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Commando
1985
Suspense/Thriller, Action
1h 30m
A retired elite commando has only a few hours to find and rescue his daughter from an exiled dictator
Directed by:
Mark L. LesterCommando
1985
Suspense/Thriller, Action
1h 30m
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Rated 03 Dec 2010
3
32nd
Arnold will not be stopped, not by you, me, or anyone. Your girly bullets cannot puncture his invincible flesh. Your command posts and lookout towers are no match for his physics-defying mines. Not even the laws of nature can confine him. Watch as he survives a fall from a high speed plane onto solid ground and uses his magic grenades to cause enemies to explode in perfect harmony. It's total trash, but it's the greatest piece of trash you'll ever see.
Rated 03 Dec 2010
Rated 07 May 2009
85
88th
Remember when I promised to rate you last? I lied.
Rated 07 May 2009
Rated 27 Feb 2007
4
70th
This movie rocks, while sucking. But mostly it rocks. Arnold Schwarzenegger has the magical ability to make bullets fly and hit enemies he's not even aiming at. He can also make Claymore mines placed on the perimeter of a building blow the building up from the inside. And accurately shoot an M16 from a prone position with one arm. John Matrix is the most invincible, amazing man ever.
Rated 27 Feb 2007
Rated 22 Mar 2008
100
98th
I have to shave after this movie every time.
Rated 22 Mar 2008
Rated 08 Feb 2008
59
4th
Quick question: Least threatening villain ever? An out of shape Aussie with a chain link wifebeater? Seriously? If Arnold was able to mow down 982 of this guy's cronies on the way to their big showdown, how am I supposed to believe that this porker has a chance? At least he gets to be on the receiving end of what might be Arnold's worst one-liner of all-time. "Let off some steam, Benedict."
Rated 08 Feb 2008
Rated 08 Jul 2011
69
51st
Arnie can even make feeding a little deer with your daughter seem manly as shit.
Rated 08 Jul 2011
Rated 10 Sep 2008
62
37th
People always laugh at the "Eye eet Green Berets for brackfaast - and raight nauw I'm very hunree!" bit, but forget the line right after: "What is it with this macho bullshit?!" That self-awareness, embracing stereotypes and sending them up at the same time, is precisely why you've seen it, and will probably see it again.
Rated 10 Sep 2008
Rated 14 Aug 2007
94
97th
Has pretty much everything a Schwarzenegger fan could ever want--Arnold carrying a tree, Arnold lifting a porche, Arnold impaling a man with a pipe, allowing him to let of some steam, Arnold killing a man and making the corpse look like it's sleeping before jumping from the landing gear of an airborne 747 jet into a swamp--it's all there.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 20 Mar 2007
87
78th
This classic Arnold flick is so over the top it'll leave 65 people in the theater dead after you finish watching it.
Rated 20 Mar 2007
Rated 28 Nov 2013
79
71st
There's a point where this movie becomes an Incredible Hulk adaptation, and it's right about where Matrix rips a fucking occupied phonebooth from the ground.
Rated 28 Nov 2013
Rated 03 Jul 2009
60
25th
Incredibly stupid and cheesy but ultimately entertaining.
Rated 03 Jul 2009
Rated 29 Aug 2008
80
78th
This is the shit! Best scene is the one where Arnie jumps off a plane and straight into a swamp - and his pants only get wet from the knees down! Who's the man? Arnie's the man! Scream!
Rated 29 Aug 2008
Rated 18 Oct 2007
9
41st
"LET OFF SOME STEAM, BENNETT" "WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING? / WORLD WAR THREE" "I HAD TO LET HIM GO" "BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A CAR! / *crash* / I DO NOW." "REMEMBER WHEN I SAID I'D KILL YOU LAST SULLY? ...I LIED" It doesn't take itself seriously, and if you grant it the same then it's a watchable if utterly braindead action film with some marvelously cheesy one-liners.
Rated 18 Oct 2007
Rated 02 Apr 2007
43
26th
I have to honestly toss this in the "so bad it's good" pile. I can't consider this a good movie on it's own merits but watching it to make fun of with some friends is most certainly a worthwhile amount of time spent.
Rated 02 Apr 2007
Rated 14 Feb 2007
10
98th
The best 80's action film and the best "so bad it's good" movie you will ever find. Every line in this movie is quotable and hilarious, Arnold kills 200 people, and everything eventually seems to blow up. If you can't find enjoyment in this you probably don't have a soul or are a huge movie snob. Best lines = COMO ESTAS, I LIED, WRONG!!!, Come on you piece of shit, fly or die. *plane starts* Works every time.
