Excellent, a Must See

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

An ass kicking triumph from the greatest decade of action movies..., Commando stars big shot Arnie S in a typical no nonsense cool and camp ass whooping action beat-down!John Matrix is a retired special agent who lives in the secluded wilderness with his young daughter Jenny; alas Matrix is forced out of retirement when he and daughter Jenny get kidnapped by terrorists; Matrix is given the task of completing a mission for these bad guys otherwise Jenny will be killed..., but Matrix has other plans, and the clock is ticking.It's a race against the clock for Matrix who only has eleven hours to find and save his daughter and take down the bad guys..., it's always nice when the hero is faced with an imminent deadline as the action portrayed in the film is quickfire and never has the chance to slow down or lose any rhythm. A particular favorite moment of mine happened towards the beginning of the film when Matrix has to escape the plane he has been forced to board, but will he have time to make this daring escape, logic dictates that there wouldn't be, but it's pretty amazing and heart pumping watching Matrix escape to the wheels while the plane is racing along the runway to takeoff, only to jump off at least fifty feet in the air and fall into a pond as the plane has become airborne. That very scene illustrates what the rest of film is going to be about, incredible, improbable feats of strength, impossible and over the top action scenes with plenty of gunfire and crashes (this is an Arnie film after all). Some say Commando is one of Arnie's weaker films with too many cliches and ridiculous tropes, but I disagree entirely, the cliches and the tropes signify exactly what an action movie should be..., Commando and other films of the same ilk aren't intelligent, they don't encourage you to think, they're proper popcorn munchers where you simply sit back and enjoy the over the top grandeur they're offering you. As a whole, Commando is a wickedly simple and highly enjoyable 1980s action flick that doesn't ask too much of its audience, embrace it!

When Arnold Schwarzenegger first said he wanted to be an actor and had plans to become an international superstar, few thought he would find success. His strong accent seemed an unassailable obstacle. But he found roles that fit him and proved his detractors wrong. He played Conan, a barbarian role that did not require modern day English. Then he played the Terminator--an android whose stilted language was custom made for Arnold's talents.In "Commando", he plays John Matrix, an elite ex-commando--originally from Germany--whose talents are desired by evil forces. His speech in this film is still somewhat stilted, but he was on his way to achieving his goals.The plot is classic suspense, complete with a ticking clock countdown that keeps viewers fully engaged in every moment. He has to achieve a nearly impossible task before the clock expires or his daughter will be sacrificed. Alyssa Milano plays the daughter, Jenny, to perfection. And Schwarzenegger convincingly plays the caring father part (compare to Jason Statham in "Homefront").Raw Dawn Chong plays Cindy, a flight attendant who reluctantly becomes involved in Matrix's mission, adding more humor to the story. The film never takes itself too seriously, and includes the casual puns we have come to expect from a Schwarzenegger (or James Bond) film, especially when he dispatches an adversary.Matrix is a physical specimen with unbelievable strength and skills. The director stresses this so that we believe it when Matrix uses his incredible power, as when he lifts an occupied phone booth overhead. This is fun stuff. An invincible hero does the impossible in accomplishing an ethical task. The role was made for Schwarzenegger.

A true 80's action classic that doesn't go out of style. Is this a groundbreaking, soul drenching motion picture masterpiece? NO! This is a straight up 80's action movie, full of the cheesiest one liners that cracks me up every time I watch it...and I LOVE it! Arnold is fantastic in this over the top action film that you can feel is trying to be somewhat serious but just can't get there due to the one liners and the directors use of making Arnold seem like a real live ''HE MAN''. Everything our hero does and says in this movie is so funny as Arnold delivers it with such deadpan humour that you as the viewer can tell is really unintentional. This really is such a classic in the action genre that I feel to this day has not been replicated. It's the sort of movie where your hero has 1000 bullets flying at him and not one hits. And because it's Arnold it just makes sense. It truly is an action masterpiece and I feel worthy of a top 3 spot in the 80's action genre.

A Commando movie? Here it is! Wow! A great one! Just look at the tagline. A huge achievement in the "funny action movie" genre with a mind blowing budget of 10 000 000 $.a commando movieDirector Marc L. Lester known for such classics in the genre as the Stephen King's adaptation "Firestarter","Showdown in little Tokyo" and much more, has done a great job , helping Arnie to show all of his potential in this blasting roller coaster .There aren't any known names in the cast, to draw your attention off from Arnold, like for example Sharon Stone does in "Total Recall".The Plot:The plot is far from original but this is not so important, simply because only a retard would expect deep character development and story narrowing like in the "Godfather".Arnold is John Matrix, a very tough badass (what do you expect) and retired elite Commando who lives a peaceful live in the forest until one day several pricks kidnap his little daughter in order to blackmail him to lead a revolution and to give the power back to an evil dictator.This is a Funny Action Movie because:From the first scene in which Arnold appears, you have to be impressed by his strength and the shape of his muscles. The guy is walking in the forest and carrying a gigantic tree on his shoulder, looking like a lethal killing machine. Basically, in every scene he is beating his chest and screaming "I am the bodybuilding itself".Basically, in every scene he is beating his chest and screaming "I am the bodybuilding itself".And it really looks like Arnie is shooting the film between his chest training breaks. He's full of protein, testosterone and ready to explode. It is very funny when he is cutting woods as well, or when he is naked and playing with his beloved daughter in the river. How sweet Daddy he is! It is a bit like watching Rambo feeding little puppies.The dialogue is so hilarious and dumb that you keep thinking that some 5-year-old kid is the screenwriter. Mr. Schwarzenegger's acting is as stiff as usual, so you definitely won't be disappointed.There are plenty of ridiculous lines as well. For instance, when John Matrix promises to a bad guy that he will kill him last but he kills him before the others (because of the steroids washed his brain) by throwing him off of a rock, this goes like this "Remember, Matrix, when you told me that you will kill me last. " With a cold look on his rocky face, Matrix confesses "I lied!!!!!!" and throws him away. Of course, this line is shaped with a significant amount of hilarious Austrian accent.Happily, there are plenty of such lines like for example "Right? –"Wrong" as is the answer of Arnold after shooting one poor bad guy in the stomach and he dies, being probably the 345th victim of the cold-blooded Commando.The grand finale of the movie can make you feel pain in the cheeks from laughing while you are questioning yourself "How one could make such a movie and meant it to be serious?!" John Matrix is shooting with a machine gun in the dictator's quarters and kills approximately a thousand of mercenaries without even a scratch on his body.Conclusion:You need to be ashamed if you love the Arnold flicks and you've missed this one. It is one of his best and definitely worth your time if you want to make a six-pack without doing even one exercise.Go watch it and tell me what do you think about it after your laughing spasms stop! If they do.funnyactionmovies.com