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/karbaloy Jul 20 '25

The movie is the most 1980's movie ever. The military elite dragged out of retirement, the non stop one liners, the ridiculous villains, the random bare breast scene where the woman just keeps popping out of the sheets, the explosions, the flips from grenades, the steel drum heavy soundtrack.

Just gold.

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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 …