Rated 14 Feb 2007
Rated 10 Nov 2018
70
45th
I somehow missed this movie until now. Too bad for me, but better late than never. Life always needs more Schwarzenegger cheese. Favorite feat: Bad guy enters phone booth, Arnold simply rips booth (with man inside of course) off the wall, lifts it over his head and smashes it to the floor. Brings a tear to my eye.
Rated 10 Nov 2018
Rated 04 Oct 2018
40
32nd
By 1985 standards this might have been a good movie, but I'm unimpressed with the stupid plot and cheesy dialog. Green Beret with incredible fighting skills can't shoot straight? A stewardess uses a rocket launcher against a police van? Bulletproof Arnold? The absurdities just keep multiplying as the movie progresses. Bad writing, bad music, corny dialog, super cheesy gun battles. It was a chore to watch this, even with all the crazy action that keeps it moving along. Barely worth watching.
Rated 04 Oct 2018
Rated 01 Apr 2018
74
33rd
Cheesy actioner, supposedly a keystone of Arnold's early career but doesn't hold a candle to films around it like Terminator or Predator. The acting and script are damn weak, the plot pretty uninteresting and focused on the wrong people at the wrong times. The finale when he's all kitted out as an unstoppable killing machine is iconic, sure, but easily surpassed in tension, style and pomp by almost all action films that followed it. +5 for female sidekick firing a rocket launcher backwards.
Rated 01 Apr 2018
Rated 10 Nov 2017
50
26th
Ineptly made Arnie vehicle is littered with errors that appear to resemble a coherent style in the classic autistic auteur mode. The acting is bad, the shots often don't match, the action is sloppy, and there isn't a hint of self awareness, but these faults make it an entertaining piece of 80's trash that has been overpraised by the irony brigade yet retains its cracked low rent charm. Arnie delivers a handful of classic cheesy one liners, and Wells is a hoot as the comically unhinged Bennett.
Rated 10 Nov 2017
Rated 19 May 2013
73
31st
"I can't believe this macho bullshit!" might be one of the most ironically prescient lines in cinema history. The entire final fight of this film might as well be a still image of a penis with grunts of exertion over it. But it's not terrible, and Vernon Wells's performance as Bennet is pretty entertaining. The soundtrack is weirdly dissonant and chaotic too, which added an interesting aspect to the film. The sheer concentration of one-liners gets a little grating after a while though.
Rated 19 May 2013
Rated 19 Oct 2012
65
47th
"Let off some steam, Bennet." Filled to the brim with awesomely ridiculous one-liners and over the top visual violence, this film is the epitome of 80s action flicks.
Rated 19 Oct 2012
Rated 27 Jan 2012
89
88th
A purely man movie. His name is Matrix. He carries a tree on his shoulder. He never reloads. He goes axe to groin. The only thing he leaves for his backup is bodies, and if he likes you he'll kill you last.
Rated 27 Jan 2012
Rated 21 Jul 2011
40
14th
This movie justifies the notion that if you put Schwarzenegger in even the crappiest of action movies it will at least be watchable once. This movie is by all accounts a piece of shit, but I'll be damned if I wasn't having a good time laughing at all the stupid lines and ridiculous action pieces.
Rated 21 Jul 2011
Rated 16 Jun 2011
78
75th
The intro of Arnie is absolutely hilarious. Also the intro with him and Milano is so fucking corny. Anyway, the action is awesome (great explosions) and I had to giggle a lot of times. I grew a pair of balls too just by looking at Arnie, using a machine gun, all sweaty and greased up. Rawr!
Rated 16 Jun 2011
Rated 16 Apr 2009
60
46th
Despite all the weakness of the script with scenes more than absurd, it is one of the most entertaining films of the entire career of Arnold, here he kills all the participants of the movie, only 88 people.
Rated 16 Apr 2009
Rated 16 Feb 2008
43
15th
Good if you are under 12yr.
Rated 16 Feb 2008
Rated 25 Dec 2007
75
59th
The 1980s action movie at it's most ludicrous, entertaining extreme. Arnold kills about a hundred people, bullets seem to ricochet off flowers, buildings explode from the inside despite the explosives being outside, a rocket launcher gets set off facing the wrong way, Arnold survives a fall from an airplane taking off, and the villain doesn't need the girl. Absolutely hilarious.
