A film patronized by about every film critic that saw it upon it's initial release. The critics failed to realized that this was a very funny movie that was also a spoof of action films. This was Arnold's third film as the lead and it certainly set the tone for every action film going forward. Arnold was in incredible shape and his dead pan delivery of a bunch of classic comedy one liners in his dialog made this a very fun film.
Arnold is a widowert living in a mountain retreat with his daughter played by a very young Alyssa Milano. He's a former special ops Colonel who becomes a one man killing machine after his daughter is kidnapped by "The Wez" himself Vernon Welles. It's just one over the top moment after another as Arnold rushes to save her.
This film has a decent supporting cast but the standout is Rae Dawn Chong as a flight attendant who gets involved in Arnold's quest. The diminutive Chong, especially when she stands next to Arnold, more than holds her own in the comedy quips department playing off Arnold's violent shenanigans.
It all ends in a major shoot out as Arnold takes on an army of Vernon Welles's bad guys while basically blowing up the Harold Lloyd estate where this film was photographed.
This is the film that really cemented Arnold Schwarzenegger's Hollywood leading man career and started his twelve year run in the action genre. Commando still holds up as a very entertaining film.
The film was written by Steven E. de Souza, the running time is 90 minutes.
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