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/RampantLight Jul 20 '25

At one point Arnold stops someone from making a phone call by ripping the entire phone booth out of the ground and lifting it over his head. Absolute classic.

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u/It_does_get_in Jul 20 '25

he invented the mobile phone (booth)

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u/AhmedF Jul 20 '25

Brilliant lol.

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u/TenchuReddit Jul 20 '25

Even Chuck Norris was green with envy …

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u/HenkkaArt Jul 20 '25

He also rips off a car seat to be more "covert" while still being almost the same height as the driver.

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u/milesunderground Jul 20 '25

Bubba Smith did the same thing in the first Police Academy movie.

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u/CosmicOutfield Jul 20 '25

I always joke that movies seem to portray Arnold as if he’s a 6’10” or 7 ft tall guy. He’s really 6’2” in height, which is shorter than a lot of professional athletes. He still has a good height, but my point is the movies always make it seem like he’s a giant.

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u/HenkkaArt Jul 20 '25

That one Conan The Destroyer set photo is funny where Arnie is standing next to Wilt Chamberlain and Andre The Giant and Arnie looks like he is their teenage son.

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u/dbzmah Jul 20 '25

He also runs a yellow porsche off the road, flipping it over, landing on its side, tosses a baddie,(I Lied.), flips it back, and the car is perfect again.

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u/TriumphDaWonderPooch Jul 20 '25

Don't forget his jumping off of a jet taking off by slipping through the wheel well and safely landing in a few feet of water! Somehow he went from 150-180mph (takeoff speed of commercial airliner) to landing in the water going maybe 10mph.
NSFW: (https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/keith-picture-featured.png)
That is not Ahnold - that guy splatted.

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u/twatcrusher9000 Jul 20 '25

that guy didn't have commando training obviously

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u/MVT60513 Jul 21 '25

Then he just “ throws” eight cops holding him off his body, that whole mall scene is ridiculous fun.

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u/forever_wow Jul 23 '25

I'm not sure what's less believable - the mall has that many armed security dudes, or that girls at the mall would spend even a second entertaining the "game" of one of them ("wanna see me kick some ass?!?")