Fresh
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.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Commando
Somewhere, somehow, someone's going to pay.
1985 · 1h 30m · R
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Directed by
Mark L. Lester
Overview
John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army. With the help of a feisty stewardess and an old friend, Matrix has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge: finding his daughter before she's killed.
Director and cast
- Mark L. Lester Director
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as John Matrix
- Rae Dawn Chong as Cindy
- Dan Hedaya as Arius
- Vernon Wells as Bennett
- James Olson as Major General Franklin Kirby
- David Patrick Kelly as Sully
- Alyssa Milano as Jenny Matrix
- Bill Duke as Cooke
- Ava Cadell as Girl in Bed at Motel
- Drew Snyder as Lawson
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
68%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Chong lights up the film like a firefly, Schwarzenegger delivers a certain light touch of his own, [and] the result is palatable action comics.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
Lots of machine-gunfire, explosions and disposable khaki-clad extras, as you'd expect.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Rotten
The big battle scenes are especially disappointing.
D.J.R. Bruckner, New York Times
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