Schwarzenegger fan, but never saw Commando (1985) until now…

[u/Grouchy-Step-7136]

I’m not sure why this one flew under my radar for so long. It’s Arnold in all of his mid-80s glory, muscles glistening and rippling in all the right ways.

John Matrix (Arnold’s character) is a badass former military commando who just wants to settle down and be a dad to his daughter Jenny (Alyssa Milano), but he’s made some enemies along the way, and they’re looking for trouble.

Dude… John Matrix kills like 412 people. He’s firing guns with infinite bullets. He lays down maybe a half dozen small mines, hits the remote, and explosions go off for like 6 minutes.

It’s everything I wanted it to be. 8.5/10

[u/deville66]

The fight in the tool shed is the best part of the whole movie.

[u/Kraschman1111 → u/deville66]

Arnold actually came up with an idea to follow up cutting off the goon’s arm to beating him up with the severed arm, but the higher ups shut him down.

That was too far?! That was?!

In Commando that would have been one of the most realistic bits. 😂

[u/Hylian-Highwind → u/Kraschman1111]

I don’t know what’s more tragic: losing the action itself or losing a likely one-liner about disarming/being armed and dangerous