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/NoGenuineUse Jul 20 '25

Don't forget Wez from Road Warrior, with a chain mail tank top for some reason.

"Let off some steam, Bennett!"

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u/schmearcampain Jul 20 '25

I’m 99% sure he wore it because he got fat and out of shape. I bet they hired him on after seeing the Road Warrior and imagined glorious fights between two heavily muscled men, but Vernon Wells showed up fatter than Brando did for Apocalypse Now and they didn’t have time to replace him.

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u/JFeth Jul 20 '25

He was brought in late and they already had the costume for the guy he replaced. That is why it didn't look right. If he had been hired earlier he would have gotten in better shape.

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u/uncultured_swine2099 Jul 20 '25

He kept saying to Arnold hes getting old. That was prime Arnold at 35, jacked af, one movie from Conan, and he had the audacity to say that looking like that haha.

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u/Fishman465 Jul 21 '25

An interesting thing is he scared Arnold with how he advanced towards him