Commando (1985)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 1985
	Director: Mark L. Lester (Pterodactyl)
	Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger (Conan the Barbarian, Predator, The Terminator), Rae Dawn Chong, Dan Hedaya
	Country: USA
	Genre: Action
	Conditions of visioning: 28.03.3017, VOD, 40" TV.
Synopsis: Johan Matrix (Schwarzenegger), a retired elite Black Ops Commando, launches a one man war against a group of South American criminals who have kidnapped his daughter.
Review: You want brainless Action from the 80's? Commando is here for you. Schwarzy shot it at the height of his success, when he was doubling his salary for every movie he made, as told in his autobiography. Being at his top doesn't mean that he mastered the Acting techniques yet, indeed I find his performance quite poorly delivered. A director like Milius or Cameron may be needed to drive Arnold. I have watched Commando countless times as a teenager but last time I saw it maybe 15 years ago, I found that the dated punchlines were not funny anymore. That was in French, and now that I saw it in original version I found those punchlines less embarrassing although some are still incredible: "I eat Green Berets for breakfast. And right now, I'm very hungry", or "What are you expecting? [If Matrix is still alive,] World War Three". This time I was in fact more disturbed by the editing of those lines. When they are delivered all action seems to stop, the camera shows the face of the actor out of context and he delivers his line, a bit like if it was shot and added after principal photography to give the movie more ...erm... balls. The story and characters are totally not credible like in any good 80's Action flick, but the body count and free violence made it easy for me to watch and relatively enjoy. Talking about body count, the amount of soldiers killed by the hero during the final scene (74 guys in about 10 minutes) is as impressive as ridiculous, but that was to expect from such a movie.
Rating: 5 /10