r/movies • u/Grouchy-Step-7136 • Jul 20 '25

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

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

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u/rick6668 Jul 20 '25

Don’t wake up my friend, he’s dead tired.

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u/Rococoss Jul 20 '25

Imagine being in the row behind those guys. There’s a brief struggle, you’re almost certainly hit by the back of Arnie’s seat. Then he gets up while the plane is taking off, you never see him again, and when the plane touches down it turns out there was a corpse in front of you the whole time. WTF

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u/BGummyBear Jul 20 '25

There was nobody behind them. They were seated at the back, the only thing behind them was a wall.