Commando (1985)

Release date: 1985-10-04
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Mark L. Lester
Production Co: SLM Production Group, Silver Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Rating: 6.7/10
Length: 1h 30min

Storyline

A retired special agent named John Matrix led an elite unit and has left the armed forces to live in a secluded mountain home with his daughter Jenny. But now he is forced out of retirement when his daughter is kidnapped by a band of thugs intent on revenge! Unbeknownst to Matrix, the members of his former unit are being killed one by one. Even though Matrix' friend General Franklin Kirby gives Matrix armed guards, attackers manage to kidnap Matrix and Jenny. Matrix learns that Bennett, a former member of his Matrix' unit who was presumed dead has kidnapped him to try to force Matrix to do a political assassination for a man called Arius (who calls himself El Presidente), a warlord formerly bested by Matrix who wishes to lead a military coup in his home country. Since Arius will have Jenny killed if Matrix refuses, Matrix reluctantly accepts the demand.

Plot Keywords

female nudity, knife fight, jumping from an airplane, body count, one man army, bare breasts, beach, exploding building, garbage truck, military veteran, phone booth, rocket launcher, security guard, single father, arm cut off, airport, race against time, motel, father daughter relationship, shopping mall

Short Review

Comic book stuff, helped out by the presence of Rae Dawn Chong as an airline stewardess whose sarcastic commentary adds some comic counterpoint to the deliberately overscaled action.