Rated 25 Dec 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
50
23rd
Typical early Arnold. Lots of action but not much on the plot or dialog. Shoot every thirty seconds and make a mint.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
98th
John Matrix is seriously pissed off. Especially in the last 30 minutes or so. It's a good thing for him that the bad guys stashed his daughter in the only room he didn't blow up.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 09 Apr 2007
60
28th
The pinnacle of Arnold movies. So many one liners that if they dropped the rest of the film and just kept Arnold's one liners I might actually rank this higher.
Rated 09 Apr 2007
Rated 21 Feb 2007
20
4th
Very very poor.
Rated 21 Feb 2007
Rated 27 Dec 2006
55
32nd
When I was a kid this was my favorite movie...by the way, did I mention I loved cheese when I was a kid?
Rated 27 Dec 2006
Rated 25 Nov 2006
80
68th
This film was unfairly robbed of the Best Documentary Feature Oscar for 1985. They should retroactively award it immediately.
Rated 25 Nov 2006
Rated 11 Oct 2018
62
64th
The peak of self-aware 80's action movies. It has everything you would want: muscles, guns, one-liners, more muscles, grenades, action-cliches, Arnold, Arnold one-liners, even more muscles, and last but not least, more guns.
Rated 11 Oct 2018
Rated 22 Nov 2017
73
41st
I used to like this one much more; it was only with my last viewing that the weakness of the action scenes really stuck out. Mostly I think it is the cutting in action scenes. I vastly prefer a more bodied style, with longer, dance-like takes and choreography, whereas the action in this is very distanced and cobbled together.
Rated 22 Nov 2017
Rated 19 Sep 2017
83
43rd
If you want one liners and things blowed up, this is as good as the rest.
Rated 19 Sep 2017
Rated 11 May 2017
40
2nd
Fragile and predictive plot, however the movie is entertaining.
Rated 11 May 2017
Rated 08 Mar 2017
79
82nd
Possibly the greatest slice of classic 80's action American cheese ever. This movie is the equivalent of a hockey puck of a hamburger with a thick layer of Kraft Singles at a 4th of July cookout, an American staple. Arnold Schwarzenegger provides 110% of his grade-A Austrian beef cake body and more than enough cheesy one-liners to make this movie one of the most memorable "so-bad-it's-good" action movies ever.
Rated 08 Mar 2017
Rated 12 Jan 2017
89
41st
This is a quintessential Arnold film full of one liners and baddass action.
Rated 12 Jan 2017
Rated 05 Nov 2016
90
30th
In the same year as a 6 year old Ive watched this movie in my cousin's video club. Funny thing, I've firstly watched in the same day "Rambo I" and were so exited that he momentaly said to his workers:"Now, give him something simillar" and they were so damn right. I were euforic even more and that girl from movie were a litle older than me in reality so that suma summarum that was a cool movie for me to watch and first time in my life that I felt the next thing:"So, that is the meaning of cool!"
Rated 05 Nov 2016
Rated 16 Jun 2016
40
33rd
The extent to which this is appreciated probably depends on the angle it is viewed from. Taken seriously, it largely is a piece of shit. Taken as a campy piece of shit, it largely is a piece of shit, but less so.
Rated 16 Jun 2016
Rated 20 May 2016
48
19th
Pretty typical 80s action movie stuff, incidentally featuring some great Schwarzenegger lines: "Excuse my friend, he's dead tired," "Let off some steam, Bennett," and, my favorite, because it's not even a joke or a pun, "Fuck YOU asshole." I just don't buy into the idea that it does the usual genre tropes in any kind of spectacular, transcendent way, and as Schwarzenegger films go, I would much more readily recommend those directed by actually gifted filmmakers like Verhoeven and Cameron.
Rated 20 May 2016
Rated 19 Dec 2015
70
21st
ZOMG. That is Alyssa Milano.
And Arnie and Arnie and Arnie.
Rated 19 Dec 2015
Rated 22 Sep 2014
45
13th
Almost OK. One of the crappier Schwarzenegger efforts
Rated 22 Sep 2014
Rated 21 Mar 2014
75
49th
This movie is without a doubt an action movie. The thin plot revolves around the main character trying to rescue his daughter from kidnappers. The action scenes are very unrealistic but fun. If you like mindless action movies you should check this one out.
Rated 21 Mar 2014
Rated 02 Sep 2013
83
71st
Of all the ways to get John back they had to mess with his daughter that was not a smart move on there part.
