff and the following dialogue ensues:
"Hey Sully, remember when I promised to kill you last?"
"Yeah, man! You said that!"
"I lied." (Followed by Matrix dropping Sully and Sully screaming as he plummets to his death.)
Gold. Pure gold.