Commando (DVD)

John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a retired soldier. His old outfit of elite soldiers is being systematically hunted down and killed. Matrix's old commanding officer, General Kirby, arrives at his family mountain retreat with the bad news. His daughter, Jenny (a young Alyssa Milano) is dead set against the idea of her Dad going back to his old job. He concurs and refuses Kirby's offer of tracking down the perpetrators. However, that would make a very poor, and short, movie. Obviously, it isn't long before the bad guys show up and throw their weight around a bit. Catching Big Arnie unawares means that they can kidnap Jenny in the hope that he ...

Like a true action star, Arnold Schwarzenegger bounced back from the disaster that was Red Sonja to make Commando in the same year, 1985. This time, the actor has a bit more of a speaking part, and we actually find out the big man can speak the language, quite well in fact, even enough to add a little humour into the proceedings. Commando was the first of Arnie's roles to combine a bit of humour with all out action, and was to become a trademark of many of his films. The Plot Retired Special Forces Colonel John Matrix has left the forces to spend time on a secluded mountain house with his daughter Jenny. Not so muc luck. Members of Matrix's former ...

Commando is the best movie ever made. No, really. Let me explain... The movie stars Arnold Schwarzenegger in his prime as John Matrix, the baddest mudda fugga on Earth. The ridiculous plot is an effective vehicle for Arnie to perform countless ridiculous stunts (like jumping from a jumbo jet during take off) and to brutally murder about 100 bad guys (made up of various henchmen and piss-ant soldiers) without any guilt or moral pondering. This makes for the most entertaining, funny, quotable and deceptively vicious action movie of all time. The movie kicks off with a guy (later we find out he's an ex-commando from Arnie's special forces unit) ...