Rated 02 Sep 2013
Rated 17 Jul 2013
8
78th
Arnold kills half the population of South America while reducing the world's supply of bullets and firearms to its bare minimum. NOT. A. SCRATCH.
Rated 17 Jul 2013
Rated 13 Jul 2013
30
16th
This movie is all about explosions and Arnold's physique. Downright laughable at times, the dialogue will have you rolling your eyes and the plot will leave you questioning what the writers were smoking. Of course, that's to be expected. The real problem here is that the action isn't all that good. In fact it's just downright absurd. I like Arnold just as much as the next guy but there is no way I can, in good conscience, recommend this to anyone.
Rated 13 Jul 2013
Rated 03 Jan 2013
30
31st
What the hell is going on in the beginning of this movie? I couldn't figure out if that was his daughter or his lover.
Rated 03 Jan 2013
Rated 14 Aug 2012
78
71st
Adheres to the standard action movie formula so closely that it's aged incredibly well as a comedy. And as an open challenge to all of physics.
Rated 14 Aug 2012
Rated 16 Jul 2012
80
43rd
A guilty pleasure of mine. Summarizes all that is good (and bad) about action movies in general.
Rated 16 Jul 2012
Rated 05 Mar 2012
59
27th
retarded, but cool. kinda.
Rated 05 Mar 2012
Rated 24 Jan 2012
40
15th
I guess it was funny but also I hate it
Rated 24 Jan 2012
Rated 06 Nov 2011
71
40th
Silly but enjoyable Schwarzenegger vehicle; probably the ultimate definitive 80s action film; tasteless wise cracks, gratuitous violence, leering, crude view of woman (with the obligatory tit shot), a precocious/bratty child in danger etc. Sluggishness in the mid-section, and an egregious waste of Dan Hedaya, detract but the absurdly violent climax, and the undeniable Schwarzenegger factor, gives it a boost.
Rated 06 Nov 2011
Rated 02 Nov 2011
75
60th
The epitome of 80s action. I must have watched this more than a dozen times as a kid.
Rated 02 Nov 2011
Rated 28 Aug 2011
63
11th
It's pretty awesome.
Rated 28 Aug 2011
Rated 25 Aug 2011
40
14th
On a second viewing, I have softened to this film a bit more. Sadly having seen peaks and nadirs of the action film in all its glory before this - Godfrey Ho, Steven Seagal's ego etc. - has damped its impact, making it look conventional in comparison. Its still an immensely enjoyable film though which has plenty of amusing scenes, especially Vernon Wells when he's allowed to start acting like a lunatic in the last few scenes, so its still entertaining if you are into these sorts of movies.
Rated 25 Aug 2011
Rated 17 Jul 2011
50
12th
Some cool action bits, but level of suspension of disbelief required to truly enjoy this movie is staggering.
Rated 17 Jul 2011
Rated 22 Apr 2011
60
25th
Grrrrr, graaaaaw, gaaaaaah... These sounds and more are what should be emitted by all good strong commandos who need to rescue their helpless daughters.
Rated 22 Apr 2011
Rated 05 Mar 2011
66
33rd
This is a ridiculously silly movie. What can be loosely called a story line is full of holes. The 'Written By' shows 3 writers. I guess they wrote 1 line each.
Rated 05 Mar 2011
Rated 19 Dec 2010
76
47th
Entertaining kills and a slew of one liners. Everything is pretty laughable and cheesy but I suppose that's what makes it fun.
Rated 19 Dec 2010
Rated 22 Nov 2010
49
17th
This perhaps the most shitty made Schwarzenegger film, yet entertain because it's Schwarzenegger. Simplistic action, little dialogue involving structure of plot, crappy acting (especially the Australian bad guy), some pointless scenes, and yet we can all deal with this because... that's right... Schwarzenegger.
Rated 22 Nov 2010
Rated 05 Nov 2010
66
35th
This movie, has set the standard for how many one liners Arnold should get per movie, no more no less.
Rated 05 Nov 2010
Rated 26 Sep 2010
75
57th
I don't even know how to rate this but it is hilariously entertaining at least. The villain has to be seen to be believed.
Rated 26 Sep 2010
Rated 24 Sep 2010
64
39th
More Arnold 80's cheese. RDC is kinda hot though.
