serves as a template for many future action flicks
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09/24/07
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
It might have been fun to watch when I was nine, but knowing what I know now, it is a horribly offensive film.
10/26/09
No review available.
06/12/07
No review available.
10/16/02
One of the better, if less intelligent, arguments for a 1980s revival.
05/24/03
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 CriticMindless bullet-ridden fun all the way.
07/25/02
No review available.
06/13/05
one of the best arguments available for the action movie as pure entertainment
10/07/07
No review available.
08/05/02
The greatest guilty pleasure in the history of cinema.
01/09/06
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.
12/25/03
A violent guilty pleasure from the Schwarzenegger estate
02/20/04
My favorite movie of all time.
09/10/02
Before this, I didn't know you could cram that many groan-causing one-liners into a movie. Thus, began the death of my innocence.
07/11/03
The big battle scenes are especially disappointing.
05/21/03
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.
08/17/07
You're welcome, California!
01/03/08
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