For action fans, one of the picks of the litter for the year.
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09/18/07
Commando (1985)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:22
Rotten:9
Average Rating:6.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
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... [More]
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Dan Hedaya, Vernon Wells
Director: Mark L. Lester
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Reviews for Commando
One of the better, if less intelligent, arguments for a 1980s revival.
05/24/03
The greatest guilty pleasure in the history of cinema.
01/09/06
No review available.
10/16/02
No review available.
07/08/04
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.
09/18/07
Top CriticGold. Pure gold.
10/05/02
In its 90 minutes of non-stop action, Commando manages to achieve its goal - to entertain the audience. And, sometimes, that fact is enough to consider the movie good.
01/01/00
No review available.
01/08/04
So bad it's good, a guilty pleasure.
11/22/02
A violent guilty pleasure from the Schwarzenegger estate
02/20/04
serves as a template for many future action flicks
09/24/07
My favorite movie of all time.
09/10/02
No review available.
06/12/07
one of the best arguments available for the action movie as pure entertainment
10/07/07
An audacious comic-book movie on steroids...cinematic junk food, but even a dieter deserves to cheat once in a while. [Blu-Ray]
05/26/08
No review available.
11/15/03
You're welcome, California!
01/03/08
Mindless bullet-ridden fun all the way.
07/25/02
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