Rated 24 Sep 2010
Rated 19 Aug 2010
70
21st
For one of Schwartzeneggers early action films this isn't too bad. Story is kind of silly and I wasn't buying the cheesy daddy-daughter relationship. Worth a watch to see a young Arnold and Alyssa Milano.
Rated 19 Aug 2010
Rated 13 Jun 2010
25
8th
The quintessential strong man movie, complete with silly one-liners and an extremely simple plot. Also David Patrick Kelly's character screams "Uhlala" when he dies. Yet the film isn't a very enjoyable watch compared to other representatives from the genre.
Rated 13 Jun 2010
Rated 17 May 2010
50
14th
This is really the only fair score for a film which is so clearly rubbish, but that is so much fun to watch every time.
Rated 17 May 2010
Rated 12 May 2010
38
5th
I do love Arnold Schwarzenegger, and I can almost forgive this movie on the grounds that it was only meant to give the public more muscle, more guns, and more explosions. However, Commando seemed too simple, too easy, and made Arnold out to be unstoppable. With a lack of drama, the film just felt like it was going through the motions, and never found its step.
Rated 12 May 2010
Rated 05 Apr 2010
80
37th
so ridiculous and great
Rated 05 Apr 2010
Rated 03 Feb 2010
28
13th
Those 80s, gotta love or hate them... After this, hating seems better option.
Rated 03 Feb 2010
Rated 12 Oct 2009
60
49th
I can't defend rating this this higher than 30... But I'm doing it none the less...
Rated 12 Oct 2009
Rated 12 Sep 2009
45
15th
Filled with cheesy lines, 80's music and Arnold single-handedly killing an entire army, it's very campy and somewhat entertaining. Still, even in all of it's campiness I cannot give it more points than this. Best watched with friends while drunk.
Rated 12 Sep 2009
Rated 07 Sep 2009
55
7th
''I lied'' and ''I let him go'': Without those the movie would be nothing.
Rated 07 Sep 2009
Rated 01 Sep 2009
59
49th
See it for the editing - often brilliant (and ahead of its time) and other times clunky and completely hopeless.
Rated 01 Sep 2009
Rated 20 Jul 2009
75
31st
Arnold didn't need to do any bulking up to take a role as the retired elite commando and a dad. In this funny but action-packed film, Arnold kick asses while delivering one-liners like "Please don't wake up my friend, he's dead tired." One of the few Schwarzenegger movies that I can repeatedly watch and never get tired of it.
Rated 20 Jul 2009
Rated 30 Jun 2009
25
27th
I think seeing this in Blu-Ray made it worse...
Rated 30 Jun 2009
Rated 24 May 2009
7
46th
Only Arnold could make a generic action movie like this enjoyable. I swear if it were any other action star, it would not have been as good.
Rated 24 May 2009
Rated 13 Mar 2009
33
19th
Exceptionally noisy comic-book yarn. Film's sense of humor is largely obliterated by all the noise and mindless violence.
Rated 13 Mar 2009
Rated 08 Mar 2009
40
25th
If you want to know what does 'so bad it's good' term mean - watch this movie!
Rated 08 Mar 2009
Rated 16 Feb 2009
80
19th
This thing is so mindless and rote that it's actually very entertaining. I find myself watching just for a goof whenever it's on broadcast tv.
Rated 16 Feb 2009
Rated 13 Feb 2009
4
96th
Sometimes it's nice to just enjoy something free of pretense.
Rated 13 Feb 2009
Rated 29 Jan 2009
54
28th
It's awful, but absolutely entertaining and memorable due to great dialogues and unbelievable . One of very few films I watched as a child and still remember. Probably the best of 80's B action films.
Rated 29 Jan 2009
Rated 15 Dec 2008
74
68th
Hell's yes rippling pecks.
Rated 15 Dec 2008
Rated 04 Dec 2008
10
7th
Some of the action is OK, but the dialogue is shocking and the acting is worse.
Rated 04 Dec 2008
Rated 15 Nov 2008
5
4th
Best watched with subtitles on.
Rated 15 Nov 2008
Rated 27 Oct 2008
35
16th
If only massacre's were this cool.
Rated 27 Oct 2008
Rated 24 Aug 2008
10
12th
Some good lines, but generally a POS. The villain, well what can one say but I'm surprized the producers weren't sued. Lots of splinters between the teeth of all involved.
Rated 24 Aug 2008
Rated 28 Jul 2008
21
2nd
I hate this kind of movie. Just action and killing. So much testosterone. I need a deeper plot to enjoy it.
Rated 28 Jul 2008
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